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The Truth About Cars blog is reporting that Japan is busy laying the groundwork for a next-generation EV infrastructure that will integrate electric vehicle systems with the nation’s power grid, enabling power to freely flow to (and from) future EVs. More about what TTAC is calling “EV 2.0″, after the jump.
That’s my friend, Frankie, getting ready to set off on a test-ride of Current Motors’ new all-electric maxi-scooter, which promises a practical driving range of 90 miles on a single charge from a proprietary system developed by ex-Chrysler engineers. In short: it may be small, it may be humble, but Current Motors is for real. [...]
The hunt for a commercially viable biobutanol could finally be over thanks to an inspired, if ironic, bit of recycling by scientists working at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland. They’ve taken the two main waste products from the Scotch whisky production cycle and brought them together in a process which outputs biobutanol, long heralded as [...]
Event attendance at NASCAR, MotoGP and other series has plummeted during the recession.
Formula One and MotoGP fans and racers alike complain that excessive use of electronics has ruined the sport by making it less competitive.
The new Moto2 spec engine class is by far the most competitive and exciting, yet comparatively low-tech.
Electric motorcycle racing series TTXGP has spawned more innovation halfway through its first season than quite possibly the entire ICE motorcycle industry has over the past decade.
Interested in joining the new guard? TTXGP Founder and CEO Azhar Hussain will be at Intel September 14th for an exclusive presentation of TTXGP and the Mavizen, the race-ready bike they’re manufacturing. More information and registration instructions here.
Last week, I wrote a post about the EPA’s proposed new-vehicle window stickers, which issue a (controversial) letter-grade to different new cars, and wondered how different cars would actually be graded, in practice. The first “sample” grades are in… …let the questions begin. More cars, and grades C-D, after the jump.
Last week, the guys at Roush Performance Products proved that propane could be a winner at the NCMA Muscle Car Nationals at the Milan (Michigan) Dragway. With a “perfect” 0.00 reaction-time, driver Donnie Bowles drove his propane-powered Roush Racing Mustang across the quarter-mile track in 10.580 seconds at 121.00 miles per hour! Read the official press [...]
Most of the media buzz in the past few months has been about electric cars and hybrids. Yes, they offer plenty of advantages over petrol cars, but so do hydrogen cars. Hydrogen’s only emission is water, if it is made from a non-polluting renewable resource. So where are the hydrogen cars? Well, they are coming, [...]
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