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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Billed as the World’s Slowest Porsche, it’s the tinfoil and bicycle sports car and it’s a thing of real beauty. Just don’t run into anything. As an added bonus, your brain waves are completely safe while ensconced inside this lightning rod. Why go with the goofy hat when you can have a whole damn car! [...]
Well, here you have it. The Chevy Volt promises to have some dumb Star Trek noise associated with it and now Nissan has officially let us know that the soon-to-be-release Leaf will also be going corny Sci-Fi with its noisemaker. This video is of the Leaf driving by and the associated “approach” sound it makes. [...]
Does it get any cooler than this? The video comes from a company called Jatech in California. This system is called the Disappearing Car Door, the Retractable Vehicle Door, or the Rotary Drop Door. It’s been in design for the past ten years, including input from several auto manufacturers and Tier One suppliers. Shown in [...]
This is awesome. It’s complete with CCTV for stealthy observation of its surrounds and it’s charged via solar panels that unfold when not in stealth mode. Awesome.
In an exchange between Ford Motor Co’s CEO Alan Mullaly and Mahalo’s CEO Jason Calacanis at All Things Digital, Ford’s head man said the unthinkable: electric cars will take a while (quite a while) to become market dominant. This immediately created excited commentary amongst the EV geeks around the ‘Net. When the story hit Auto [...]
Hell ya! Just when you thought the $102,500 price tag of the new Beamer would break the bank, the IRS steps in to give you your due with a whopping $900 tax credit after you purchase one of these ActiveHybrid 7s. I’m sure your banker will let you float the check until that tax refund [...]
Team TU Delft (Netherlands) has a Formula Zero gokart racing in Challenge Bibendum in Rio de Janeiro. The F0 cart is a hydrogen fuel cell model and it’s won some awards and set records in the sustainable racing event called the Michelin Challenge Bibendum. The car, raced by Greenchoice Forze and built by the TU [...]
Well, it’s been a couple of years since it was an issue, but Consumer Reports is saying that after the NHTSA’s little report (the one that ignored the fact that hybrids are more likely to be in urban environments where they..gasp.. might hit pedestrians more often), recommendations are to mandate “sounds” for electric vehicles. Everybody [...]
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