The following is a guest post from reader Jaimie Scott, who was kind enough to write an article for The Good Human. Thanks Jaimie! Something occurred to me while I was riding my bike today. I bet not many of the design engineers at the major auto makers ride bikes. I came to this conclusion [...]
The Aptera, that’s what. I remember when I was a kid and all the future cars looked like this…and now here they come. The Aptera will be available in electric only or hybrid/electric format, it is classified as a motorcycle, you don’t need a special license, and you can use the HOV lanes in California. [...]
L.A. Traffic Don’t worry, most people haven’t – most of the time I don’t either. But if I know a light is really long, or I am stuck in traffic or in a construction zone, I will turn off the Subaru and sit in silence for a few minutes, trying to save a few more [...]
Since the Friday before this long weekend, I did my best to drive as slow as possible. Every time I accelerated from a light, it took forever to get up to the speed limit. Every time I saw a light turn yellow, I immediately took my foot off the gas and started coasting. On the [...]
Granted, the video below is in Japanese, but I do sincerely hope that Mitsubishi brings these cars to America. And once you watch that video, here is a link to a test of the car over at Popular Mechanics. The car has a 63 horsepower electric motor and a range of 75 miles, and you [...]
Now would you buy one? Video of the Smart ForTwo Crash Test I would like to, but not for that much money ($12,000). I could get a used Honda Civic for way less money that has more room and the same gas mileage.
If there was ever a time to feel like you are being pandered too, this here is the time. Both McCain and Clinton are touting a “gas tax holiday” in their stump speeches, which would supposedly remove the gas tax for the summer driving season, saving you some money at the pump. Obama thinks it [...]
