Posts Tagged automotive technology

World Solar Racing Champs Roll Out New Competition Car

Filed Under: zoomilife.com on July 25, 2009

The Unreal Universe A Book on Physics and Philosophy “For thinking laymen.” The Dutch Nuon Solar Team from Delft University has taken the [...]

Pervious Concrete Pavement - Lets Water Soak Into the Ground

Pervious Concrete Pavement – Lets Water Soak Into the Ground

Filed Under: Green Technology on July 22, 2009

Pavement has a major down side when it comes to ground water: it forces the water to run off, usually by channeling, and thus doesn’t let a lot [...]

Bosch Says Electric Vehicles Won’t Become Pervasive for at Least 20 Years

Filed Under: green automotive technology, zoomilife.com on July 21, 2009

Full electric power trains like battery electrics, hydrogen fuel cells, and so forth are coming, but slowly. Let’s face it: most of those on the mar [...]

The ZEM - Not Sure What It Is, But It's Cool

The ZEM – Not Sure What It Is, But It’s Cool

Filed Under: green automotive technology on July 18, 2009

The Zero Emissions Machine (ZEM) is made by a Swiss company of the same name.  It’s not quite a bicycle, not quite a go-cart, and not quite a c [...]

Eva Håkansson's ElectroCat Gets Licensed in Colorado!

Eva Håkansson’s ElectroCat Gets Licensed in Colorado!

Filed Under: Environmental News on July 16, 2009

Someone I follow in the electric vehicle world is the Swedish Biker Babe Eva, whom I’ve covered a few times over on Zoomilife.com.  While she&# [...]

Recycled Tire Logs - Treated Lumber is SOOO Last Century!

Recycled Tire Logs – Treated Lumber is SOOO Last Century!

Filed Under: Green Technology, green automotive technology on June 27, 2009

A company called Re-Tread Products (RTP) is testing a series of recycled rubber tire products designed to replace pressure treated lumber in many appl [...]

Designing a New, Super-Efficient Semi-Truck and Trailer System

Designing a New, Super-Efficient Semi-Truck and Trailer System

Filed Under: green automotive technology on June 26, 2009

This design incorporates a lot of the design elements that are popularly talked about amongst big truck and transportation engineers.  It includes a [...]

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