Hydrogen Cars: A Dream That Won't Die
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Peter FairleyBetter technology and high battery costs have revived interest in hydrogen-guzzling vehicles.
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Are Air-Cooled Batteries Hurting Nissan Leaf Range?
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Martin LaMonicaA test of driving range by Nissan Leaf owners seeks to find out if the electric car's battery capacity is being negatively affected by hot temperatures.
Down with Taxi Medallions
• Paul FarahUnderstanding how taxi regulation works helps us understand how all forms of government regulation work. Eliminating taxi regulation leads to far better service.
Here's What It Costs To Ship 7 Everyday Goods Across The Ocean
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Rob WileThe International Chamber of Shipping has this table that illustrates the incredibly low cost of shipping America's favorite consumer goods across the ocean.
The Great Green Car Fleet
• http://freebeacon.com, BY: Bill McMorrisPentagon buying Chevy Volts to ‘green up’ military
GM is still losing as much as $49,000 on each Volt it builds
• By Bernie Woodall and Paul Lienert and Ben KlaymanGeneral Motors Co sold a record number of Chevrolet Volt sedans in August — but that probably isn't a good thing for the automaker's bottom line.
Uber Kill: How the NYC TLC keeps you from getting a cab PDQ
• blog.paulstaxi.comUber, a brand new app for smart phones allows you to hail a cab from anywhere in 17 different cities. Unfortunately, New York city is NOT one of them. Thanks, Taxi and Limo Commission!
Slovenia's supercar: The Tushek Renovatio T500
• http://www.gizmag.com, By C.C. WeissIn the future, every nation on the globe may just have its own home-brewed supercar. We're getting closer every year, one country at a time.
Gnarboard electric skateboard takes on a C5 Corvette
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Darren QuickWhen we first took a look at the Gnarboards Trail Rider electric skateboard a couple of months ago, we likened it to a “Ferrari for your feet” due to it boasting a power-to-weight ratio that would put many cars to shame.
How Gaming Tech Is Making Safer Cars
• http://www.wired.com, By Lou FancherIf you’re anything other than a mid-sized adult male or a small, lightweight adult woman, beware. Your senior citizen ribs, massive toddler head, or full-gear, military uniformed body has never been crash tested.
California one step closer to self-driving cars
• Rawstory“The vast majority of vehicle accidents are due to human error,” Padilla said when he introduced the bill in March. “Through the use of computers, sensors and other systems, an autonomous vehicle is capable of analyzing the driving environment more q
How to Stretch a Nissan Leaf
• http://www.wired.com, By Alexander GeorgeIf you’re an eco-conscious elitist but require the pomp and circumstance of a chauffeur, your options are limited. Which is why a custom stretched Nissan Leaf was commissioned by a hotel chain in Tennessee.
California high-speed rail gets green light
• http://www.rawstory.com, By Agence France-PresseThe US state of California has approved the first phase of construction of a much anticipated yet controversial high-speed rail project linking Los Angeles and San Francisco, officials said.
U.S. electric car market full of spark
• http://www.rawstory.com, By Agence France-PresseThe US market for all-electric cars is charging up, with plug-in vehicles rolling off US dealer lots despite much higher costs, battery fire scares and falling gasoline prices.
Bike Porn: 7 Awesome Innovations
• http://www.motherjones.com, Kacey DeamerYour good old 10-speed just got a whole lot cooler.
First Tesla electric sedans hit the road
• http://phys.org, by HAVEN DALEYElectric car maker Tesla's first mass-market sedans took to the road Friday, but it's not certain whether their debut will make or break the fledgling company.
U.S. Government blocks sales of fuel-efficient cars
• http://www.naturalnews.com, by: J. D. HeyesThe development of affordable "green" cars and trucks - electric vehicles or hybrids designed to dramatically curb the nation's reliance on fossil fuels - is supposed to be a primary goal for the Obama administration and a number of government and in
VIDEO: Patronizing Chinese Volkswagen Ad Shows Us the Shape of Elite Future
• http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff ReportEl Reg has difficulty believing that this video of a VW concept hover-car in China is genuine...
Building Tesla
• Timothy Maher via TechnologyReview.comAt its electric-car factory in Silicon Valley, Tesla obsesses over details like making its own high-tech tools.
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