I love keeping up on bleeding edge, and just edge cases when it comes to new technologies within existing products — televisions, phones, computers and especially vehicles. This new all-electric vehicle from Nisssan, called The Leaf seems pretty cool. It's the first mass-produced electric vehicle since General Motors' EV1. The collection of batteries are beneath the floorboard, meaning passenger space is maximized and they say also helps in giving it a low center of gravity. Makes sense, and seems efficient, except for maybe replacement/servicing.
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So listening to this week's This Week in Tech (TWiT), one of the in-podcast advertisements was for the new Microsoft-based Ford Sync system. The systems sounds wonderful — near hands-free access to music, traffic, you cell phone, turn-by-turn navigation, text messaging, sports, news, weather, etc. But the whole time I was thinking, "I can't wait [...] OK, I'm really psyched about this — the Toyota Celica is returning. I still to this day miss my little '96 6th generation Celica ST. This new one looks a lot like the Infiniti G35 IMHO, but seems like a perfect setup for me — 6 speed transmission and it's the freaking Subaru Impreza boxer engine, [...] Hmm, styling is going to take some getting used to on the new 2010 4Runner. I still like the looks of my '04 4Runner Sport. This is definitely taking cues from the Toyota truck line. The V-8 engine is gone this year, instead it's standard with a more powerful V-6. It also looks like a RWD [...] This is a really cool concept — utilizing roadways as solar panels to generate electricy. I'm thinking with current technology this would be cost-prohibitive to create any infrastructure of any large size, but it's a cool concept and hopefully will have a future in electrical generation down the road (literally). Solar Roads Get Small DoE Contract, Confidence [...] Here's an eco-friendly article that has a local twist. The first McDonald's in the whole franchise worldwide to have charging stations for electric cars / hybrid plugins is opening in our backyard — but it's not in Chapel Hill where you'd think, but rather in Cary, NC. The owner of this specific franchise is also building [...] |
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