Kenyon Kluge at Laguna Seca Yesterday I referenced & summarized a race report from Brian Wismann – today it’s Kenyon Kluge’s turn. Kenyon took 3rd place behind the Empulse RR’s in Sunday’s eRoadRacing race event in Indianapolis. This makes him top dawg in the unofficial eSuperSport division for two races…
A few days ago I wrote about possible business models for free public charging. It’s an intriguing idea, but there is a risk of abuse with this model because many people will take advantage of free stuff. Standing in front of me is a Nissan Leaf owned by someone…
From Facebook Just before Sunday’s eRoadRacing race in Indianapolis, Brian Wismann posted a long “here’s the latest from Team Brammo” on Facebook that gave some interesting details. First and most heartening is that the Brammo paddock had a constant stream of visitors “since Friday” which is typically a slow day. …
It’s way cool that the 2013 electric motorcycle racing season (eRoadRacing World Cup) is featuring manufactured bikes, where in previous years the majority of bikes were prototype bikes. There are two manufactured bikes, Brammo’s Empulse TTX and Zero S, in existence with race-ready performance. Well, “race ready” so long as…
Shane Turpin – from Facebook Shane Turpin (Brammo Empulse RR) won overall in today’s eRoadRacing World Cup race at Indianapolis Speedway, with Kenyon Kluge (Zero S) winning the eSuperStock category. This was the first electric vehicle race held at the Indianapolis Speedway, a track that has the nickname “Gasoline Alley”,…
Mostly electric car charging in the U.S. is free, as in zero cost to the consumer. There is of course a cost to buy the charging station, install it, get permits to install, etc. The businesses who install charging stations need to recoup their investment – there needs to be…
Can you spell Oschersleben? If so, you’re a better man than me. In any case, Ho Chi Fung has taken pole position at the eRoadRacing Europe race #2 at that track. It’s a double header for the eRoadRacing this weekend with events in both Indianapolis (where Shane Turpin has taken…
The eRoadRacing guys are racing in Indianapolis for what may be the final race of the 2013 North America season, and I’m not there, missing a North America TTXGP/e-Power/eRoadRacing for the first time. Whether there’s something wrong with this picture remains to be seen, but in the meantime I’m combing…
In Murfreesboro Tennessee yesterday a drunk woman crashed her Tesla Model S into a telephone pole. She told police she was “messing with the radio.” It was a clear day, hers was the only car in the crash, so I’m guessing a combination of inebriation and driver distraction caused the…
The Formula E electric car racing series may be doomed before it launches. Or maybe not. Over on proev.com they’re claiming that Formula E is doomed because the organizers are not organizing a racing series, but are making poor choices based on marketing goals, and have created technical flaws. I’m…
Crude oil coming from hydraulic fracturing dependent oil operations in the Bakken Shale region are more dangerous, more explosive, than crude oil from other sources. Crude oil isn’t normally seen as a high explosion risk hazmat material. The train derailment in Quebec in July that resulted in a huge explosion…
Maybe Elon Musk is stretching too far with the Hyperloop concept? The idea, a system of tubes containing low atmospheric pressure air, through which electrically driven capsules ride at supersonic speeds, was just unveiled today, and already there are naysayers. I think there’s many who hear Musk as over-confident and…
Gil de Ferran is a 20+ year veteran of motorsports having won several championships including the IndyCar (twice) and Indianapolis 500. The Formula E electric car racing series announced today they’d signed him up for two roles. The first role is “Ambassador” and “spokesman” for the series, primarily in North…
TEPCO reported on Sunday that highly toxic levels of radioactive tritium and cesium are leaking into the Pacific Ocean from the crippled Fukushima no. 1 power plant. Amid rising concerns about radiation leaks at the site, and a declaration of Emergency by Japans Nuclear Regulatory Agency, TEPCO drilled a new…
The hydraulic fracturing boom is causing water shortages and drying up towns in West Texas, and elsewhere. Water is the source of life, and clean water means clean healthy life. The fracking process, as it’s popularly known, consumes massive amounts of water. This is water that the oil well operator…
