Google wants to make driving cheaper for you

[Darren Dirt]

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/57926.html


"plug it in, plug it in..." <-- sorry for the commercial jingle brain-recall-trigger
http://www.google.org/recharge/


*holy crap, 300mpg?? 0-45mph in 5 seconds? Crank the K-97 and have at 'er!

[Thorin]

I would've missed your update, if not for having sharp eyes.

Any chance you can start putting your edits into new posts, so we actually notice them?  Remember that an edited post doesn't appear in the results from the "All New Posts" link.

Also, YouTube won't load for me

[Darren Dirt]

sorry on both counts.

I thought this was one of those within-5-minutes-of-OP types of things. Just noticed it was like 20 minutes later. apologies, sir.

[Darren Dirt]

yikes, or how about a "Tesla" convertible... 0-60 in *4* seconds!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhgctsVIrWc

"faster than a Ferrari" ?? wow*!


the video above totally reminds me of the electric car in the Simpson's Hit & Run game ... it had amazing acceleration



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8 minute news story

With the problems of global warming most of us want to be cleaner and greener. So you would think the electric car, with no carbon emissions, would be a hit in Silicon Valley. In fact it has been a disaster, but the dream is not dead.

The car is powered by ordinary lithium ion batteries, exactly the same kind you would find in laptops or smart phones. However, it needs 7,000 of them, all put into a large battery case, which makes up a third of the car's total weight.

The Tesla Roadster is incredibly simple. It has 12 moving parts. It needs no oil change, filters, spark plugs or clutch. Plug it in overnight and you are ready to go again in the morning.

Electric engines do not wind up the power like combustion engines do. You get 100% of the torque from the second you touch the pedal. For the Roadster that means 0 to 60mph (100km/h) in four seconds.

Inside, the car has been stripped down to bare essentials. Two gears take you from 0 to 65 and then on to 130mph (210km/h).

The X1 goes from 0-60 in three seconds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Roadster

The Tesla Roadster is a fully electric sports car, and is the first car produced by electric car firm Tesla Motors. The car can travel 220 mi (350 km) on a single charge of its lithium-ion battery pack and accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 3.9 seconds with the development transmission. The Roadster's efficiency is reported as 133 W?h/km (4.7 mi/kW?h), equivalent to 135 mpg?U.S. (1.74 L/100 km / 162.1 mpg?imp

...In a November 27, 2006 review of the Tesla Roadster in Slate, Paul Boutin wrote, "A week ago, I went for a spin in the fastest, most fun car I've ever ridden in?and that includes the Aston Martin I tried to buy once. I was so excited, in fact, that I decided to take a few days to calm down before writing about it. Well, my waiting period is over, I'm thinking rationally, and I'm still unbelievably stoked about the Tesla."

[Darren Dirt]

CEO of BP rambles on about alternatives to petroleum
http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/were_investing_so_much_in