I love the idea of the HumanCar, a street-legal vehicle powered by the passengers and a hybrid-electric drive. It’s wonderful!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=369463415941480101
[via Autopia]
Tag Archives: transportation
Three-wheeling in the city with Clever
CNET News has photos of the Clever, a new three-wheel sub-compact vehicle released in Europe. It gets the equivalent of 108 mpg and it looks great, too! Where can I get one? (Photo courtesy of CNET News and The Clever Group)
Women applaud no-men, pink-striped metro cars
In Brazil, women have finally gotten their wish: pink-striped, women-only metro cars. Apparently, there’s a lot of groping and feeling going on in Brazil (shame on you, fellow men!) and it’s so bad they lobbied for women-only cars. Now they’ve got them. The article mentions how women themselves will police the cars, to make sure no men get aboard. They can call on police if needed to evict unruly men. Here’s the link to the article.
On demand airflight to arrive by at least end of year
A company called DayJet will start taking orders from customers later this year for “on demand flying”. They have these light, 4-passenger airplanes called the Eclipse 500, and will let passengers book them for flights between cities that don’t normally offer commercial flights. CNET has the details in this article. I’m curious to find out what their pricing looks like, and how safe it’d be to fly in their airplanes.
Caparo T1 at Monaco
From Gizmag: “April 22, 2006 We’ve already previewed the lightweight (less than 500kg), roadgoing Caparo T1, which a uses a compact 500bhp V8 engine to deliver a dramatic 1,000bhp-per-tonne power-to-weight ratio — nearly double that of the Bugatti Veyron. Well the Caparo had its coming out at the prestigious Top Marques show in Monaco yesterday when it was unveiled by no less than Prince Albert II…” Here’s the link.
Raoul Pop 