Archive for March, 2009
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Instead of our usual random Sunday video, here’s a nice promo video of the Lamborghini Murciélago SuperVeloce doing some driving and sliding around. With the Murcielago SV, we get to see a proper Lambo again, which is becoming increasingly rare in recent models. It’s loud, ridiculous, and out of this world.
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Official word from Tesla concerning their upcoming, and highly anticipated (if not over-hyped) Model S sedan is out. For all of the eco love sent Tesla’s way over their sportscar, a lot of greens have expressed more interest and hopes on the Model S, due to a couple of very well founded concerns.
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
It seems that Keanue Reeves has gotten bored with his, er, talent still unrecognized by the members of The Academy, and has decided to pursue car racing. Luckily for us, it doesn’t seem to be anything too serious or anything approaching long term goals, because normally, when actors want to be race car drivers, it’s a pretty bad deal.
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Bentley couldn’t wait until the Geneva Motor Show to unveil their “ultimate” car. Obviously based off of the Continental GT, the Continental Supersports gets the title of Fastest and most powerful Bentley ever made.
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Top Gear, the much beloved BBC show aimed squarely at you and me (the gearhead) recently branched out to make versions of their show in Australia and the U.S. To show that the good ol’boys here in the U.S. of A. are not lacking for lunatic ideas, they recently announced they were going to build up a car that would get 70 MPG, cost less than $7000 and do zero-to-sixty in seven seconds.
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Is it just me, or has Audi really been moving form strength to strength these days? They seem to have finally found a styling groove (although that might not be for every taste) and the whole product line is quite robust from top to bottom.
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
BMW is getting on the green eco bandwagon in a big way as it reviews the possibility of using wind power to augment the electricity needs of its Spartanburg, South Carolina factory.
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
It seems that the country is finally becoming aware that the electric vehicle is here to stay. More and more car manufacturing companies are building and promoting hybrid cars. The ”all electric” car is now being also considered for local production by the big 3. However there are major problems. The batteries. 1. WEIGHT. Lead acid and Lithium-ion weigh about 1,300 lbs.
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Since the dark ages people of the world been kept in the dark (no pun intended). Until the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg, only the elite scholars and royalty could and were allowed to read. The public would rely on these readers to give them information and, in many cases, the readers would give them false information to keep them in control.
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
After a long stay in the hospital, I am back to keep you up dated on news about electric vehicles.
Although the petroleum industry has sharply dropped its prices, there is no guarantee that the prices will stay where they are. The new hybrids gas milage is not any better after the first 40 miles. If you don’t have a plug in hybrid there is no financial benefits.
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