Boats, Cars, Trains and Planes »

Since Obama’s election, it’s been very quiet here at Techimoto. In truth, we’ve had nothing much to rant about! Bush has evidently found himself some other hobby than trying to run a country, most likely trying to figure out how the Dewey Decimal System will work in his presidential library and hitting neighborhood yard sales [...]

GM’s ‘Volt’ Could Save our Behinds »

In a bold move, especially for a battered company in a  bruised economy, GM has aggressively developed a prototype car that, for all effective purposes, run entirely on electricity.  It uses a 400-lb lithium-ion battery, an energy source that is silent and emission-free. 
The big difference from other “hybrid” cars such as the “Prius”, is that [...]

“American Spirit” Alive and Well »

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN)  Larry Horsley and David Kennington are fed up. They’re among a growing number of Americans who are refusing to wait for big-car manufacturers to deliver mainstream electric vehicles, called EVs. Not only have they rebelled against the status quo by ripping out their gas-guzzling engines and replacing them with zero-emission electric motors, [...]

They Don’t Make’m Like They Used To: Car Logs 1.3M Miles »

A Kansas man drives a 1983 Lincoln Towncar – forever!  The odometer just turned over 1,300,000 miles. He loves his car, and who can blame him; it gets about 22 mpg on the highway, and it has never broken down.  That car doesn’t owe him a dime, thats for sure. 
Now, lets talk about “planned obsolecence“.  [...]

Hey I have an idea, Let’s Make Cars Lighter! »

How much gasoline could US citizens save by driving around in light-weight hybrid vehicles? Up to half what they currently use, say scientists at MIT.
The US consumes about 140 billion gallons of gasoline each year. A team of researchers led by John Heywood has completed a five-year assessment of what can be done to slash [...]

Cure for Global Warming: Swallow a few Bitter Pills »

Wired Magazine featured a recent article suggesting that a “cure” for global warming, because of the seriousness of the situation (i.e., a complete change of life as we know it, or possibly eradication of the human species along with a few others), that we might need to reexamine a few approaches that are, well, less [...]

Hydrogen Powered Vehicles »

It’s hard to escape coming across the name “Stan Meyers” when researching this technology. Stan Meyers began making news in the early 1990’s, having claimed a major breakthrough in Hydrogen power. In fact, he attracted the attention of the Pentagon with his breakthrough (their interes: “Star Wars” and tanks. Oh well, whatever [...]