Volvo’s Mean Green hybrid racer has broken the world’s speed record at Utah’s Wendover Airfield. The truck clocked 236.577km/h (147.002mph) in a Flying Kilometer run and 153.252 km/h (95.245mph) in the Standing Kilometer. Pinboard (MacAaron:gbtaoc)
Part of the People’s Car Project, in which Chinese citizens submit designs to VW, the Hover Car is one of the more compelling ideas to appear so far. Pinboard (MacAaron:tn)
There are one percenters and there are one percenters. If you belong to the 1% club of the world’s wealthiest people, you will still find that there are people with more than you – a handful of them might be getting a Rimac One, a car so far beyond super …
Not to be dissuaded, however, the company has presented a new Kei class concept called the shoCase as a vehicle to promote what Daihatsu sees as the future of automotive fuels: hydrazine. Pinboard (MacAaron:aacaoc)
CODA Automotive has announced that they’re abandoning plans to build a lithium-ion battery factory in Columbus, Ohio. This because long delays have made it clear that the Department of Energy (DOE) will not likely act on their 0-million loan application for the project. The Columbus Dispatch blames the issue on …
Biodiesel is one of those things that everyone has heard about, but about which many supposed facts and assumptions are wrong. Myths and legends are popping up around the word “biodiesel” as the public’s awareness of it grows. Most commercial drivers know that you can get biodiesel at a lot …
The supercharger will be based on Fallbrook’s continuously variable planetary (CVP) technology called NuVinci and could help automakers downsize engines and increase fuel efficiency in a big way. Pinboard (MacAaron:tn)
