Fun Stuff
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Haven't you heard? Retro is in fashion right now, so if you have a few thousand burning a hole in your pocket, there's just the vehicle waiting for you on eBay right now. Okay, so the Dodge Omni, on which this 1980 Dodge Electrica is based, was never the coolest of vehicles, but thirty years on it definitely has more character than your average electric car. It's not your usual backyard conversion, either. Back in 1980, Jet Industries in Texas professionally converted 19 Omni fastbacks into Jet Electricas. According to the listing, the cars were delivered directly to Jet from Chrysler as...
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BMW Purif-i Hand Sanitizer Even Cleaner Than i3 Electric Car
The world of car-branded merchandise has resulted in some unusual items in the past. Ferrari, for instance is well known for its scarlet-clad teddy bears and a hugely expensive carbon fiber measuring stick. On the other hand, Porsche Design, a company affiliated with the sports car maker, makes...
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Making Music With A Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid & Unattended Baggage
About a year and a half ago, Scion launched a new webmagazine called ScionAV. The goal? To engage potential Scion shoppers (i.e. Millennials) on lifestyle topics like music, film, and fashion. It's the way marketing works in the Social Media Age: you don't just talk to customers in showrooms, you...
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Michael Jackson Solves Energy Problems From Beyond The Grave
Reginald Garcia believes he's invented an engine that generates more power than it takes in. Perhaps more incredibly, to help turn his pet project into a reality, he's harnessing the star power of the late Michael Jackson. Garcia was a freelance shutterbug in 1978 when a friend asked him to take...
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Video: Toyota Prius Cranks Up The Crazy With Two Record-Breaking Days
Spring has sprung for the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In. The highly anticipated hybrid recently began making the rounds with critics, so it's not surprising that Toyota chose the end of this month to tout the Prius brand by hosting a live, two-day event in which four Prii will be put through a number...
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Screw Gas, Drive A Drill-Powered Electric Suicide Trike
We're all familiar with alternative lifestyles, but the EX electric tricycle looks like an attempt at an alternative deathstyle. Concocted in the mind of Nils Ferber and realized with the aid of a pair of Bosch drill/drivers, this is an EV for the motorist with a Rube Goldberg fetish and a death...
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Just how do you hide a 2011 Chevrolet Volt? In a Cave? Under a bridge? Switch badges with a Prius? Hide it in an oil refinery? How about the planet Dagobah? These are just some of the tongue-in cheek methods being suggested by Chevrolet Volt owners nationwide to help the 2011 Chevrolet Customer Advisory Board (CAB) members hide their much-loved cars from being taken back as the CAB trail ends. Spearheaded by certain suspicious Californian members of the CAB (who may or may not have been on the initial sales team for GM’s legendary EV1 electric car), pictures have appeared online of...
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Ditch Your (Electric) Car in the Best Bike Towns In America
Sometimes, a car--even an electric car like the 2011 Nissan Leaf--isn't the best way to transport yourself on errands or to work. Bicycling's one of the greenest alternatives to gas-powered travel, and when it comes to biking-friendly commutes, a handful of cities have a huge advantage over others...
Martin Padgett