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diy

DIY XR3 225 MPG Hybrid Car Kit Finally Finished, Hits the Road Soon for $25,000

When we last left gearhead Robert Q. Riley and his three-wheeled DIY 225 MPG XR3 car kit in March 2007, rumor had it drivers would be zipping around roadways in it by May. Turns out the DIY hybrid market is tougher than expected, because just this week word was the XR3 was finally finished and "coming soon"—again. And while the video of the completed car in action made me think of Centauri from The Last Starfighter for some reason, this futuristic looking kit actually uses readily available 21rst century innards to get from A to B. We hope "soon" this year doesn't mean "in one year" like it did in 2007. More »

2:00 PM on Sun Aug 17 2008
By Jack Loftus
17,097 views, 40 comments

Latest by macrumpton: @Simpsons-Movie-ruled: Google just invested a pile of cash in Aptera. Supposedly production is supposed to start this fall. more »

cars

Prince Charles' Modded Aston Martin Burns 4.5 Bottles of Wine Per Mile

Prince Charles has discovered the perfect use for crappy English wine: He is using it as biofuel for his classic Aston Martin DB6. The Prince converted the 38-year old car to accept ethanol to play his part in reducing carbon emissions in the UK. The wine in question is a white distilled from the excess stock of a vineyard near Swindon, Wiltshire, which has the leftover wine because of EU quota restrictions, and not because it sucks or anything. Chuck's ride gets an awfully low 10mpg, equal to 4.5bwpm (bottles of wine per mile), but it pairs nicely with his tilapia-powered subwoofer, so who's to complain? [Daily Mail via Jalopnik]

10:05 AM on Tue Jul 1 2008
By Benny Goldman
5,374 views, 47 comments

Latest by N/A: So the wine powers the car, where is the cheese? Oh, ha! the cheese is the Prince, that cheesy bastard more »

biofuel

Air New Zealand to Power a 747 with Weed

OK, OK, so the weed in question is actually the jatropha plant, a weed indigenous to India and Africa. But still! Air New Zealand is planning to fill one of the four engines of a 747 with the weed and the remaining three engines with normal jet fuel to test the potential of using jatropha as a biofuel. More »

11:30 AM on Fri Jun 6 2008
By Adam Frucci
6,704 views, 67 comments

Latest by N/A: @Karinabob:Nope, just happen to read it in Scientific American Magazine a few months back."Jatropha" ringed a bell and it clicked more »

yeah, baby

Planika Fires Lets You Stoke the Flames Without the Smoke

Nothing screams impeccable taste like having a fireplace in the middle of your coffee table and now, thanks to Planika Fires, you can keep the flames roaring without worrying about smoke or soot. The company makes the magic happen using a proprietary liquid biofuel called Fanola, which burns completely smoke and smell free. More »

12:30 PM on Sun May 18 2008
By Elaine Chow
14,200 views, 28 comments

Latest by N/A: !!!!!! more »

environment

InnovaTek's Mini Microreactor Can Convert Liquid Fuel Into Hydrogen

A new development from InnovaTek offers potential freedom from high oil prices and hope for the future of biodiesel fuel-cells. They are currently testing a hand-sized microreactor that can convert nearly any liquid fuel into hydrogen—and while you are pondering that little nugget of information consider this: the microreactor units can be linked together. InnovaTek has already developed linked systems capable of producing anywhere from 1 to 160 gallons of hydrogen per minute, meaning that it is possible to generate hydrogen on-board in fuel-cell powered vehicles. More »

8:45 PM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Sean Fallon
5,339 views, 25 comments

Latest by N/A: @jrghoull: I BET YOU COULD BUILD A REALLY COOL STAIRWAY OF THEM THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO ASCEND TO THE more »

green with envy

Koenigsegg CCXR Biofuel Car Breaks 1000HP

When most of us think biofuel, we think imperfect solution granolamunchingmobiles. But the Koenigsegg CCXR supercar just changed our minds. Featuring a lightweight, cast-aluminium V8 engine, this bad boy of biofuel can go 0-100kph in 2.9 seconds, cranking out 1018 HP at 7200 rpm and 780 lb/ft of torque at 6100 rpm. These drool-worthy specs are actually made possible by E85 biofuel's higher octane rating and (better) cooling properties. Now, just to land the 1.5 million euros to bring one home... [worldcarfans via jalopnik]

10:27 AM on Mon Nov 26 2007
By Mark Wilson
10,815 views, 34 comments

Latest by godwhacker: @Monty: you build it because you can, should never enters the equation the point is: more is more, always has been, more »

gadgets

Cali Fuel Depot Has All Kinds of Stuff for Burninating

This is a pretty cool idea. Mike Lewis, owner of the Pearson Ford Fuel Depot, has started selling all sorts of bio-fuels for considerably less than the dead dinosaur kind. They even have BioWillie, the fuel made from Willie Nelson's bowl scrapings. More »

2:56 PM on Mon Jun 12 2006
By johnb
144 views, 2 comments

Latest by Huckelberry: Why does bio-diesel cost more thans regular diesel? I thought it was the cheap alternative?? more »