Transportation

Please check out this UT news article and consider posting some comments online. I have a conflict of interest because of my employer, so I won't post any comments, but there are so many facts being stretched in this article it's hard to know where to begin....Free cars? Not sure where he got...

Nissan Note the First-Ever Car You Can 'Buy' On Amazon "You knew the day was coming when they started selling diapers. Amazon is now dipping its toe into car sales by selling a single car: the 2014 Nissan Versa Note. Amazon users hit a real live Versa Note product page, but instead of "Add to...

Hi guys! Yesterday I bought a 2001 Audi A2 1.2 TDI 3L here in Sweden. It is even more fuel-efficient than a VW Lupo 3L. Maybe because the whole body of the car is in aluminium just like the Tesla. There are only 6500 left in the wild in the whole world of these 1.2 TDI Audis, so I am pretty...

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/the-world-s-largest-solar-powered-boat-1378733312-slideshow/

Ridiculous. If you text someone that's driving and they get into an accident, you are liable and can be sued now. That's right. I didn't say "texting and driving", I said if you are sitting your a$$ at home and txt someone else that's driving and THEY get into an accident, YOU can now be sued...

Interesting article my son just sent me: Ford Develops New SUV That Runs Purely On Gasoline | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Imagine a small single occupant autonomous car not much bigger than an enclosed motorcycle. You call it with a cellphone app. It figures out where you are and comes to pick you up, and it already knows where to go because you entered that in the app. Imagine them so small and sleek that they...

I am considering buying a Tesla. I drive only 10 miles a day 300 days a year. Three or four times a year, though, I go on extended road trips of more than 1000 miles, usually west to east and back. Spending 30 minutes every 200 miles does not seem practical to me. I don't want to spend...

I took delivery of a CPO Roadster last week and have been driving it exclusively for a week (700 miles so far). Unfortunately I'm in outside sales and had to pile on 600 miles in two days so it was back to my '11 Taurus... Boo. Imagine my surprise when regenerative breaking doesn't kick in as...

Ferrari sells for $27.5 million in Pebble Beach - Aug. 18, 2013

There is a petition to the White House seeking federal funding for the Hyperloop. It was created August 12 and needs 100,000 signatures by September 11. I was #53 today. Here is the link to the petition...

Space X is private and doing very well, we assume, and it has money and can raise capital. It contains some of the brightest minds on the planet, we assume. Elon Musk is the CEO and has a brilliant track record of creative thinking and execution. Hyperloop is a game changer in mass...

Seriously. Musk states in his hyperloop design "A quiet supersonic plane immediately solves every long distance city pair..." a 50/50 SpaceX + Tesla joint venture should start developing small, private electric planes. They are currently technologically feasible. See the study below With the...

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/opinion/sunday/a-clean-car-boom.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

Crashed and rolled down a 500m cliff, saved by the smart fortwo rigid structure. : cars held up very well, thats an old one too also if you are one of those types of people that are so sure that the smart isnt a safe car then check out the threads in this section Accident - Smart Car of...

http://www.eliomotors.com/my-strengths/ Elio Motors: Join the Revolution - YouTube I can't imagine 49 city and 84 high way for $7000 with 5 star rating. It is perfect for city car for single/senior/married couple and small family who don't take many trips together and has back up vehicle. It...

Watch DARPA Hackers Take Control Of A Toyota Prius I hope those hacks can't be done remotely.

Bold School: What Happens During a Recall? - Yahoo! Autos

Dealing with range anxiety today... My wife called on the way home from work... 23 mile trip, left work with 25 miles of range... It immediately dropped to --- In her Porsche Cayenne.... Had to say on the phone with her while she drove to the nearest gas station. I informed her that she just...

The title and articles are a little confusing some of the news sites that I've seen (such as CNN). A bunch of news reports say that the new Chevy Impala received the 'best new sedan the magazine has tested' and 'earned highest score among all sedans tested', which I know is not true (the Tesla...

Article: http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/18/4534786/ford-sued-over-myford-touch-system-glitches

http://www.economist.com/news/business-books-quarterly/21581707-straight-talking-american-boss-inevitable-crash CarmakersThe inevitable crashStraight talking from an American bossJul 13th 2013 |From the print editionIcons and Idiots: Straight Talk on Leadership. By Bob Lutz. Portfolio Penguin...

Your vote? Personally, I'm loving "whoosh" and don't miss "vroom".

After my experiences with GM & Ford and countless other reported EV selling challenges for the Auto majors, I was wondering if they could adopt Tesla's model and sell direct to the consumer? I've heard reps and auto SMEs bemoan the fact that EV manufacturing is not profitable and they need to...

Unattended train rolls into Canadian town center, kills 3 - CNN.com One more reason to switch from this toxic, hazardous substance as soon as possible.

A long but very interesting article on what causes traffic jams and how anyone can help mitigate them. The Physics Behind Traffic Jams

I have been folllowing Tesla Motors since 2006 and am obsessed by the cars and this site, even though as a public sector professional in the UK, I will never probably be able to buy one:frown: I am also interested in Maglev railway technology and have been following the attempts by UK...

What do you guys think about Bioasphalt? Think about the job opportunities for people actually producing the content for bioasphalt. They should AT LEAST start with potholes, wouldn't that be a great idea?

While waiting for the Model X, I'm contemplating what I'll spend my $ on. I've always had a high performance vehicle in the household. I know asking this question on this forum may seem a bit odd. Aside from the car having an ICE, what do you think of it? It wouldn't be my daily driver, that's...

Didn't know that Maserati was going to shift their focus away from the elite to the "merely wealthy", lol http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-27/ferrari-fueled-maserati-at-65-600-lures-bored-bmw-buyers.html http://www.maseratighibli.us/...

Is anybody else sick and tired of the fact that there are almost no pollution controls on industrial vehicles? I was behind a truck today that constantly belched black smoke, and it seems like most of them are like that - and that one of those produces more pollution than a thousand cars. I...

1. Idling. Your car isn't going anywhere but the motor spins and burns gas anyway, it can't rest, it cant stop. 2. Tailpipes. ICEs are so inefficient that they need to constantly spew heated gas out. 3. Catalytic converters. You've got a big tank full of expensive fuel, but you don't...

BBC News - Paris Air Show: Aircraft tech that works best on the ground

I think DME holds a lot of potential promise as a fuel for heavy trucks. What are your guys' thoughts? http://www.trucktrend.com/features/news/2013/163_news130610_volvo_dme_fueled_diesel_trucks/index.html

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My favorite bubbly. Visited their place in Reims ... and now I go to their web site ... YUCK. Maison Veuve Clicquot, luxury Champagnes - Champagne Veuve Clicquot | Veuve Clicquot What are those machines in front of the building? Vive La France? Pense pas!

Do you guys know about the Volkswagen Lupo 3L? It is supposed to be the most fuel efficient highway capable car in the world. I just bought it :) VW produced the volkswagen between 1999 - 2005. This little sucker is not big...but you can still sit 4-5 adults in it and have somewhat of...

Ferrari Chairman says no to electric cars | The Verge If Ferrari holds to this, in 30 years their cars will be the mechanical watches of the sports car world — quaint reminders of an era gone by.

Unfortunatly i couldn't find a way to post the picture. But i can imagine some very funny qoute's with this pic. Ram photo shoot goes horribly, horribly wrong

Those of us that travel for work want to continue the Tesla experience. Now some Car pickups are offering Teslas for Taxi or Limo service Please use this thread to document with links and or phone numbers where they are in the US. This might make a good Wiki. Tesla Rentals already have a...

I just heard on the radio that Toyota is still moving forward on a fuel cell car for 2015. Toyota cuts cost of hydrogen-fuel cell cars I thought that after years of research, we haven't been able to efficiently produce Hydrogen, and that therefore Hydrogen cars cause about as much CO2...

Okay, so the big 3 in Detriot did, but what other car companies sold over ten thousand vehicles like Tesla?

The Future of Transportation event was this weekend and had a bunch of alternative fuel vehicles including; electric, biodiesel, hydrogen, and 5 teslas (3 roadsters and 2 model s) Here is a video of the event Future of transportation - Video | The Loop news article on the event Future of...

General Motors, Ford form unusual alliance - Business on NBCNews.com They could go in the direction the article states......OR they could put that time, energy, and money into developing EVs. :cursing:

Guinness has withdrawn its designation of the Bugatti Veyron as the world's fastest car because the test car lacked a speed limiter present on the versions sold to the public. How a Texas Tuner and a Technicality Took Down the Worlds Fastest Car | Autopia | Wired.com Apparently, the record...

sorry if this has been posted before, did a search but nothing came up What cars did you have before the tesla? and how long did you have them? 1st - 2002 Protege5 - Runtime: 9yrs (current car) 2nd - 2010 Genesis Coupe V6 - Runtime: 3.5Yrs and counting 3rd - Hopefully the Tesla P85 this year...

Next time, we'll need to get some daytime pics. We were in a hurry to meet friends for the tour, and by the time I dragged the girls off the driving simulators, it was dark.

Apple looks to bolster its iOS vehicle integration team as its automotive push grows As someone with more than one foot in the "Apple camp", I'd love to see Tesla and Apple do some serious collaboration here. At a minimum, how about the ability to mirror an iOS screen on the 17" display...

Design News - Electronic News & Comment - 'Internet Snacking' Coming to GM Vehicles

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