The week in transportation: Plug-in milestones, Teslas, 3d-printed bikes, Sparks, stupid tweets, etc
It's Friday, the week is almost over. Time to look back at some highlights from this week in transportation!
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Tesla loses Top Gear appeal in UK
The appeal court judge Martin Moore-Bick has just rendered his decision. It's not very satisfactory, but it's time to move on.
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Visiting New York City? Do a bike-tour of Brooklyn!
Are you visiting the New York City area and looking for a something cool to do? Or maybe you live in the area, and want to explore your hood from a new angle?
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More details on the Mitsubishi CA-MiEV electric concept car
From the Geneva Motor Show, more details about Mitsubishi's intriguing electric car concept.
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2013 Ford Fusion Energi to have carpool lane access in California
The Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid has qualified to get a state tax credit and HOV lane access in California. Nice perks!
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Abandoned bike skeletons as urban sculptures
Some artists delight in showing us things we've never seen before, and others show us things we see all the time, but never really notice; through their eyes, we discover something that we didn't know was there, a fresh perspective on hidden art.
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Polluting bicyclists should be taxed, says legislator
Eighth graders know humans take in oxygen and breath out carbon dioxide. That means cyclists (breathing hard) should pay taxes, right? Uh, wrong.
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Mitsubishi's CA-MiEV electric concept car
Ahead of the Geneva Motor Show, we take a sneak peak at Mitsubishi's latest spacey-looking electric car.
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GM planning to make 36,000 Volts this year, 20% more than 2012
GM sold about 30,000 Volts and Opel Amperas (basically a rebadged Volt) in 2012.
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Beautiful city-ready bikes at 2013 Handmade Bike Show (Photos)
While bike love can be intense in the sport and speed crowd, this year's show had plenty of oohs and aahs (and lots of wood) for city cyclists.
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Elon Musk: New York Times controversy cost Tesla around $100m and resulted in order cancellations
Tesla CEO Elon Musk sat down with Betty Liu of Bloomberg TV to discuss the Model S electric car, how production is going, what are Tesla's goals, and what the fallout from the New York Times controversy has been.
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Honda Fit EV joins Zipcar's Portland fleet
After San Francisco, it's now Portland's turn to get some Honda Fit EVs. Zipcar has announced that it has started incorporating the EVs, with the first units going to the Portland State University (PSU)
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Updated 2013 Hyundai Sonata hybrid has better MPG, a bigger battery, and cheaper price tag
The 2013 Hyundai Sonata hybrid has an improved drivetrain that provides better overall fuel economy and better electric-only performance.
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TaxiBot robotic tug reduces airplane emissions and noise pollution
Airplanes waste a lot of fuel on the ground. To taxi around airports, from passenger gates to runways, planes are powered by their main engines which simply aren't optimized for that task. This creates a lot of unnecessary CO2 emissions, air pollution, an
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Renting your car out to others takes 14 vehicles off the road
Interview with the CEO of RelayRides, a peer-to-peer car-sharing business that helps maximize the use of already existing vehicles while reducing the need to build new ones.
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'Best Bus Stop Ever' (Video)
Do we need better marketing for public transportation? It's a question worth asking.
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Folding electric scooter goes anywhere
The rounded, organic shape of this electric scooter makes it attractive, but is a 56-pound fold-up scooter at all practical?
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261 MPG Volkswagen XL1 diesel plug-in hybrid to be produced in limited quantities
After two prototype generations, VW has decided to make limited quantities of the third generation of its incredibly fuel-efficiency XL1, formerly known as the 1-liter car.
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Are plug-in cars selling badly?
Electric cars are selling rather well. Does that sound controversial? Let's see how the reality stacks up against what the media has been saying.
