Filed under: Transportation Apparently not everyone at General Motors is toiling away in an attempt to get the Volt ready for its 2010 debut, as another sector of the outfit’s R&D division is busy creating a windshield that will, at its core, enable us to stop running stuff over. The futuristic glass would utilize lasers, sensors [...]
Friday, July 18, 2008
Filed under: Transportation Never heard of Fresno-Yosemite International? Thanks to this low-key airport now housing the largest solar installation of any airport in the entire United States, you have now. Arriving passengers will notice the panels a half-mile out, as they cover about seven football fields worth of land and will eventually result in taxpayer savings [...]
Thursday, July 17, 2008
While New York taxis are set to go hybrid by 2012, at least one company in the UK looks to be doing its part to take things one step further, with it now showing off an all-electric taxi that it states will be available as soon as October of this year. Dubbed the E7, this [...]
Thursday, July 17, 2008
It may still be squabbling with Tesla over some allegedly stolen secrets, but it looks like Fisker is still moving full steam ahead with its Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid, with Valmet Automotive now announcing its intention to manufacturer the automobile en masse in Finland. As Fisker itself had announced way back when, they’re anticipating to [...]
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Filed under: Transportation Tesla might have finally started shipping Roadsters, but it just can’t stop getting sued — this time the upstart automaker is being haled into court by former public relations director David Vespremi, who was fired in 2007 during that odd upheaval that saw co-founder Martin Eberhard demoted and finally given the boot. Vespremi [...]
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Filed under: Transportation, Wireless We dig the idea in theory, we really do, but we can definitely see this causing more harm than good. Starting this fall, San Francisco will begin a trial involving wireless parking sensors in 6,000 of its 24,000 metered spaces, enabling antsy drivers to be alerted via street signs or cellphones when [...]
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Transportation, Wireless Utilizing big honkin’ displays for advertising purposes is nothing new, but East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and East Japan Marketing & Communications have decided to try “digital posters” out for reference. In short, ten 65-inch Sharp PN655R LCDs have been installed within “the internal concourse on the first floor [...]
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Filed under: Transportation We’re not sure what’s going on here, but we’re not going to complain: Blimps are making a comeback. There are powerful hauling blimps, sure, but BAE is hopping on the autonomous systems bandwagon with its nimble GA22. The 22-meter (72 feet) dirigible is meant to carry high-tech surveillance equipment weighing up to 330 [...]
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Filed under: Transportation Move over, Elon Musk — the Tesla owners club is about to get bigger. The upstart electric-car company announced the delivery of the first nine production Roadsters to customers in California earlier this week, with several more to follow at the rate of four per week, and the plan is to start building [...]
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Filed under: Transportation Fat kids want cake, skinny kids abstain, right? Whatever philosophy you subscribe to, chances are you’ll only see the world’s fittest stopping by a Trek Stop. This curious vending machine is currently parked in Madison, Wisconsin and enables cyclists to nab spare parts (an extra tube, patch kit, water bottle, etc.) or healthy [...]
Friday, July 18, 2008
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