Hawaii Unveils Better Place Battery Swap Stations
Hawaii’s Governor Linda Lingle announced a partnership with Better Place to install electric car battery swapping stations across Hawaii. Better Place stations, similar in concept to gas stations, offer drivers with electric vehicles an automated system that swaps out exhausted lithium ion car batteries for fully-charged ones. The swapping system is intended to be convenient […]
Gas Powered Snowboard
Lazy snowboarders rejoice… a new gas powered snowboard is here. This yellow monstrosity can take a fat guy like me (up to 250lbs) for a two hour ride at speeds of up to 18mph. The gas powered snowboard uses a 6.5hp 4-cycle gas motor and is available for $2,000.
GoCycle – Cool Electric Bike
Quick… you have until January to buy this bike for a $400 discount… the price (which already seems high to me) will go from $1,300 to about $1.700. Yikes. Still way cheaper than the Schwinn Tailwind eBike. The Gocycle electric bike is super light (most of the bike is injection molded magnesium) and will go […]
New Lotus Evora – Finally A Lotus For Normal Sized People
Lotus apparently realized that they might gain more customers if you didn’t have to be under 5-foot tall to get into their car… I mean honestly have you ever tried to get into a Lotus Exige or Elise? I am 6′ 3" tall and even if I wanted to buy a Elise or Exige… I […]
Taking License Plate Recognition To The Next Level
We live in a surveillance happy society, but most people have no idea just how deep the rabbit hole goes… Recently I went on a ride-along with a friend from the local police department, and being crazy about all things gadget, I immediately spotted several police cars sporting some black gizmos on their roofs. Turns […]
Piaggio Plug-In Hybrid Scooter – 141MPG
Expect to see the new Piaggio MP3 Hybrid Plug-In Scooter on the road as soon as next year. The new MP3 hybrid scooter will be able to get 141MPG using a combination of electric power and a 125CC motor. The scooter will fully charge in three hours off of normal 110V power and can run […]
Ducati Streetfighter
Lately the new Ducati’s styling take some getting used to. The Hypermotard, Monster, and now the new Streetfighter are 1/2 ugly. I thought it was just me… but the more Ducati folks I talk with either love or hate the new looks. Ducati’s latest… the streetfighter has some funky design elements but will have to […]
Another Fake Lamborghini On Ebay
We have seen quite a few fake Ferraris and Lamborghinis on eBay over the years… and this one is not much better… however they did start with a newer car… Seems most of the fake kit cars start off with a crappy 1980’s Pontiac Fiero. These guys built their kit over a POS Pontiac… but […]
Electric Mini – The Mini E
First off let me say that I like electric cars… and… that this one is going to be almost impossible to get your hands on. The Mini E ($TBA) is going to be released early next year in the Southern California, New York and New Jersey markets… only 500 units… and…as a lease only. Bummer! […]
Victory Vision – 10th Anniversary Motorcycle
The folks at Victory Motorcycles (owned by Polaris) are making some sweet bikes. I have to say that Polaris/Victory are one of the few American companies turning out a good product with a motor. It is a pretty sad time when I won’t/can’t justify buying any American cars because they are crappy in comparison to […]