Yes I know it is hard to believe but all the news I read has made me have a vision and it starts with Varoom and ends with Varoom!
What are the biggest misconceptions about the hybrid and electric car?
First, the energy used to charge electric cars will produce more pollution than the ICE car itself?
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BMW has announced in advance of the Frankfurt Auto Show their Vision Efficient Dynamics, a sporty 2+2. BMW has intellectually approached the new push for efficiency. The car is powered by a three-cylinder common-rail turbo diesel, with an electric motor on each wheel. There are 98 lithium polymer batteries which can be charged [...]
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GM (gigolo motors) Never Ceases to Amaze Me! Under the Title of B.S., Misallocation of Funds and Jobs
Posted on 31. Aug, 2009 by admin.
This company! Now our company needs to account for whatever they think they are doing. First there is the 230 Mpg advertising campaign, which should be shut down by the Federal Trade Commission under several violations: including misleading advertising and manipulation of standards. Not to mention that the Volt will be manufactured in China. [...]
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It seems that the problem isn’t that the roads are too small, global warming, pollution, or that we have a 460 billion dollar oil import deficit. The problem is the car! The car has led us down the primrose path of urban sprawl; in some cases urban settings have been encroaching into habitats, [...]
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I am thinking that the most cost effective way to get more out of existing technology is to buy a used Prius and turn it into a PHEV. There are a lot of kits and I have reported on them in this blog. There are three very prominent kits, which are Hymotion costing $10,395 installed, [...]
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Arkadelphia sounds like— a— well like, somebody from Philadelphia named the town. I know that there are a lot of jokes about Arkansas, and I have only been there one time, and I saw the biggest timber back rattle snake ever. Arkadelphia is located at the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains and has a [...]
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Since Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway invested in BYD, a battery and electric car producer in China, I have anticipated their entry into the U.S. market. As published previously the F3DM, a VOLT type of hybrid, was going to be the first car that they offered in the U.S. Today’s announcement contradicted the previous statement saying, [...]
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One of the 50 worst cars of all time was the Trabant, developed— or was it morphed— in East Germany, during the cold war, by converting a motorcycle and tractor plant to produce cars. The car that gave communism a black eye was made of fiber glass by using recycled fibers like [...]
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There are so many parts to the electric car coming to fruition- and it is coming; looking at time linearly, over knowable history, oil is turning out to be a 200 year blip. But like so many things in society it has become a solution that has grown into a problem.
Changing the transportation [...]
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Fisker Karma Makes its driving debut at the Monterey Historical Auto Race
Posted on 17. Aug, 2009 by admin.
Yes I was really excited to go to Laguna Seca last Saturday to see the Fisker. All I can say is— I am glad that someone got a picture; I did see Jay Leno but he didn’t recognize me. I learned a lot about the racing world and maybe I will get smarter about [...]
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Tesla Not! Smoke Mirrors and Misdirection
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Turbines and Battery Improvement Spur Development at ETV
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Detroit still milking the American Public?
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admin: I usually don't comment but cars made in small bat...
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Michael: I read the full article and every Volt in the US w...
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Dissatified Honda Customer: Honda cars HUGE Disappointment! Buyers Beware! Ple...
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ryan: Is this a U.L. approved turine. I think not and i...
