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Aptera 2e in New York71

Future Car - Aptera

According to Paul Wilbur, Chief Executive Officer of Aptera Motors, Aptera is Greek for "wingless flight." The Aptera is unusual for electric cars in that it has only three wheels, two in front and one in...

0 comments    automotive car cars
Lithium Atom. Notice that like, gold, silver, and copper, Lithium has one "valance electron."87

Future Car - Electricity & Battery Technology

Though the only mention of "future" or "car" in this hub is in this and the next paragraph, it is with an eye toward the future car that the hub was written. With so many new cars being designed to run...

8 comments    automotive car battery
Assisted Hybrid. Engine and electric motor drive wheels. Engine can charge the batteries or power the vehicle, but not both at the same time.75

Future Car - Hybrid Types

With all the talk of "the hybrid car", its ability to save gas and pollute less, get high mileage and still drive like a "real" car, there is little attention being paid to exactly how those hybrids work....

5 comments    hybrid gasoline diesel
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GM on EBay

Finally, an American automaker embraces the web-auction sphere. Will it pop or flop? Only time, likely not GM, will tell.

1 comment    marketing shopping ebay
Nissan Leaf three quarter view74

Future Car - Nissan Leaf

Founded in 1931 as Datsun, Nissan Motor Company is a publicly traded company and one of the largest in Japan. In 1999, Nissan allied with Renault S.A. of France, when that company bought a forty-four point...

2 comments    automotive car cars
Opel Ampera69

Future Car - Opel

Opel, in coopreation with General Motors, has introduced the Ampera (or is it Flextreme?) as a diesel plug-in series hybrid concept car. It can travel thirty-four (34 mi) miles on its lithium-ion battery...

6 comments    automotive car cars
Tesla Roadster front three quarter view64

Future Car - Tesla

Tesla1 Motors was founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning and Ian Wright in an attempt to build upon and market an all electric car based on the TZero AC propulsion car. The propulsion system, in...

0 comments    technology automotive car
Glenn Beck wearing British Green.78

Glenn Beck Thumbs his Nose at Hybrids

Beck was born February 1964 in Mount Vernon, Washington and raised Catholic. Beck attended the Immaculate Conception Catholic school through the eighth grade. When he was thirteen (13) he won a contest which...

57 comments    hybrid cars hybrids hybrid suv
Renault Zoé Three Quarter Front69

Future Car - Renault

Renault, a French automaker, was founded in 1898 by Louis Renault, and his brothers Marcel & Fernand along with friends Thomas Evert and Julian Wyer. While Louis handled design and engineering Marcel and...

4 comments    automotive car cars
Nicolas Sarkozy68

French Renault & Peugeot Citroen Get 7 Billion

Nicolas Sarkozy announced that the French Government will provide up to 7 billion ($8.9 billion dollar) euro in emergency financing to domestic car makers Renault and PSA Peugeot-Citroën in the form of...

0 comments    finance france renault
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