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- If you ordered a GM Volt, you may be disappointed...
- If you ordered a GM Volt, you may be disappointed...I disagree with $1.25/gallon.I have a truck, I use it for work around my property and for large purchases, hauling my horses, etc. About 3K miles/year. I have a more fuel efficient vehicle (about 24 mpg) that is fun...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-18
- Fuel cell breakthrough? Gentlemen, start your engines...
- Fuel cell breakthrough? Gentlemen, start your engines...Here's a better ideaBurn the freaking methanol in an internal combustion engine. Catalyst requirement gone.Sheesh.Just another example that global warming really isn't about global warming. Making and burning methanol is carbon-neutral, but note how the idea of simply manufacturing methanol to...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
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- Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficient
- RE: Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficientIt would require an encyclopedia simply to list all the turbine applications developed over the past century. What turbines continue to dislike, however, is speed alterations. Change their speed and you lose much of their efficiency. That's...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Liquids from methane could be better than mere gas(oline)
- methanol from methane?Technical nonsense. Methanol is a partially burned methane, using a catalyst doesn't change that.This is only feasable if the energy liberated by the partial burning of methane to methanol is captured and used.Fuel mileage of methanol is much lower than gasoline.Straight methane as an internal combustion engine...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- (Ultimates: Exotic cars at the Frankfurt auto show)
- OK!I want one! Which one? Guess I better test drive them all, just to be sure I choose well...RE: (Ultimates: Exotic cars at the Frankfurt auto show)Disappointed... In this worlwide Economic Disaster, the auto industry belched out products for the 1% of the world population, the money olygarch... It...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- Will more expensive gasoline be the salvation of General Motors?
- It would HAVE to hit $20 a gallonbefore the current price of the Volt makes economic sense. But if they can shave that price down by $12k or so then it would make sense now. I'm personally routing for the latter to happen instead.At $20 a gallon the economy would...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-11
- Will more expensive gasoline be the salvation of General Motors?
- GM's now saying the fuel efficiency for their plug-in volt will be the equivalent of 230 MPG in city driving. If the EPA concurs that would make the 2010 Volt the first mass-produced car to top the triple-digit MPG barrier. Volt. This preliminary 230...
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Dead Finger Tech: Ducati Monster
- Our editor recently asked ZDNet bloggers to write about the one computing device, peripheral, gadget, or software that we love or are so addicted to that it couldn't be taken away from us unless pried from our dead fingers (Dead-Finger Tech, or DFT). [caption id="attachment_1666" align="alignleft" width="150"...
- Blog posts 2009-07-26
- Newly nationalized General Motors goes online...any greener?
- Newly nationalized General Motors goes online...any greener?Tragic endIf GM had been allowed to conduct its affairs based on its own marketing expertise, I would have assumed it would do just fine, once the onerous union agreements were modified.Now, it appears to be doomed. The corporate management puppets are echoing...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-10
- 2009 Lexus GS 450h
- Photo gallery:2009 Lexus GS 450h Our perfect power train combines high performance with excellent fuel economy, an ideal that the 2009 Lexus GS 450h comes the closest of any car we've seen to delivering. Lexus claims 5.2 seconds to 60 mph, yet this big, comfortable sedan consistently registers fuel economy...
- Product reviews 2009-06-30
- Electric cars in America--the price point
- Electric cars in America--the price pointElectric cars in America--the price pointMy concern in addition to the price of the electric car is where do I plug it in to charge it? If its my house then how much is my electric bill going to be raised while its charging?...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-10
- Energy from the wind is the best for Earth
- Energy from the wind is the best for EarthI want to know why NOT ONE US reporter has mentioned AIR powered cars.Plug a compressor to it, fill it up and bam, full tank for 300 miles. Use a built in gasoline compreossor and get 300 miles per gallon.Nuclear power...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-11
- Khosla: Don't Save the Dinosaurs
- Well-known greentech VC Vinod Khosla has an opinion piece in a national news mag today...and it calls for letting Detroit's auto dinosaurs wander around among the financial ferns until they die, or evolve into more agile creatures. Khosla's argument is cogent and backed by much of recent...
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- (Mini E, electric vehicle)
- (Mini E, electric vehicle)How about a true testThis proves what can be done. I just have a bug with the test program. It's asking you to pay $850 a month to be a beta tester for one year. At that price only celebrities or someone pretty well...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-21
- Cut the crap. Stop the off-gassing of the cows. Sure, but how?
- Cut the crap. Stop the off-gassing of the cows. Sure, but how?SimpleStop eating meat and then all that money, time resources and effort that's spent in producing meat for the meat addicts can be put to better use.Less bowel cancer, heart and circulatory disease and hopefully a better attitude towards...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-12
- Kelley names 2008's greenest cars. Or, another reason to buy a way-cute Mini Cooper.
- Kelley names 2008's greenest cars. Or, another reason to buy a way-cute Mini Cooper.2008's Greenest CarsWell this in an interesting subject to me. I for one am proud of Ford for finally manning up to the needs of the American Consumer, releasing the first ever Ford Escape SUV to hit...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
- Hybrid cars and the power grid
- Hybrid cars and the power gridHybrids AREN'T "plugable" carsThere aren't any "plugable" hybrids in the market. A few people may add some extra batteries that may require a plug, but that is not a standard vehicle. The only "plugable" cars in the market are 100% electric (with only a max...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-13
- Here's my problem with many rogue coders, hackers, Open Source cultists
- Here's my problem with many rogue coders, hackers, Open Source cultistsUnderstating the case[i]In the read world, it is more like give me Microsoft Office, Outlook Express, maybe iTunes, some games. Don't give me hacks or alphabet soup utilities, remedies or solutions.[/i]No, in the real world it is more like, "let...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- We could live a long time without gold, but NOT this more precious metal
- I'm talking platinum. As in catalytic converters. Cars, trucks, earth movers, fork-lifts, nearly every internal combustion engine made in the past thirty years has a catalytic converter. Most contain platinum and rhodium as catalysts. Right now there's a platinum shortage. That's a global shortage, but...
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Have you seen this truck?
- This is a photo of the new eTec Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine HICE Silverado truck, developed by Electric Transportation Engineering Corp. aka eTec, which is a subsidiary of ECOtality. Look familiar? It should, since this is a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pickup truck...
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
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