Topic: CARS - on January 20, 2009 at 1:25:00 PM CET
15 Ridiculous Rocket and Jet-Powered Vehicles
Why would a portable toilet need a jet engine and wheels? Jet and rocket engines are appearing in the most unexpected of places for reasons most people simply can’t comprehend. As examine these ridiculous, bizarre and in some cases incredibly dangerous DIY creations, you’ll be tempted to question the purpose of these objects and shake your head at the waste of fossil fuels. Perhaps more important is the amazing fact that all of the people who have taken these jet-powered contraptions on test drives lived to tell the tale.
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Topic: CARS - on November 29, 2008 at 1:55:34 PM CET
Renault Logan
Renault making creative use of the internet meme of spotting unfortunate URLs that went around the webs a while ago.
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Topic: CARS - on November 15, 2008 at 1:42:40 PM CET
Pentagon Clears Flying-Car Project for Takeoff
Pentagon mad-science division Darpa is helping build thought-controlled robotic limbs, artificial pack mules, real-life laser guns and "kill-proof" soldiers. So it comes as no surprise, really, that the agency is now getting into the flying-car business, too.
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Topic: CARS - on October 9, 2008 at 1:49:00 PM CEST
Bus a move - schoolbus race
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Topic: CARS - on September 30, 2008 at 12:38:00 PM CEST
France's legendary 2CV car
The last Citroen 2CV car came off the production line in 1990 but still has dozens of fan clubs around the world. Proof is a 2CV exhibition in northern Paris that was organised for the 60th birthday of the car that came into being in 1948 at the Paris Motor Show.
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Topic: CARS - on September 30, 2008 at 12:35:00 PM CEST
60 JAHRE CITROËN 2CV - Der schräge Jubilar
Die Ente gehört zu Frankreich wie Baguette und Beaujolais. Als Volksauto in karger Nachkriegszeit auf die Straße gekommen, gilt sie heute noch immer als das Kultauto der Lebenskünstler. Zum 60. Geburtstag des Citroën 2CV war SPIEGEL ONLINE im Watschelgang unterwegs.
Was den Deutschen der Käfer, den Italienern der Cinquecento und den Briten der Mini, ist für den Franzosen der Citroën 2CV, hierzulande besser bekannt als Ente. Vor 60 Jahren feierte das kuriose Vehikel auf dem Autosalon in Paris Premiere. Ein Viertürer mit Rolldach und Zweizylinder-Boxermotor, der vor allem die Landbevölkerung motorisieren sollte und konzipiert war als ebenso einfaches wie robustes Alltagsmobil.
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Topic: CARS - on September 29, 2008 at 5:05:00 PM CEST
Ferrari vs Dodge
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Topic: CARS - on September 16, 2008 at 3:49:00 PM CEST
Drunk man has sex with car
Well, a drunk man was caught having sex with an SUV that was parked on a main road.
The man, who has not been named, was seen with his pants down and getting it on with the front end of the Toyota 4X4.
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Topic: CARS - on September 14, 2008 at 11:32:00 AM CEST
Lotus announces hemp-based Eco Elise: a new type of ‘green’ car
You wouldn’t read about it… Lotus have gone for a different type of ‘green’ by announcing an ‘Eco Elise’ made largely out of hemp… No need to check your calendar, it’s not April 1. The theory behind this radical new approach is that Lotus feels too much “green” car technology is simply concentrating on CO2 emissions at the tailpipe, where the manufacturing processes and materials in many cars are just as environmentally damaging.
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Topic: CARS - on June 6, 2008 at 2:27:46 PM CEST
Inflatable electric car can drive off cliffs
It's hard to say what the most intriguing thing about XP Vehicles' inflatable car is. Maybe it's that the car can travel for up to 2,500 miles on a single electric charge (the distance across the US is roughly 3,000 miles). Or maybe it's the fact that you buy the car online, it gets shipped to you in two cardboard boxes, and the estimated assembly time is less than two hours. Perhaps it's that the car is made out of "airbags" - the same polymer materials used to cushion NASA's rovers when they landed on Mars. Then again, it could be the company's claim that you can drive the car off a cliff without serious injury, and that it will float in a flood or tsunami.
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Topic: CARS - on May 5, 2008 at 12:26:00 PM CEST
Tesla Roadster Fuel Source: NO GAS NEEDED!
Tesla Motors, Inc., a Silicon Valley automobile startup company, opened their flagship store in West Los Angeles, California this weekend.
The Tesla Roadster is a high performance, consumer-oriented electric vehicle, named in honor of Nikola Tesla, an inventor, electrical engineer and scientist.
The Tesla Roadster's power plant is basically a Tesla three-phase AC induction motor. Tesla Motors licensed AC Propulsion's Reductive Charging(tm) patent, which integrates the charging electronics into the inverter in a way that reduces mass and complexity.
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Topic: CARS - on April 29, 2008 at 12:45:00 PM CEST
Virtual Wall: traffic light of the future?
Hanyoung Lee's clever "virtual wall" traffic light concept provides a visually strong barrier that would hopefully prevent motorists from blocking the box. And if the visual barrier isn't incentive enough, perhaps they could up the wattage of the lasers....
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