The 2011 installment of the World Solar Challenge, a solar car race that runs through central Australia, is underway. The cars are purpose built vehicles that sit low to the ground, have extreme aerodynamics, and the whole top is generally covered in solar panels. The race goes from Darwin (on…
The Peugeot 908 Hybrid 4, which was unveiled at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show in March, made its first genuine on-track test at Estoril, Portugal on October 11, 2011. “Our aim wasn’t to but a lot of kilometres on the clock, but to verify that all the chief functions performed,” reports Peugeot Sport’s…
Hot on the heels of the 2011 TTXGP World Championship race, the following announcement was sent out naming a new team joining the race series for 2012. MIST Suzuki Stop Smoking is expected to compete in the European series. Going by their blog post they’re planning to build their own…
“Electric racing offers the potential to both accelerate the development of electric drivetrain technology in the crucible of competition, but also to show how exciting zero-emissions race cars can be and so shift consumer attitudes towards the adoption of EVs,” said Drayson Racing chief Lord Paul Drayson. So far the…
This weekend saw Matthias Himmelman (Muench Racing) win the TTXGP 2011 World Championship race at the Anglesey race track in Wales. While congratulations are due to Himmelman and his team for their excellent win this year (see TTXGP 2011 World Final Championship held today by the Welsh seaside in Anglesey),…
As announced earlier this week, the 2011 TTXGP electric motorcycle racing world championship race was held today in Anglesey, Wales. (see TTXGP’s 2011 World Final Championship race to be held October 15/16 in Anglesey) For the second year running, Meunch Racing is the TTXGP world champions, with Zongshen in second place. The…
The normalthink for air travel would have you driving to the airport, and paying long term parking fees, or else paying through the nose for a taxi/shuttle ride. There is another way, a way to avoid the costs or hassles by using public mass transit. It works even where I…
We don’t yet have electric airplane racing happening, but that doesn’t stop those who are building electric airplanes to see how fast or how far they can go. French pilot Hugues Duval has built an electric conversion of a tiny single-seater Cri Cri airplane, and been working on speed records with it.…
Last weekend Team Catavolt won the first Australian electric motorcycle championship race series concluded with the eFXC/TTXGP final race at Wakefield Park. The Australian series had three rounds, at Eastern Creek, Winton, and last weekend at Wakefield Park. There were only three bikes total racing, with two in the TTX75 class…
A group of children are playing with a ball. They lose control of the ball, and it rolls across the street. It’s an innocent daily occurrence sometimes resulting in a dead child, a driver facing criminal charges, outrage over a needless death, anguished parents, and so on. Who’s really at…
Today the timing and location of the TTXGP 2011 World Final Championship electric motorcycle race was announced, and it will be held in Anglesey, UK on October 15/16. For the TTXGP it’s not only the capping off of an amazing 2011 season, it’s a return to a venue where…
An electric car designed and built by Brigham Young University Engineering students set a world land speed record for its weight class. The record was 155.8 mph averaged over its two required qualifying runs, with a maximum speed of 175 mph. The team was led by recently retired associate professor…
