Category Archives: Transport
Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has recently come up with a fantastic way to promote green mass transit. The University has been tirelessly working on narrowing down a system that can ferry passengers around, encouraging them to leave their cars at home, without harming the environment. The result is this driverless shuttle bus called the Navia. Developed by France’s Induct Technology, the electric 8-passenger vehicle will travel the 2 kilometer route to JTC Corporation’s CleanTech Park.
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BMW’s much spoken about and speculated about car, the i3, is finally here. The automobile manufacturer previously unveiled a concept version of the car and has finally unleashed this production model, much to the delight of the world. This all-electric car is the first series-produced model by BMW I, the zero-emission mobility platform. The car sports an electric motor generating a maximum output of 125 kW/170 hp and peak torque of 250 Newton meters (184 lb-ft).
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Solar power is the way ahead for a world quickly running out of fossil fuels. To prove just this, Jaime Nudd and her team are setting out on a voyage that will change the perception of the world. The 25-year-old will soon set out on a solar-powered vessel called the Ra, the brainchild of 72-year-old Capt. Jim Greer. Named after the Egyptian Sun God, the Ra along with its crew will set off on a 6,000-mile journey from Florida and navigate Americas Loop.
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BMW has been drawing up plans to stun the world of automobiles yet again, though before the German car manufacturer has made any official announcements, we’ve just got wind of what they’ve got lined up! The company will be unveiling the i3 all-electric car on the 29th of July in Beijing, London and New York and here’s a small preview of what’s coming up. Codenamed the Megacity, the i3 first showed up as a concept car until BMW finally decided to have it hit production lines.
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German automobile manufacturer Mercedes Benz has always been closely involved with the world of golf. It isn’t surprising that the company has recently decided to go a mile ahead with its love for the game and unveiled this one-of-a-kind golf cart. Shown off at the 2013 Open Championship, this all-electric cart called the Vision Golf Cart is as futuristic as it gets, design-wise.
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If you’ve been a fan of electric motorcycles and scooters all along, you’d probably have heard of Terra Motors Corp, a Japanese developer and manufacturer of vehicles like these. Recently, Terra unveiled its latest offering, an electric scooter that can be equipped with the Apple iPhone, allowing synchronization between the vehicle and the smartphone. This obviously has loads of benefits, particularly given the fact that the connected iPhone helps users check on the scooter’s charge, record motor load and find the way ahead.
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Solar energy is the way ahead and we’ve said that time and again. Proving our point once again is a Los Angeles-based architecture firm named Synthesis Design + Architecture (SDA) who’ve come up with the Pure Tension concept. Inspired by the Volvo V60 car, this portable solar-powered pavilion is crafted to fit in the trunk of the car, probably the reason why the design bagged the first place at Volvo’s design competition. The Pure Tension deploys quickly and soaks in the sun’s energy, turning it all into usable electricity.
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Seems like Netherlands is indeed taking its plans to go green extremely seriously, with plans being drawn to unveil the world’s largest network of electric-vehicle fast-chargers by the year 2015. Residents of Netherlands will have access to EV chargers, located not more than 50km away! For this, a new contract with Fastned and ABB has been put into place. 200 fast-charging stations will sprout up in the next two years with ABB providing its Terra fast chargers and Fastned solar-paneled stations.
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Trust German automobile giant, BMW, to come up with a vehicle just as astounding and yet rightly practical as the much-spoken-about i3 concept. The car was unveiled alongside the extremely futuristic i8 sports concept vehicle by BMW and was unveiled in 2011. The manufacturer is now drawing up plans to have the car finally hit production lines and could soon unveil a consumer-ready version of the i3 concept by the end of 2013.
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We’ve been advocating the use of electric cars since quite a while now and for good reasons. Though these might fall heavy on pockets in the beginning, vehicles that run on electricity are known to save up quite a lot in the long run. Efficient, easy to drive around with no engine noise and lesser vibrations, electric cars also keep hazardous gases out of the atmosphere. But those aren’t the only reasons that fuel our electric-car love affair. At times, we come across rides that can very well be passed off as super cars that run on electricity, just like the 50 Bluebird DC50 electric concept.
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