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- Porsche Says No Way to Hybrid Sports Cars
- Want To Save $9,242? Ride Public Transportation
- Caterham Considering Race-Worthy EV
- Opinion: Should We Limit Horsepower In Cars?
- Trexa EV Platform Lets You Design Your Own Car
| Porsche Says No Way to Hybrid Sports Cars Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:24 PM PST
Porsche will not build hybrid versions of the 911 and Boxster, according to CEO Michael Macht. While the company will make a hybrid Cayenne, they have no interest in altering their sports car lineup. Enthusiasts can now breathe a sigh of relief. The Cayenne SUV and the 4-door Panamera have been a sore subject amongst Porsche purists. |
| Want To Save $9,242? Ride Public Transportation Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:26 AM PST
There are lots of ways to save money, even though human brains seem hard wired to waste as much of it as possible. According to a report from the American Public Transportation Association, if you live in New York City you could save almost $14,000 a year just by using public transportation. In fact, if APTA is to be believed, Americans living in 20 of the nations largest cities could save an average of $9,242 a year if they ditched the car, and just rode public transportation. Sounds pretty good, right? |
| Caterham Considering Race-Worthy EV Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:19 AM PST
There are hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of small niche-market car makers across the globe. Some cater to the extremely wealthy, while others are more dedicated to the pursuit of performance. But as the global market shifts away from petrol and towards electric cars even these smaller shops are considering EV projects. Take Caterham for example. Well known in racing circles, this company has essentially survived for decades by building variants on just one type of car, the Series 3 Lotus Seven. Traditionally powered by English-built Ford Kent or Cosworth engines, head honcho Ansar Ali suggested in an interview with Autocar that they maybe, possibly, could-be adding an electric variant to their lineup. |
| Opinion: Should We Limit Horsepower In Cars? Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:13 AM PST
I love going fast, and I make no apologies for it. Ok that’s a lie. Sometimes, I feel guilty about going fast, guzzling gas, drooling over 5 mile per gallon muscle cars. I know the world is in a bad way, mostly because of cars. Yet I still love them, especially fast ones, because in my opinion life is too short for a 0-60 mph time of 7 seconds or more. Still though, the easiest way to increase fuel efficiency is to make everyone go a lot slower. Instead of pursuing billions of dollars in new technologies, if everyone would just let off the accelerator, we would save a lot of gas every year. One such way would be to (again) lower the interstate speed limit 55 mph. Yet that didn’t work too well the first time around. What if we went even further, what if new cars were capped at 200 horsepower, and had a top speed of only 60 mph? |
| Trexa EV Platform Lets You Design Your Own Car Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:01 AM PST
I loved LEGOS back in “the day”. I would spend hours upon hours building and looking for just the right pieces to complete my architectural nightmare. Then I would always knock it down in my terrifying rendition of Godzilla, just ’cause. LEGOS are still awesome, but you can’t exactly live in a house made of them as James May of Top Gear proved. Anyway, the whole LEGOS analogy is the first thing I thought of when I read about the Trexa EV platform. It is basically a completely integrated, all-wheel drive electric skateboard that you can build your own kind of car upon. Pretty freakin’ cool, right? |
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