Cars

German Electric Car Drives A Record-Breaking 598KM On A Single Charge

The EV vehicle, an Audi A2, beat out previous world records by driving from Munich to Berlin. The driver joked (honestly) that if anyone wanted to recharge their iPhone, there was still some electricity left in the car. [PhysOrg]


January 29, 2008
Cars

A2 Hydrogen Airliner: Fly the Eco-Friendly Skies…at Mach 5

Get ready to put that dilapidated VW bus out to pasture hippies, because Reaction Engines’s A2 concept promises to reach speeds as high as Mach 5 on hydrogen fuel. That is around 2x the speed of the now defunct Concorde with zero carbon emissions. That means you could be out with Greenpeace bitching about Apple products on one side of the country, and back in your hometown on the other side well inside an hour—without feeling like you have harmed mother Earth.