FutureTruck, or: What if Optimus Prime Looked More Like a Monorail?

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Meet “FutureTruck”, the result of an AirFlow Truck Company project to develop a more aerodynamic over-the-road truck which, the truck’s designers claim, would cut fuel consumption and harmful carbon emissions by as much as 50%. FutureTruck’s design process was heavily dependent on CFD software, which moves some pretty heavy numbers to determine the path air [...]

Oil, Oil Everywhere?

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The Obama administration has released 30 million barrels of oil from national oil reserves in an attempt to quell the high price of fuel and prop up an ailing economy. At the same time, some economists predict that America will soon fall into a “double dip” recession. Gas prices are on the decline. However, even [...]

Spy Shots of the Tesla Model S

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This spy shot of the Tesla Model S was taken not far from Tesla’s home base in Palo Alto California, and may be the most production-ready version spotted yet. The Tesla Model S Alpha was first spotted earlier this year and the reports included some interesting features. The first 1,000 examples of the Model S [...]

Fly the Friendly Skies On Cooking Oil

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KLM Royal Ducth Airlines will fly more than 200 flights between Paris and Amsterdam using bio kerosene starting in September 2011. Hydroprocessed renewable jet fuel is processed using used cooking oil and handled by Dynamic Fuels at its Geismar plant and supplied by SkyNRG. Dynamic Fuels is a joint venture formed in 2007 between Syntroleum [...]