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K-Way MOTUS wants to be YOUR pick

30. July 2010

(Imagine hybrid MP3 with a reinforced roof! Practical? I think so.)
The Progressive Automotive XPrize! In my opinion, this is the most important competition of our lifetime. Sure, it’s great that a team will receive a grand prize of $10M for building a car that gets at least 100 MPGe (miles per gallon [...]

R.I.P. GM Hummer 1992 – 2010

24. February 2010

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So, the end has finally come for the old Hummer. Yes, THAT Hummer. WHAT HAPPENED?! Where did it all go wrong?! We used to LOVE the Hummer. HECK! Back in 2002 tax payers and oil exporting countries used to SUBSIDIZE the Hummer through a government issued $100,000 tax [...]

Fuelcell cargo scooter concept

27. January 2010

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Designer Chengli Hung’s cargo bike concept is a two-wheeled attempt at “all things to all people”. It’s a cargo hauling scooter that can transform into a sort of sport bike by simply swapping or adding components. The bike is describe by the designer as:
…a small scooter but have a large integrated [...]

GasBuddy Blog – Gasoline prices soar compared to last Thanksgiving

2. December 2009

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Right now, according to GasBuddy, the national gas price average is about $2.63 per gallon. Not, bad. Not GREAT, but better than most of Europe where prices average around $7 a gallon (OUCH!). GasBuddy’s Patrick DeHaan doesn’t expect prices to go down this winter. Here’s a small clip from his recent blog post:
What a year [...]

Piaggio takes some plays from the Japanese design book?

12. November 2009

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First we had the Piaggio MP3, now they introduce the USB? I don’t know if this is just coincidence, but if Piaggio introduces the Piaggio Tweet next year then I’ll be highly suspicious that there’s a computer geek heading up the new product naming department over there.

I’ve got a headache right now, so I’m [...]

Where are gas prices headed?

30. October 2009

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Here you see a chart of Average Retail Gas Prices over the last 72 months. The red hands are pointing to gas prices for December 30th over the last 6 years. It’s already gone up $1.08 US per gallon since January of this year. My unscientific guess is that we [...]