I received the following from Eva Hakansson today: We did it! ElectroCat, with Pike’s Peak veteran John Scollon riding, set the very first electric motorcycle record for Pikes Peak. On July 16th, I may try for a new drag racing record with the new battery pack. Here are the details: http://www.evahakansson.com/ Not entirely sure if [...]
Archive for June, 2010
ElectroCat sets record at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb!
June 30th, 2010 
Aaron Turpen 
Posted in Electrics 
Tags: Electric motorcycles and scooters, killacycle, pike's peak, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 
Comments OffNew Research Blasts Supposed Efficiency of Corn Ethanol
June 28th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Note: this is a reprint of an article I wrote for NaturalNews.com by Aaron Turpen, NaturalNews New research from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) shows that corn-based ethanol biofuel is wasteful, inefficient, and a misuse of taxpayer money. This flies in the face of conventional wisdom in Washington (which we all know means “fat wallet [...]
Posted in Alt-Fuel Tags: Biofuel, Environmental Working Group, Ethanol, Food vs. fuel, Gasoline 1 Comment »Rare Earth and Lithium Spell DOOOM for EVs!
June 22nd, 2010 Aaron Turpen Image via Wikipedia This argument has surfaced yet again and yet again it’s going the rounds on the blogosphere. When these doom-and-gloom stories popped up at almost exactly this time last year, I fell for them. The problem is, this same basic scary report pops up and the same stupid arguments are pitched by the [...]
YASEVS (Yet Another Stupid EV Study)
June 20th, 2010 Aaron Turpen The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has released YASEVS on the world. Their study claims that electric vehicles are not ready for the main stream and are going to be niche-only vehicles for at least the next decade. This is due to range issues (battery life) and costs, issues will be what hold EVs [...]
OT: Why is Public Relations So Hard for Some Companies?
June 19th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Image via Wikipedia It never ceases to amaze me how bad some companies are at public relations (PR). They send out press releases, maybe give an interview once in a while, but are otherwise clueless as to how to deal with people of the press. I see this constantly, so it’s not just the odd [...]
