Archive for July 17th, 2008

It’s definitely a sign of further maturation for the new Tesla Dealership in Santa Monica, CA. Tesla is seeking a “talented and experienced” vehicle technician to service their sexy works of automotive design.
What is interesting are the job requirements. All that is needed are a high school diploma and an A.A. degree in automotive… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy
Halfway through Al Gore’s challenge today calling for a 100% renewable electric grid within ten years is a call for plug-in electric cars. This represents a big change in his thinking, and will hopefully quickly push political and environmental leadership to coalesce around policies to push plug-in cars into the… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, UK

NICE Car Company has announced another new all-electric addition to their line-up to be debuted at the British International Motor Show (BIMS). This vehicle, which the company classifies as an MPV, they say is “neither a concept nor prototype”. Priced at £14k ($27,995.08) NICE is calling this car the first all-electric that… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle), USA

Thanks to tips sent by some of our readers, we learned of a new electric car company today named BG Automotive Group. We dug out our deerstalker and magnifying glass and soon found a set of footsteps in the form of comments with links back to a simple… »

Landon Wilburn has a grudge. Staked out by the side of the road, armed with nothing but a Hot Wheels-brand radar gun and a siren-equipped flashlight, he’s tackling his Louisville, Kentucky neighborhood’s speeding problem single-handedly. Said one local resident of the results: “When I saw it happening, I got the biggest kick out of it…. »

Landon Wilburn has a grudge. Staked out by the side of the road, armed with nothing but a Hot Wheels-brand radar gun and a siren-equipped flashlight, he’s tackling his Louisville, Kentucky neighborhood’s speeding problem single-handedly. Said one local resident of the results: “When I saw it happening, I got the biggest kick out of it…. »

Filed under: Green Culture, Transportation Alternatives, USA
Who’s to blame for the current spike in oil prices and who exactly is benefiting? It seems everyone has an answer to these questions lately. Regardless of whether one believes that we should drill the ANWR region, end oil speculation, boost refinery capability, or pressure automakers to deliver fuel-efficient… »

Filed under: Transportation Alternatives, SEAT

Typically automakers focus on trying to put customers behind the wheel of their products. SEAT, the Spanish branch of the Volkswagen Group has just received an award for reducing road traffic. Thanks to a new rail line from SEAT’s Martorell plant to the port of Barcelona, the company has reduced road… »

We thought the Ford Flathead water pump on eBay was pretty blatant in its attempt to use sexy ladies to draw our eyes to unsexy car parts, but this is ridiculous. If you believe it, there’s a polished throttle body for a GM LS1 hiding in these pictures — Where’s Waldo-style. We have yet to… »

Though we’re still big fans of the first 4.6 seasons and selected episodes from the remaining seasons of Scrubs, there’s something about that Zach Braff fellow that rubs us the wrong way. Maybe it’s the insistence on being a beacon of indie music that many, many people have already heard. Maybe it’s Garden State and… »