Showing posts with label cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cars. Show all posts

Monday, February 3, 2014

Cars - The love affair is over

America’s relationship with the automobile is changing. The transportation beat has to catch up.

The love affair is over : Columbia Journalism Review: "... Media coverage of America’s transportation story, though, seems oddly stuck in the last century. We hear about chunks of concrete falling from aging bridges, sinkholes swallowing cars on city streets, and see heart-stopping footage of overloaded highways. Occasionally, a piece on electric cars or bike sharing will bubble up to the front page or pierce the comedy consciousness of Jon Stewart, whose June diatribe about the “dangers” of Citi Bike delighted transportation advocates, who were happy for the attention..."

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Monday, November 25, 2013

Building Cars Out of Batteries

Building Cars Out of Batteries Isn’t as Crazy as It Sounds | MIT Technology Review: ". . .Tesla Motors and Volvo have demonstrated early versions of the general approach by building battery packs that can replace some of the structural material in a conventional car. Dozens of other research groups and companies are taking further steps to make batteries that replace existing body parts, such as body panels and frames . . ."

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Why cars in the US are more fuel-efficient than ever

Cars in the US are more fuel-efficient than ever. Here's why.

Washington Post (blog)
We've noted before that cars and trucks in the United States have starting becoming more fuel-efficient in recent years — after decades of stagnation — in response to high oil prices and strict new vehicle standards. That's one reason why U.S. oil imports have ...



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