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Toyota Mirai fuel cell rated with EPA-estimated 67 mpge

Green Car Congress

Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz announced the EPA-estimated performance figures at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado. Mirai is the only electric vehicle on the market that tops the 300-mile (483 km) range milestone. The Tesla Model S offers up to 270 miles.).

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Nuclear Fusion’s New Idea: An Off-the-Shelf Stellarator

Cars That Think

According to the lab’s lore, Spitzer came up with the idea while riding a ski lift at Aspen Mountain in 1951. Like Muse, Thea focuses on simplified manufacture and maintenance. Unlike Muse, the Thea concept uses planar (flat) electromagnetic coils built of high-temperature superconductors.

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