I’m at the 2012 TTXGP North America season finale at Miller Motorsports Park. This morning the teams are getting a little practice time with some of the gas bike groups and this afternoon is the qualifying round. The Zero Motorcycles team is here again with four bikes. Luke told me…
The qualifying round for the TTXGP 2012 race at Miller Motorsports was just run. 1st and 2nd in the starting grid will go to Brammo, Steve Atlas and Eric Bostrom. Both of them were running great, lap after lap of performance well above the others here this weekend, and they…
Since Tesla Motors has such a reputation for high powered electric cars, it must seem that the company is an obvious choice to launch an electric car racing event of some kind. Today, Jalopnik posted an interview with Elon Musk in which he was asked almost precisely that question: How…
A couple days ago Eva Hakansson, builder of the KillaJoule and the better half of the KillaCycle team, reported having made an over-200 miles/hr run at Bonneville but achieving an average speed well under 200. As of Tuesday they were intent on making more runs on Wednesday and today, and setting…
What could be more ridiculous than a “drag race” between a skateboard and a Corvette? Well, when that skateboard is a supersized electric skateboard, and the drag race is limited to 75 feet in length, then the skateboard rider has a chance. And, maybe, in such a case, it’s not…
A couple weeks ago I noted that Kevin Clemens was intending to set the land speed record in the under-150-kilogram class. Fast forward to this week, the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials are underway, and he has set a record breaking the record he set last year. According to a news…
Tesla Motors is continuing to rack up steep losses, so a prediction of profitability by next year may strike one as lunacy, until you look at the orders on hand and the projection of sales volume required to break even. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is again repeating his claim…
This week is the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials, the AMA/FIM certified land speed racing event on the Bonneville Salt Flats. This year the KillaJoule team has returned to the salt and is having great success, already setting a record and achieving a 213.190 miles/hr run. The KillaJoule is a full…
Consumer watchdog magazine, Consumer Reports (CR), has announced on Friday test results of compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFL) and light emitting diode lightbulbs (LED) show significantly better test scores for LED’s over CFL’s. While LED’s are more expensive than CFL’s, Consumer Reports recommends their purchase, and recommends the purchase of either…
A survey of plug-in electric car owners in California show positive economic and environmental benefits, in the largest electric vehicle market in the U.S. California is leading the U.S. in electric vehicle adoption, with over 12,000 plug-in electric vehicles in the state, representing over 35% of the total in the…
KleenSpeed has built an electric race car which they use to test their drive train technology. It also acts as a public face of the company where they can get some attention. They just sent out an email saying they would be appearing this weekend at Sonoma Raceway during the…
Enginer, maker of a Plug-in Prius conversion kit, has developed an add-on battery pack for the Nissan Leaf to extend its driving range. In the gasoline cars market there is a large industry supplying add-on parts and accessories for a wide range of purposes. In the due course of time…
Oak Ridge National Labs (ORNL) yesterday announced a new technique for efficiently harvesting uranium from the ocean. This raises the possibility that Uranium supplies will be much deeper and longer lasting than previously thought. For the environmentally minded it raises a quandary, in that nuclear energy is one way of…
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued a notice yesterday advising consumers and businesses to get prepared for the new electronics recycling law which will take effect on Jan. 24, 2013. The Pennsylvania Covered Device Recycling Act, enacted in 2010, requires that consumers cannot dispose of certain electronics devices in…
The 2012 Pikes Peak Hill Climb was delayed following the (global warming) epic wildfire near Colorado Springs just before the original race date. The rescheduled date was last weekend, and eight electric cars remained in the lineup for the race. These teams included Toyota Motorsports Group, Mitsubishi, Elias Anderson (NovaKar),…
