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Archive for January, 2008

Mercedes-Benz Formula Zero Racer Concept Car

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Mercedes Benz Formula Zero Racer photo

If the podracing in StarWars I was tempered by the grace of the Greenbird’s land yacht design then you might have something that Mercede-Benz designers are saying in 2025 would be called Formula Zero. (Except, of course that we already have Formula Zero racing.)

In the Mercedes-Benz conceptual model the racer combines electric hub motors, an aero-efficient solar skin and a high-tech rigid sail. The idea, …

For GM, Cars Are Greener on the Other Side

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

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GM’s current offering of vehicles in the U.S. is decidedly unremarkable in the realm of fuel economy. However, if their lineup of prototype and limited production vehicles is any indication of things to come, GM seems to be catching up with what consumers want.

Chevrolet Volt Plug-In Hybrid to use LG Chem Batteries

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Many of us have been watching with interset the race between LG Chem and A123 Systems to become the supplier of the GM Volt’s battery system. After all, energy storage is currently the most crucial puzzle left to solve to make battery electric cars and plug-in hybrids viable. We need batteries that store as much [...]


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