Australia commits to huge electric car grid - 600,000 stations by 2012
Australia, location for the classic film “Kangaroo Jack”, is building over 600,000 electric car stations. This gigantic ongoing infrastructure project won’t be done until 2012, at which time Australia will point and laugh at us Americans as we wait angrily at ever-increasing gas lines.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Rolls Royce CEO talks up electric Phantom
It’s easy to imagine electric Honda Civics or Chevy Malibus, but electricity powering the creme de la creme of automobiles? A bit harder to imagine. Not for long, says Rolls Royce CEO Tom Purves.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE BMW and NXP’s smart key knows if you’ve been naughty or nice
The kind folks over at NXP Semiconductor and BMW decided it a good idea to integrate a car key with a contact-less payment system. The prototype key features NXP’s SmartMX security chip, which is the same exact chip in e-passports. This makes it possible to pay for fuel, tolls and just about anything else just by flashing that fancy key.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE BMW’s MINI E readies for lease
BMW is readying the all-electric MINI E automobile. The motor offers 204 hp of pure electric power. The auto boasts a 150 mile range off of it’s 35 kWh lithium-ion battery pack. It can hit 62 mph in 8.5 seconds and completes a full charge in just 2.5 hours. In other words, it’s perfect.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE The Jettsons
George Jettson eat your heart out! Behold the Alé, a three-wheeled single-seat vehicle using special fuel vapor technology that its maker says gets 92 miles per gallon. Are you kidding me?! I would love this car! Not only does it get great mileage - this speedster still zips from zero to 60 in five [...]
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