After my question about the potential for an electric Gold Wing and all of the thoughtful comments it generated, I thought I would touch on this ultracapacitor patent by EEStor that's getting a lot of attention. EEStor says it has developed "technologies for replacement of electrochemical batteries." A bold statement in the very least. A capacitor is a rather common … [Read more...]
Do Motorcycles Have a Future?
What is the future for motorcycles and motorcycling? I imagine this question gets tossed around on occasion in the boardrooms and design studios of motorcycle companies around the world, but I wonder how they answer it. Technology Life Cycles Technology has a life cycle from invention to maturity and finally supersedence by something else. Motorcycles were invented back … [Read more...]
ENV Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorcycle Video
We've talked about the ENV hydrogen powered fuel cell motorcycle many times here and there has been some discussion about what it might be like to ride and what it would sound like. Here's a video of the bike in action which shows it to be a bit more responsive than you might first imagine. I'm still having a little bit of a hard time getting past the design but when you run a … [Read more...]
Biobutanol – A Better Biofuel?
Just when you thought you were getting the different biofuels sorted out with ethanol and biodiesel, along comes another one, biobutanol, that promises better mileage due to higher energy density. DuPont and BP have teamed up to create this new fuel produced by fermenting sugars from sugar beets. DuPont and BP have been working on the new fuel since 2003. The two companies … [Read more...]
The Methanol Economy
There's so much talk about moving toward a hydrogen economy, the presumed future of transportation being the hydrogen fuel cell, it's easy to overlook some of the other very real possibilities. Methanol, another form of alcohol, looks very promising. A new book, Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy, highlights the advantages and benefits of methanol. A lot of you already … [Read more...]
New X Prize for High Mileage
After yesterday's post about expanding our proven oil reserves, some seem to think The Kneeslider is an unrepentant gas guzzler. No comment. However, everyone may like this new Automotive X Prize that offers $25 million dollars for a car that gets 250mpg. Previous X Prizes for human powered flight and private space flight are done and claimed, the logical extension is to offer … [Read more...]
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