The eRoadRacing folks have posted a notice that the 3rd event in the 2013 North America series, at Miller Motorsports, has been canceled. This means the North America series will be truncated to just two races. UNLESS .. there is a slight chance of a race at Laguna Seca during…
Tesla continued to increase Model S sales, significantly beating their estimates, while accounting rules meant the company is showing a slight loss. Tesla Motors is continuing its streak of sales growth, selling 5,150 Model S’s during Q2 2013 up from 4,900 in Q1 2013. The company announced Q2 2013 financial…
There’d been a rumor recently that Tesla Motors is interested in self-driving cars, or what’s more formally known as Autonomous Vehicles. It’s kind of the cool thing, because Google has gotten all this attention developing self-driving cars, as have other organizations. Additionally the automakers are coming out with these amazing…
General Atomics announced on Tuesday development of a small nuclear modular reactor that they claim is the most advanced high-performance reactor in the world. The company has submitted a proposal to the US Dept. of Energy to bring the reactor design to the market. Their design offers a use for…
Semiconductor maker Cree announced on Monday a ground-breaking new LED replacement for streetlights. The newly unveiled XSPR LED Residential Street Light series brings the advantages of LED lighting to municipal street-lights, while being priced low enough that cost savings from lower electricity bills pays for its purchase within a year.…
Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority has said, on Monday, there is a new emergency at the Fukushima nuclear plant, thanks to a build-up of radioactive ground-water. Highly radioactive water has leaked into the ocean after an underground barrier was breached, the water is rising towards the surface, and is exceeding legal…
Is Climate Change the be-all-end-all problem that “we” are facing? Yes, I agree with the sentiment of the picture you see here (facebook)- namely, the effects expected from Climate Change are so huge and far-reaching that there’s no “adapting” to it, really, at least not in any simple straightforward way. …
Those of us who drive electric cars (or motorcycles) every day know the recharging infrastructure is weak. The question is how do we get the process underway to beef up the charging infrastructure? AND, what organization should fund and own the infrastructure? Over on whitehouse.gov a new petition was just…
The natural gas drilling rig off the Louisiana coast that blew up on Tuesday appears stable now, thanks to the fire snuffing itself out. While the fire is out, the owner of the rig is still eyeing whether a relief well is required, how to permanently cap the well, how…
Climate change, and climate change denial, stands to become a huge political issue according to poll results released on Friday by the League of Conservation Voters. The organization polled a bipartisan sample of voters under age 35, and found climate change concern to be very high, and that overwhelmingly the…
We like to honor correct use of words, so that we know what everyone is saying. If we don’t guard against losing the track of the meaning of each word, we run the risk of being unable to communicate. What would “Hybrid Truck” mean to you? A truck with a…
While Ford and Toyota disappoint us in announcing they won’t collaborate on hybrid drive trains for full-capability SUV’s and light trucks, Nissan gladdens us with news they’ve sold their 100,000th electric vehicle. I frequently come across naysayer articles pointing out that electric car sales are 0.5% of all car sales. …
Toyota and Ford are abandoning a collaboration that would have led a jointly developed hybrid drive train for SUV’s and trucks that do heavy lifting. Toyota released a statement saying Toyota and Ford have completed their feasibility study for collaboration on the development of a new hybrid system for light…
Zero Motorcycles put out a press release today saying they, well, Kenyon Kluge, had not only taken 2nd place in the eRoadRacing World Cup race just held at Laguna Seca, but that they won the eSuperStock Production Award at the race. I must have missed that award being given out. …
In the gas motorcycle market one can purchase street legal versions of bikes that are almost what the pro motorcycle racers ride on the track. I haven’t checked to see what the difference is, but if you want to spend enough money a fully amped up Honda 600cc superbike can…
