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Ford Performance Introduces 700hp Kit for F-150

The Truth About Cars

An enormous Whipple Supercharger displacing 3.0L – meaning the part customers are& adding & to their V8 technically has more displacement than most cars on European roads – juices the 5.0L No other mechanical upgrades are mentioned, beyond a rear lowering kit, so tucking aside some simoleons for a brake upgrade may be a good idea.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an. 2:54 PM Anonymous said.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France." The "normal plug" idea doesnt neccessarily work dude. I imagine there will be tax incentives to build green generators when were at that stage. Neutral ????

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For on-the-go juice ups, the idea is to exchange your dead battery for a fresh one owned by Better Place. While government data suggests the retail price of electricity is somewhere around 10 cents per KWH, the addition of taxes and fees puts the price somewhere aorund 16 cents per KWH on my electric bill. I’m depressed.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The idea is that when your car needs more energy, you can drive your car into a station and, like an automated car wash, your depleted battery is replaced robotically by one that has a full charge. Maybe you should ask some engineers at the local power utility before you go shooting your mouth off, decrying how the idea will never fly.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Engineering proptypes enjoy a tax break. Companies can not sell engineering prototypes in which the company got R&D tax breaks in developing the product. When most of America will be reluctant to buy a GM car because the company might go bankrupt how the hell did those in charge think bailing them out was a good idea?

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