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Archive for January, 2009

MIT's Eleanor: A Solar Powered Racer

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

It doesn’t look like like something you’d see in a car dealership showroom, or even something that would be stable enough to drive over the most modest pothole, but the solar-powered Eleanor can hit 90 mph, has enough battery power to make it from New York to Boston without the sun to recharge it, and [...]

Ford Fusion Hybrid Gets 1000+ Miles On Single Tank Of Gas

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

A team of Ford engineers, fuel efficiency experts, and NASCAR driver Carl Edwards set out on Saturday morning in an effort to prove that a standard production 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid could go 1,000 miles on a single 17.5-gallon tank of gas.  The effort would require an average MPG of 57 and the driving team [...]

Tesla Model S: The Future Of EVs

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

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Tesla is the only real player in making production electric vehicles at the moment.  While GM struggles to get its Chevrolet Volt onto streets and other car companies are building test fleets, Tesla already has 250 electric roadster sports cars sold and more on the way.  But, in order to make electric vehicles a household [...]


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