Which side of the road do they drive on? Edited by Brian Lucas, brian@brianlucas.ca IntroductionHistorical questionsThe list of countriesExceptionsBorder crossingsChanging from one side to the otherThe cars are different tooWhat about trains?What about boats?What about pedestrians? elon-musk-interview-tesla Elon Musk was at home in Los Angeles, struggling to maintain his composure. “This past year has been the most difficult and painful year of my career,” he said. “It was excruciating.” The year has only gotten more intense for Mr. Musk, the chairman and chief executive of the electric-car maker Tesla, since he abruptly declared on Twitter last week that he hoped to convert the publicly traded company into a private one. To Each his Tribes: From Contract to Pact The dominant attitude in political and journalistic milieux is to cling on to this widely-held belief, rooted in the philosophical and social systems of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, that individualism remains triumphant. And yet the plural person and emotional tribes – this is a reality that we see around us every day, and one which is difficult to deny, or to refute. In place of civilisation given to reasoning, that of a masterable narrative and a contractual social bond, comes a culture of instinct, where we want to confront destiny face to face.
stanfordracing.org Latest News Summer 2009 — Take a video tour of Stanley's exhibit at the Smithsonian with lead engineer Mike Montemerlo. Nov. 5, 2007 — Junior, which drove nearly flawlessly during the DARPA Urban Challenge on Saturday, was awarded second place, and a $1 million prize, in a DARPA ceremony Sunday morning. Download Videos: NQE Test A, Test B, and Test C. These and other videos can be found on Video page. Can Think's electric car revolutionize the auto industry? - August 1, 2007 (Business 2.0 Magazine) -- Three pinstriped London investors stand outside an electric car factory in the green fields of the Norwegian countryside, waiting their turns to test-drive a stylish two-seater called the Think City. But first, Think CEO Jan-Olaf Willums takes the wheel. While the moneymen fiddle with their BlackBerrys, Willums, looking slightly rumpled like the academic he once was, turns the ignition, and the stub-nosed coupe silently rolls toward an open stretch of pavement. Suddenly he punches the pedal, and the car takes off like a shot, the AC motor instantaneously transferring power to the wheels. The only sound is the squealing of tires as Willums throws the little car into a tight turn and barrels back toward his startled guests. "That looks fun," Frode Aschim of Range Capital Partners says with a grin.
Inflatable electric car can drive off cliffs It's hard to say what the most intriguing thing about XP Vehicles' inflatable car is. Maybe it's that the car can travel for up to 2,500 miles on a single electric charge (the distance across the US is roughly 3,000 miles). Or maybe it's the fact that you buy the car online, it gets shipped to you in two cardboard boxes, and the estimated assembly time is less than two hours. Perhaps it's that the car is made out of "airbags" - the same polymer materials used to cushion NASA's rovers when they landed on Mars. Then again, it could be the company's claim that you can drive the car off a cliff without serious injury, and that it will float in a flood or tsunami.
Some EV History / History of Electric Cars and other Vehicles Last updated 2009.11.13 Introduction | Acknowledgements | Other Sources of EV History Information Your Information Is Invited | Why are there so few electric cars? [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] [Numbers] Introduction and Disclaimer The following is a history of some of the makes, marques and movers in the history of on-road EVs. It is not intended to be as complete as some published works on the subject, and it is the result of my knowledge and researches, and those of others who have provided information to me.
Officially Official: GM reveals the 2011 Chevy Volt! Click above for high-res gallery of 2011 Chevy Volt Everyone who has been waiting with bated breath for the past year and a half to see the production version of the Chevy Volt can now breathe a big sigh of relief. After some extremely unflattering press shots shots were accidentally released last week, people were extremely disappointed with what appeared to be little more than a Prius clone. Anyone who spends time photographing cars knows how hard it can be to make them look good and how easy it is to make them look really awful. Unfortunately, those shots that were unapproved and never supposed to be released anyway fell into the latter category. The car that GM rolled out this morning as part of its centennial celebration in Detroit is a much more attractive machine that while different from the concept is still very attractive.