Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2014

Matt Zaluzec, Ford technical leader, Global Materials and Manufacturing Research, was the use of technologies that are targeting the use of mixed materials and that are available today. The cast aluminum or carbon fiber wheels saved 30%. Forged aluminum connecting rods saved 40%. The Mach-I has no spare tire.)

Concept 284

Concept Carbon Fiber Vehicles Ford 284

Cars That Think

APRIL 25, 2024

Assessing Hoverbikes’ Risks Safety concerns are just as big a hurdle to making hoverbikes available for sale. In 2014, IEEE Spectrum reported about Aerofex’s pledge to deliver a commercially available hoverbike, the Aero-X, by 2017. But that explanation is as plausible as any. Where Are They Now? Spoiler alert: It didn’t happen.

Kansas 93

Kansas Fusion Universal Personal 93

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. To restore balance we must protect the oxygen-producing biomass of Earth and reduce the amount of carbon emissions. But use of petroleum will continue.

PHEV 150

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150