Electric cars have a problem in winter, batteries don't do as well in the cold and heaters drain the battery even faster. I came across a neat article talking about all of the tips electric car owners are sharing about how to stay warm in the chilly weather without making matters even worse, and, yes, motorcycles are involved. After discussing all sorts of tech fixes … [Read more...]
After the Apocalypse You Can Still Run Your Motorcycle on Wood Gas
When zombies are shuffling all across the landscape it probably won't be long before leftover gasoline begins to disappear, then what? Well, you could park your sidecar rig and start walking, or you could go the flex fuel route and run it on wood gas. That's what they did in WWII and that's what this guy did over in Russia. On what looks to be a pretty well used Ural, he … [Read more...]
Locomotives May Shake Up the Transportation Fuels Market
What do locomotives have to do with transportation fuels? Maybe a lot. Warren Buffet, who owns BNSF Railway Co., the largest railroad and one of the largest consumers of diesel fuel in the US, is planning to begin testing the use of natural gas as fuel for the locomotives in the 6900 unit BNSF fleet. Others have been been experimenting with natural gas, too, but BNSF, in … [Read more...]
Dearman Liquid Air Engine
In this age of cutting edge, high tech everything, you have to love the fellow working in his shed and coming up with a more efficient way of running an engine on liquid nitrogen, or in this application, liquid air. Peter Dearman has patented his process and it's called the Dearman engine. The basic operation is pretty straightforward. When a gas is chilled to a very low … [Read more...]
About That On Board Electric Generator Idea
Remember when I was wondering recently about a fuel powered electric motorcycle? I thought, why not build a motorcycle using an electric motor but then generate the electricity on board with some kind of fuel powered generator instead of a battery so you had electricity as long as you had fuel and you could refill quickly instead of recharge slowly. I just saw this little … [Read more...]
New GM and Chrysler Pickups May Expand Demand for Natural Gas Refueling
While everyone is waiting for some battery breakthrough to push electric vehicles into the mainstream, GM and Chrysler just announced upcoming bi-fuel pickup trucks, that could have an impact of a different sort. These new pickups won't use ethanol as their alternate fuel, it will be compressed natural gas and this could be a big deal. While there already are a lot of heavy … [Read more...]
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