Tagged: electricvehicles

Driving in Los Angeles today a futuristic car I had never seen or heard of before pulled up next to us so I had to investigate... The Fisker Karma ($102,000 - $116,000) created by Henrik Fisker, the designer of the Aston Martin DB9 and BMW Z8, is as great for the environment as it is too look at. The sexy sports sedan hybrid, of which only 15,000 a year [...]

Pretty much all the current problems with electric cars can be summed up with this glorified puff piece on the new Ford all-electric Focus . Sure, it's technologically advanced and looks just like the gasoline-powered Focus, but who the hell is going to plunk down nearly $40,000 for a car that can only drive 76-miles before having to recharge the engine for three hours? Until motor companies can sell an electric vehicle that costs between $15-$20,000 and gets closer to 500 miles per charge I just can't fathom them becoming a viable option.

Garnet Hertz's video game concept car combines a car-shaped arcade game cabinet with a real world electric vehicle to produce a video game system that actually drives. OutRun offers a unique mixed reality simulation as one physically drives through an 8-bit video game. The windshield of the system features custom software that transforms the real world into an 8-bit video game, enabling the user to have limitless gameplay opportunities while driving. For more info: http://conceptlab.com/outrun/ OutRun UCI ICS Promo Video from Garnet Hertz on Vimeo .

The technology just isn't feasible for this modern-day rickshaw , but I still love the design of it.  The company claims this will be the first "negative emissions" vehicle in the world.  Which is why I wouldn't hold my breath.

The technology just isn't feasible for this modern-day rickshaw , but I still love the design of it.  The company claims this will be the first "negative emissions" vehicle in the world.  Which is why I wouldn't hold my breath.