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A little while ago I wrote about how the Chinese government is finding out the hard way just how difficult it can be to prod the public into buying fuel-efficient cars. Not surprisingly, American government is facing a similar problem. Actually, despite rising gas costs, Ward’s Automotive Reports say that the average fuel economy for [...]
In a move to generate more free publicity ecologically-responsible racing, FIA president Jean Todt has announced plans to introduce new electric sportscar, karting, and open-wheel racing categories, which could be stepping stones on the path to an all electric Formula 1 … and Todt plans to have these series in place as early as 2013. [...]
I love Hipster Kitty – the Internet meme that pokes good-natured fun at our friends who try just a bit too hard to be different. We all have them (or are them), we all love them, and we all know they’d go nuts over Brooklyn Motorized’s new/old lineup of electric motorcycles. The bikes themselves are [...]
Hydrogen fuel-cell powered cabbies are motoring around the streets of London this week, courtesy of Intelligent Energy – the UK-based firm charged with filling London’s roads with a zero-emissions taxi fleet by 2012. Unlike a dozen other “greenwashing” programs in major cities around the world, however, London’s is ON TRACK and ON TIME. The fuel [...]
Filipino furniture designer Kenneth Cobonpue presented an ultra-lightweight car design last week that takes the use of renewable materials to a whole new level. Using bamboo and rattan, Cobonpue feels that the project – called “Pheonix” – perfectly embodies “this era’s thrust towards artisanship and craftsmanship, biodegradability and environment-friendliness, as opposed to assembly-line production and [...]
Despite carrying a pricetag in excess of $40,000, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne insists that Fiat will lose as much as $10,000 for each of the upcoming (2013) electric 500Cs it sells, adding that “the economics of EVs simply don’t work. On the 500 that (Chrysler) will begin selling in the U.S. next year, we will [...]
Was it the entry-level Insight that made the difference, or the availability of the new CR-Z that pulled the numbers up? Maybe the economy really is looking up – if only for Honda’s target demographics? Whatever the reason, Honda’s line of hybrids saw huge year-over-year sales increases for the month of March, surging 111.8%. Granted, [...]
Red Bull Racing began the 2011 Formula One season the same way it ended the 2010 season: by winning. Much journalistic ink has been spilled about the Adrian Newey-designed RB7‘s dominant performance, with rival teams accusing Red Bull of gaining an unfair advantage through the use of special wings (these complaints were made un-ironically). Earlier [...]
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