This Is the Next Best Thing to a Tesla, and I’m Buying One
• http://www.wired.com, By Damon LavrincThe Fiat 500e is the best electric vehicle that doesn’t cost $100,000. And it’s the first EV I’d consider owning.
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X-Prize Winners Unveil the 1,400-Pound Edison2 ‘Very Light Car’
• http://www.wired.com, By Damon LavrincThe car of the 21st century is an ultra-efficient, slippery sled on wheels that’s half plane, half pod, 1,400 pounds and capable of triple-digit fuel economy. At least, that’s what the crew at Edison2 believe.
Live Apple Bicycle Photographed in Natural Habitat
• Wired.comMost people know about Google’s famous multi-colored bikes. They’re hard to miss, scattered around the company’s Mountain View campus like hundreds of discarded toys.
Someday, Electric Cars Will Be Great
• http://www.slate.comRight now, they are expensive, inconvenient, and not very good for the environment.
Smart Fortwo ED will have battery rental option in US, price not yet disclosed
• http://green.autoblog.com, By Jon LeSageNext month, Smart USA will launch the first US market electric vehicle with a separate rental program for the battery pack.
Are You Ready to Buy a Hybrid or Electric Car?
• http://www.foxbusiness.com, by Tara Baukus MelloWith an ever-expanding number of plug-in hybrid cars and fully electric vehicles on the market, it's easy to wonder if plugging in is a better alternative to filling up. But there are many factors in determining if an electric car is right for your s
Researcher: Hackers could start abusing electric car chargers to cripple the grid
• http://www.pcworld.com, Loek EssersHackers could use vulnerable charging stations to prevent the charging of electric vehicles in a certain area, or possibly even use the vulnerabilities to cripple parts of the electricity grid, a security researcher said during the Hack in the Box co
Student-Built Car Gets 3,587 MPG in Competition
• http://www.wired.com, By Keith BarryA team of student engineers from a Canadian college have built a car that could get you from Caribou, ME to San Diego on a single gallon of gas.
World's largest solar-powered boat returns to the oceans in the name of science
• http://www.gizmag.com, By James HollowayThe MS Tûranor PlanetSolar, the world's largest solar-powered boat, took to the seas once more on Thursday – this time, in the name of science.
Students set sights on human-powered submarine speed record
• http://www.gizmag.com, By James HollowayStudents at the University of Warwick have announced their intention to build a human-powered submarine to compete at that highlight of the human-powered submarine events calendar, the European International Submarine Races in 2014.
American drivers still talk, text as much as ever despite laws against it
• The RawStory.comAmericans are using cellphones and other gadgets behind the wheel as much as ever, despite widespread awareness of the risks involved, a federal government agency said Friday.
The Staggering Statistics Behind America's Trucking Industry [Infographic]
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Sam RoAt one time or another, everything was transported.
Parting Out, Part Four: How to Sell Car Parts on eBay
• http://www.popularmechanics.com, By Murilee MartinAfter buying a 1992 SC400 to get its suspension for restoring a different car, Murilee Martin set out to make his money back by parting out the 20-year-old luxury car. In this final installment, he sells parts on eBay to see whether it's possible to
Calif. court: Motorist can't use hand-held map
• APNext, he appealed to the three-judge panel of Fresno Superior Court. That hearing last all of 30 seconds because no one from the CHP or district attorney's office appeared to oppose the appeal by Spriggs. He still lost.
Sarah Palin echoes Romney: Tesla Motors ‘losers’ who build ‘bricks’
• Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.comFormer Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin attacked the start-up company Tesla Motors on Friday, describing the California-based car manufacturer as “losers.”
8 Unusual Amphibious Vehicles
• Unusual CornerAn amphibious vehicle (or simply amphibian), is a vehicle that is a means of transport, viable on land as well as on water. Amphibious vehicles include amphibious bicycles, ATVs, cars, buses, trucks, military vehicles, and hovercraft. Check out so
Electric Car Battery that charges off grid
• http://www.off-grid.net, TECHSTARA ground-breaking car battery that requires no mains recharging may revolutionise ecofriendly transport..
Don’t Buy an Electric Car
• http://www.foxbusiness.com, By Steve TobakI live in California, home to all sorts of environmental nonsense. We couldn’t build our house where we wanted to because of a tiny plant you can hardly see and a grasshopper that might – just might – live there.
Bizarre New Leasing Scheme Makes Tesla Model S Slightly More Attainable
• Wired.comTesla just dropped the barrier to entry for Model S ownership with a leasing program that will let those who don’t have a broker on speed dial get behind the wheel of the all-electric sports sedan.
Electric cars cost billions, don’t help environment
• vinsuprynowicz.comEnvisioning cars that can go “coast to coast without using a drop of oil,” President Barack Obama on March 15 urged Congress to authorize another $2 billion over the next decade to expand research into weaning automobiles off gasoline.
Why Tesla Survived and Fisker Won’t
• Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.comTesla’s innovations in batteries give it an edge that Fisker, focused on design, lacks.
Detroit Electric Unveils $135,000 Battery-Powered Sports Car
• Business InsiderDetroit Electric, a startup electric-car maker reviving a brand that dates back more than a century, unveiled its first model on Wednesday: a $135,000, battery-powered sports car that is to go into limited production in August.
Deep-Space Engines
• Konstantin Kakaes via PopSci.comPropulsion systems that could carry astronauts to Mars and beyond.
In Attempt To Break Gridlock, Los Angeles Becomes First City To Synchronize Every Streetlight
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comIt’s amazing how frustrating it can be to drive in L.A. Superhighways are jam-packed, cars crawl along in the worst rush hour of your life even though it’s only 2 p.m., and yet no one rides the scary subway.
California police use rubber bullets and cherry-picker to remove tree sitters
• Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.comPolice officers used rubber bullets and a cherry-picker to remove protesters from tall pine trees in northern California on Tuesday.
Sanjay Dastoor: A skateboard, with a boost
• ted.comImagine an electric vehicle that can get you to work -- or anywhere in a six-mile radius -- quickly, without traffic frustrations or gasoline. Now imagine you can pick it up and carry it with you.
Tesla expects its first-ever profit
• money.cnn.comTesla Motors is expecting to report its first-ever quarterly profit after sales of its all-electric Model S exceeded expectations.
Sea Walls Will Protect New York Subways From Storm Surges
• Francie Diep via PopSci.comNew walls in the Rockaways will protect a vulnerable stretch of the A train tracks.
Satellite Gyroscopes Can Give Early Warnings Before Drivers Get Dangerously Tired
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comTechnology is helping Peruvian miners working in far-flung places.
Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid
• Wired.comVolkswagen Jetta Hybrid. It’s a name that hits all the Californian pleasure receptors.
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