Toyota plans to include a solar roof on the up coming next generation 2009/2010 Prius according to the Nikkei business daily. The solar panel has enough juice just to power the air conditioner though not to make it go. It’s more about showing how green the car is then anything else. I applaud Toyota for [...]
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The Eclectic from Venturi of France reminds me of a horse & carriage era, but without the horse. This modern take on buggy comes with solar panels on the roof to power the electric motor using NiMH batteries. There’s even a wind turbine to recharge those batteries while in motion. Unfortunately it’s not enough to [...]
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The X Prize Foundation originally headquartered in Rockville, MD was started by Dr. Peter H. Diamandis who was inspired by the story of Charles Lindbergh, “The Spirit of St. Louis” who flew the non-stop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris in 1927. That same excitement to entice the public to innovate lives on today [...]
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My gas light was flashing so I stopped in at the nearest gas station to fill up. Boy was I in for a for a shocker. The total came to $75 bucks. What a hefty price to pay for a week’s worth of commuting. That’s $300 a month, $3600 a year. That’s as much as [...]
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Can you really get that many miles per gallon in a Sport Utility Vehicle? Well it all depends on how you do the math. I’ll get back to that in a moment. The engineers at AFS Trinity in collaboration with Ricardo came up with a solution to the gas hungry SUV. By using off the [...]
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