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- Buckeye Bullet 2 Fuel Cell Racer Breaks 300 MPH
- Will Shai Agassi’s Better Place Get the ‘Colbert Bump’?
- EV Corridor Links LA and San Fran, “Fast” Charging Still Relative
- Lexus LF-Ch Concept Hot Hatch, A World First Almost Missed | IAA Frankfurt Motor Show
| Buckeye Bullet 2 Fuel Cell Racer Breaks 300 MPH Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:00 AM PDT
A student engineering team from Ohio State University broke into the 300 mph club yesterday with their hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle. The Buckeye Bullet 2 averaged 300.992 MPH yesterday in the flying kilometer, with a top recorded speed of 304 MPH. |
| Will Shai Agassi’s Better Place Get the ‘Colbert Bump’? Posted: 25 Sep 2009 04:15 AM PDT
Less than a week after switchable EV battery pioneer Better Place announced a newly expanded agreement with French car maker Renault, the company’s founder and CEO, Shai Agassi appeared as a guest on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report in hopes of getting that sought-after ‘Colbert Bump’. The Colbert Bump, as it is known, is a phenomenon wherein people (places, companies, ideas) that appear on the Colbert Report receive a sudden boost in popularity for their cause. The deal announced by Agassi in Frankfurt builds on an agreement reached between the two companies in August and will be to install the Better Place battery system (and build-out the charging network) for the Renault Fluence ZE for sale in Israel and Denmark. The Fluence ZE was one of four models in Renault’s new line of electric cars unveiled last week at the Frankfurt Auto Show. |
| EV Corridor Links LA and San Fran, “Fast” Charging Still Relative Posted: 25 Sep 2009 03:30 AM PDT
The biggest limitation on electric cars, as we know, are the batteries. They take hours to charge, and cannot travel nearly as far as gas-powered engines. So while California may be the center of the “green movement,” traveling the almost 400 miles between Los Angeles and San Francisco is impossible on electric power. Until now. SolarCity has announced an EV charging corridor spanning the 382 miles between LA and San Fran featuring four stations, with a fifth station opening in October. |
| Lexus LF-Ch Concept Hot Hatch, A World First Almost Missed | IAA Frankfurt Motor Show Posted: 25 Sep 2009 03:00 AM PDT
"Premium … (adjective): finest, exceptional; premium quality.” So says Chambers Dictionary anyway. For me it usually translates to "bloody expensive". Come to think of it, that's also a good description of the Lexus range: priced between $32,000 and $106,000, "cheap" is not the first word which springs to mind. |
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