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28 models representing the cleanest of the clean in 4-wheeled transport were on hand to be test-driven by the public, while the Expo floor showed some of the more exotic models, as well as interesting new tech in the industry. There were interesting panel discussions and presentations by directors of great films about EV’s.
They say flying is the safest form of transportation, but it is also a big-time contributor to global emissions. Now I’m not saying electric airplanes are going to take over the sky anytime soon, but the winner of NASA’s Green Flight Challenge did manage to fly an electric airplane 200 miles in under two miles, using the equivalent of half a gallon of gasoline per passenger.
Another morning, another round of interesting news that I just didn’t have time for. Today’s highlights come from around the world, and include a French electric car with wings, a Japanese poop-powered motorcycle, a Dutch cycling initiative, and Kuwait’s airport goes green.
One major point of contention for electric vehicles is their reliance on government tax credits to bring down prices. A new study suggests that the government is going about these tax credits wrong, subsidizing EV’s and hybrids with big battery packs, when subsidizing vehicles with smaller packs would have more social and environmental benefits.
We can probably debate what counts as the world’s first “real” automobile, since the “De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout” is more of a train without tracks than an actual car. But it is up for auction, and ran not on gasoline that would come to define the car…but on steam power.
Very soon now, Tesla Motors will unleash it’s first 100% original new car, the Model S. In addition to three models priced on maximum range, the Model S will also include a high-performance model that does 0-60 mph in just 4.5 seconds.
Happy Ocotober y’all! It’s a new month, and there is plenty of news, rumors, and whatnot going around the green world today. Some of this morning’s highlights include the 2012 Civic Natural Gas gets a price, Kia to make EV’s, and a mystery Voltec concept.
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