electric

The U.S. power grid is essential to the nation’s economy. Yet disabling, sometimes devastating blackouts occur on an average of once every 13 days. Experts predict ever-increasing demands on the system will push it to the breaking point if it isn’t overhauled soon. But this geographically vast and highly interdependent electrical infrastructure could face an […]

PULLMAN — Robert and Cecilia Richards make a bold statement about energy sustainability, every time they go for a drive.  The couple, both professors in WSU’s School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, recently purchased their eye-popping pink, eerily-quiet electric car, called the Xebra, in an effort to reduce emissions and do their part for the […]