The plug-in hybrid Ram is not going to be built for public purchase. That’s a kick in the balls of taxpayers if you ask me. Instead, Chrysler is considering compressed natural gas, or CNG, to clean up pickup emissions.
Fat People Cause Global Warming, Raise Cost of Fuel, Etc.
February 16, 2011 By 9 Comments
Let me begin with a heartfelt, personal message: I’m only the messenger, please don’t kill me. That said, I’ve spent enough time behind the wheel of racing karts or riding up and down South Florida beach towns on small, 50 cc scooters to tell you that the weight of the rider can make a big [...]
Exxon Mobil Struggling to Replace the Oil it’s Drilling
February 15, 2011 By 6 Comments
My dad tells me there’s a lot of oil left in the ground. So explain to me why Exxon Mobil is buying up other companies to pad their own oil and natural gas reserves to meet their one-for-one replacement quota?
Study Predicts Less Than 500,000 EV’s on Road by 2015
February 15, 2011 By 3 Comments
President Barack Obama was elected based on “Hope” and “Change.” Among the changes he wants to make is putting 1 million electric vehicles on America’s roads by 2015. A new study suggests we can only make it halfway there.
McLaren Talks Tech, Sustainability in Formula 1 Racing
February 15, 2011 By 5 Comments
The upcoming 2011 Formula Season promises to be one of the sport’s most competitive, with a renewed emphasis on KERS hybrid technology (which disappeared from the sport in 2010). There’s more green-washing going on in motorsports’ highest echelon, however – including an overall reduction in carbon emissions by 12% (approx. 30,000 tons) by 2012. Wired [...]
All Electric Porsche e-Boxster is a Rolling Laboratory
February 15, 2011 By 6 Comments
Porsche has delved into the hybrid sports car market with unmatched gusto among specialty car makers, and its latest development is the all-electric e-Boxster. This rolling laboratory will help Porsche engineers how electric car affect lives.
GM Building CARB-Approved Volt to Qualify for Additional $5,000 Rebate
February 15, 2011 By 6 Comments
In October we wrote that California’s Air Resource Board gave the Chevy Volt a ULEV designation, meaning it didn’t qualify for a $5,000 tax rebate. GM is reportedly working on a Volt that will qualify for the rebate.
Audi A1 e-tron Gets UQM Power
February 14, 2011 By 2 Comments
The Autoblog is reporting that Audi’s eagerly-anticipated A1 e-tron extended-range hybrid will finally start hitting roads in Europe later this year, and UQM PowerPhase motors (charged by the Audi’s on-board, 254 cc Wankel rotary generator, of course) will be what’s pushing them. UQM’s PowerPhase motors – seen here previously, driving Saab’s new 9-3 ePower EV [...]
