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Best and slowest alternative vehicle… ever

dd — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:38:44 +0000

Alternative energy vehicles

OK, I lied before, this here is definitely the best green energy solution! Who needs to pay for the high price of gas when you have HAY? This gives true meaning to horse power, even though this is not technically a horse, it is still a a four legged beast pulling… not a cart, but a jeep. Ingenious! Think about it, you get all the luxury of a auto interior without having to worry about gas prices. Now you may have a few new worries such as the price of hay and this may put new meaning into such car issues as “a stubborn transmission” and “engine failure”.

The good news is that with this ride, you literally can coax your engine back to health!

Air Car Coming to U.S.

dd — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:50:10 +0000

Tata motors created some buzz when they first showed off the air car some time ago, now seems the project is picking up steam with plans on bringing the air powered car to the US next year.

The models were called oneCat and miniCat and rumor has it that those same models that were slated for Indian roads may hit U.S. roads as well.

The company planning to bring the air cars to the U.S. is called ZPM (Zero Pollution Motors).The first air-powered car to hit U.S. streets is supposed to be priced at around $17,800 with about a 75-hp engine. There are also plans for a 6 seat, large version for the U.S. market. The Indian models, OneCat and MiniCat are 2 and 3 seat models.

The air cars are said to be able to go as fast as 95 mph and have a range of 1000 miles on each fill up of, well, air. As it stands now, the cars should be available in the U.S. by early 2010.

Water Powered Car

dd — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:34:04 +0000

Here’s a really cool car even though the concept sounds a bit far fetched but seems a professor in Japan has created a car that runs on water, talk about cheap, easy attainable fuel.

The company responsible for the car is called Genepax. The hi tech car works by extracting the hydrogen from the water that is poured into the cars tank. Electrons are then somehow released producing electricity to power the motor.

The company does have plans for this concept car with plans to mass produce the water car.

Water-fuel car unveiled in Japan

(01:21) Report

Jun. 13 – Japanese company Genepax presents its eco-friendly car that runs on nothing but water.

The car has an energy generator that extracts hydrogen from water that is poured into the car’s tank. The generator then releases electrons that produce electric power to run the car. Genepax, the company that invented the technology, aims to collaborate with Japanese manufacturers to mass produce it.

Concept Cars – Sixty Years of Futuristic Automobiles

dd — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:04:02 +0000

I love concept cars, I love how people design cars that they know are just too out there to ever go into production, but they attract the crowds at the auto shows. Take a look at 6 decades of whacky, crazy and way too cool concept cars.

It’s odd that in 60 years of car companies building concept cars, not much has changed, they always seem really rounded, even when the styles where boxy, and always, very futuristic.

The flyboat, one very early concept that may not have even had any wheels. OK, not really a car, but I love this one.

Nazi Racecar

1938 concept Phantom

Another vintage concept car, not sure what is is, but it sure must have been a cool ride back then.

1950 Futureliner from GM – kinda a bus, wagon and mack truck all rolled into one crazy car.

Buick Vintage Concept Cars from the 1950’s

Vintage Concept Car

1964 GM Stiletto, the look of the future?

1964 future car, not sure what they where thinking here because this is just plain ugly. Most Concept cars look sleek and hopefully cool, no matter what year, this one here looks like a bad Jaws movie coming at you. Jaws may be too cool for this one… OK, how about a salmon swimming upstream at you? The front end just reminds me of fish… go figure.

1950ish Model D concept

1970 Porsche Tapiro

1980 GM Epcot

1988 GM SunRaycer – Arrival of the solar powered cars? guess we never saw that one happen.

1989 Solar Car, not made by a large auto manufacturer, I think, But still cool

2005 mercedes hydrogen car

2003 GM Hy Wire Concept

Mercedes Benz Formula One

Pontiac Solstice

Here are a few more recent models

A Suziki Concept SUV from 2007

This one is awsome, this is the Mazda Taiki concept car, reminds me of ocean waves… you can see why I’m sure.

3 wheel car/bike?

Asian Concept from an auto show a few years back

1970 style Dodge Challenger concept

Cool Rides, Tom Thumb’s Car

dd — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:31:43 +0000

This really is one cool ride, kinda a cross between a Soap Box racer and a minivan bred to a ATV. Now if George Clooney has one, the ride must be incredibly cool. Noww, George Clooney is a big boy and I gotta admit I just can’t see him squeezing into that thing and put putting around town. But, George does look ultra cool leaning on the very compact car.

Let’s check out the speed of these tiny autos. Here is a drag race between the two rivals, Tesla EV VS. Tango EV. Now, I hear if you get one of these your trips to the gas station may be cut down to a once year chore… if you use it for short distances, it may go as far as once in a car’s lifetime.

Air Car shows that air can be a gasoline alternative

dd — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:16:22 +0000

Gas prices are still really high. I gotta say I am glad they came down a bit but where I live they are still around 4 bucks a gallon which makes filling up my 13 gallon car a bit expensive at 52 dollars. I hate bitching about the issue since I know many places in the world have been paying such prices for the last 10 years, but here in the U.S., we are not yet used to it.Europeans have always had smaller, more efficient cars and some have even come up with the air car. The air car is a car that is fuelled by compressed air. How cool is that? You would think a car running on air would be as fast or as sick as a donkey car, but seems the manufacturer says that they will go as fast as 68 MPH. Check out these air cars below..

The air car is made by Tata Motors, an Indian company, in collaboration with the French company MDI. The production models will be sold in Europe and Australia. Seems they thought that bringing it to the U.S. would not be a great idea because of the lower speeds and power… maybe they need to reconsider that since the gas price issue hit the U.S.

The OneCAT, is supposed to be the first production model made for urban and rural driving specifically designed to be driven in congested cities and priced in the $5,100 to $7,800 range has a range of 125 miles before needing more air. Gas stations will have compressors and the charge about $2 per fill-up.

This is the motor that powers the air car

Where do I get one?