Showing posts with label cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cars. Show all posts

10/06/2011

Bikes v. the car-centric world

Ticketed for riding his bike not in the bike lane, one man fights back - hilariously: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzE-IMaegzQ

14/05/2009

The Airpod - a car powered by compressed air

French auto engineer Guy Negre had developed an emission-free car, called the Airpod, which runs on compressed air alone. The car is made of fibreglass and stores its "fuel" in a thermoplastic tank. Able to reach speeds as high as 30mph, the tank can be recharged either overnight or in 1 minute using a special high-pressure pump also invented by Negre and can travel up to 65 miles on a single refill. He is also developing a hybrid fuel version which he says will be able to achieve 100 mph and travel 900 miles on a single gallon of petrol. Deals have been signed to produce the car in the USA, Latin America, several European countries and - after a £30 million agreement with Tata - in India, but as of yet not in the United Kingdom. Probably because in this country you'd get bricks chucked at you by chavs for driving what looks like a cross between a PC mouse and a sellotape dispenser.