Tag Archive for 'pickup'
A pickup built by Boise State University students has set a landspeed record for vegetable oil-powered vehicles.
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One of the reasons Americans are still buying huge vehicles is that they occasionally need to haul large loads across town or on a road trip, and small cars just don’t do the job. Rinspeed has come up with a creative solution to turn even the tiniest electric city car into a road-tripping hauler. The Dock + Go Mobility Concept is essentially a small pickup bed with optiona... weiterlesen...
Mercedes-Benz-owned Smart is planning to reveal an ultra-compact plug-in electric pickup truck called the For-US at the upcoming Detroit auto show in January. The vehicle will use the same platform as a Smart car, but only seat two people and offer cargo in back. The pickup will also feature a docking station for two E-bikes in back, so the driver can charge his electric bikes w... weiterlesen...
Dog poop is a blight upon city streets and parks, however researchers recently unveiled a new breed of robot capable of picking up the offensive little landmines before they find someone’s shoe. Designed by the University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Lab, the POOP SCOOP (Perception Of Offensive Products and Sensorized Control Of Object Pickup) robot is amazingly accurate R... weiterlesen...
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Santa Monica Alt Car Expo, ZENN
It's been a while since an all-electric truck has been for sale in the U.S. (RIP, Ford Ranger EV), so perhaps a zero-emission crunk is just what the market is waiting for. Electric Mobile Cars will soon find out, now that it is taking orders (fleets only) for its converted E36T (pictured).
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Santa Monica Alt Car Expo, ZENN
It's been a while since an all-electric truck has been for sale in the U.S. (RIP, Ford Ranger EV), so perhaps a zero-emission crunk is just what the market is waiting for. Electric Mobile Cars will soon find out, now that it is taking orders (fleets only) for its converted E36T (pictured).
EMC wil... weiterlesen...
by Lou MaxonIn our latest Backstory series, Seattleite Lou Maxon recounts the thrills and trials of ditching the suburbs, buying property, and designing and building a modern house with Tom Kundig of Olson Kundig Architects. Week Two: The story continues...
I had serious doubts. More than twenty-one forested acres? I’m picturing a super-small rural town, a tractor, a ... weiterlesen...
photo: Sara Novak
Down here in South Carolina we're known for our southern fried chicken, but what about our southern fried fuel? In a move that could have a big time impact on the way Carolina views the deep fat fryer, city council officials are calling on local restaurants and residents to donate their cooking oil to be turned into biofuel to run the city's garbage trucks. Ri... weiterlesen...
by Jaime GrossEarlier this week, I spent two days in Phoenix, reporting a story for Dwell's upcoming December/January issue. My second afternoon, local architects Cy Keener and Jay Atherton offered to take me on a whirlwind tour of what's cool in their city. As a disclaimer Cy explained, as we trundled along in his white pickup, that in Phoenix, "'walking distance' is actual... weiterlesen...
Photo via Mark, Vicki, Ellaura and Mason
New York City has had its share of difficulty in regards to setting strict regulations for e-waste recycling. When they set up a regulation requiring manufacturers to provide door-to-door pickup of electronics, manufacturers bit back with a lawsuit. But now, the city has some degree of support from the state of New York, which just imple... weiterlesen...