CalCars... Taking a Prius Hybrid to 100+ MPG!

interesting new bug. lol

FOUND THE VIDEO.... It's 1 pixel by 1 pixel.... if you squint real hard you can see it...

On a seperate note: Eating 3 packs of orange tictacs have made my tongue numb....

see... i knew video viagra would work

Cool how they are hooking up hybrids. Relatively speaking, gas is way too expensive up in hea, and FL doesn't have a real mass transit system in effect. pita

Now only if we could have Hydrogen Powered Vehicles.... That would be cool.

my tongue is not numb anymore but it's still kinda raw and sensitive. damn tictacs

I've been following hybrid technology closely these past two years, but I still think its the wrong direction.  Electric engines are complex and use alot of power while the internal combustion block is still dependant on gasoline.  Even if you rebuild the electric power block to handle all the load, the engine still draws too much power and can be maintenace intensive.  Plugging your car in is convenient, but it draws alot of power that is still coming off the grid from some polluting power station somewhere, unless your home is solar powered or something...doubtful considering the low current of solar power.  Anyway, I'd rather see us developing full ethanol or hydrogen powered cars that burn or vaporize cleanly.  That's unlikely considering all the special interests in Washington.  Too many politicians have become too rich on oil, and won't let us get off it anytime soon.

I'm guessing Laura is away at E3 and this week will be almost all Tina all the time!  Hell yeah.

Has anyone else noticed that Tina always leaves exclamation marks after her segments?  Very enthusiastic.

Finally, nice shirt T-Dub.  I wish Tommy T. would do a concert close to me sometime.  I've heard alot of good things about Video Games Live!

It is interesting that both you and njcu mentioned hydrogen powered cars... I spoke to the engineers working on the CalCar conversion and they were very convincing that Hydrogen is not the answer and that the Hybrid technology is a better direction for now. You have to consider the practical side; the infrastructure for hydrogen fueling stations doesn't exist, while everything we need for a car like the CalCar already does... and if you are unable to recharge the car, you can just use more gas and you are still able to get where you need to go. Of course, ethanol is an important option for the fuel for a hybrid vehicle... and it can be dispensed through the existing network of fueling stations.

I'll let the CalCar guys know that folks are discussing this here though and perhaps they can give some more knowledgable comments