Last week Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk hinted that Tesla was about to make a controversial announcement, and today we learned it’s a bombshell. Where most technology companies, whether they make cars or social networks on the Internet, use patents for defense from other companies, or as weapons to bludgeon…
John Wayland of Plasma Boy Racing, builder of the White Zombie electric 1972 Datsun, has teamed up with Mitch Medford (a Texas Tech CEO) to start building ultra high end electric muscle cars. The first car they’re planning is the Black Zombie, which is a 1968 Mustang powered by twin…
Last week Elon Musk laid a bombshell during the Tesla Motors shareholders meeting, one that I barely mentioned in my report. I kind of brushed over it, writing a couple paragraphs about whether Tesla Motors should rebrand itself as a B Corporation because the company is seeking to create so…
The next major event lined up for the electric racing calender is the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The list of electric challengers in 2014 is smaller than in 2013, but a return entrant is Drive eO. Last year the team ran with a custom built electric car, the PP01,…
A couple weeks ago when Hyundai announced they’d begun shipping the Hyundai Tuscon Fuel Cell Vehicle to California, a couple items in their press release clued me in that this was just a Compliance Car move (see post on examiner.com for writeup). Now, in a post on Wards Auto, Byung…
In an electric car, as soon as your foot lifts off the accelerator pedal the regenerative braking system activates slowing the car down while recovering energy. The extent of this effect varies from car to car, but this is generally the way they work. The effect is similar to engine…
One of the negative impacts of regular gasoline powered cars is the lead-acid battery that drives the starter motor, and also helps to run the 12 volt system. Lead acid battery production has a negative impact because Lead is obviously one of the horrid chemicals. While lead acid batteries are…
Mugen shattered lap speed records in the 2014 TT ZERO, with John McGuinness (117.366 miles/hr) and Bruce Anstey (115.048 miles/hr) taking 1st and 2nd place. They were the expected winners, and a 115+ miles/hr finish was to be expected after McGuinness’ 115.598 finish on Monday, but hitting a speed over…
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland walk to a bilateral meeting after posing for photos at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Warsaw, Poland, June 3, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) President Obama just announced a massively great program to combat climate…
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk just concluded the annual Tesla Shareholders meeting for 2014. As in previous years, it was the Q&A session that was most interesting, with Musk revealing some tidbits that perhaps hadn’t been said elsewhere, and generally answering concerns currently floating around the fate of Tesla Motors.…
Earlier today Mugen Shinden’s John McGuinness shattered the TT ZERO lap speed record – it now stands at 115.598 miles/hr. His teammate, Bruce Anstey, also broke the previous record, which had been set by Anstey on Saturday, with a 113+ miles/hr lap speed. These two are top riders in the…
The 115 miles/hr threshold has been broken in today’s 2014 TT ZERO qualifying round. Mugen Shinden’s John McGuinness finished with a 115.598 miles/hr (19:35.007) lap speed, followed closely by Bruce Anstey who also broke the previous record with a 113.643 miles/hr (19:55.221) lap speed. The wet weather for which the…
John McGuinness during Friday’s practiceSource: IOMTT Today it was Bruce Anstey’s turn to set an TT ZERO lap speed record. Yesterday, Mugen’s John McGuinness finished with a 111.904 miles/hr lap speed, and in today’s qualifying round Mugen’s Bruce Anstey finished with a 112.355 miles/hr lap speed. McGuinness finished with a…
Fuel cell’s seem like this magic technology – you pour in a clean fuel (hydrogen and oxygen) and out comes clean energy (electricity) and water. Make a fuel cell big enough to power a car, or truck, and you’ve got a “clean” vehicle that can go a few hundred miles…
Today the 2014 TT ZERO is having its first practice session on the Isle of Man. At the bottom of this is a bunch of postings I’ve located on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The big news is that John McGuinness, riding for Team Mugen Shinden, broke the 110 miles/hr threshold,…
