Allternatives » Automobile http://www.allternatives.com Everything on alternative automobiles and energy Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:45:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Better Place http://www.allternatives.com/2008/09/05/better-place/ http://www.allternatives.com/2008/09/05/better-place/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:20:20 +0000 Fabio Bacigalupo http://www.allternatives.com/?p=15 Continue reading →]]> A project by one of the SAP founders aims to make the world a better place by building a network of recharge stations for electric cars. You subscribe to a plan to exchange your car’s batteries at any of their stations. Better Place is the electric car’s way of a petrol station and also replaces other infrastructure needed for personal mobility. See the video for more information.

]]> http://www.allternatives.com/2008/09/05/better-place/feed/ 0 Jetcar 2.5 – Fuel efficient automobile http://www.allternatives.com/2008/08/26/jetcar-25-fuel-efficient-automobile/ http://www.allternatives.com/2008/08/26/jetcar-25-fuel-efficient-automobile/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:53:16 +0000 Fabio Bacigalupo http://www.allternatives.com/?p=9 Continue reading →]]> Ironically racing cars with a terrible mileage are called jet cars. What I am writing about today is a new kind of car where the recent model (Jetcar 2.5) consumes only 2.5 liter of fuel per 100 km. That’s around 1 gallone per 100 miles. It is a hand-built and custom made car from a German company called Jetcar Zukunftsfahrzeug GmbH.

I first read about this company and its products in an article (German) in my favorite daily newspaper. Two brothers are running the company. They also own a company which does wind energy solutions which cross finances the Jetcar company. What a smart move!

Their engineers are already working on a convertible and the Jetcar 1.5 which will only need 1.5 liter per 100 km.

]]> http://www.allternatives.com/2008/08/26/jetcar-25-fuel-efficient-automobile/feed/ 0 Google.org makes two investments in the car industry http://www.allternatives.com/2008/07/25/googleorg-makes-two-investments-in-the-car-industry/ http://www.allternatives.com/2008/07/25/googleorg-makes-two-investments-in-the-car-industry/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:13:19 +0000 Fabio Bacigalupo http://www.allternatives.com/?p=4 The investments are made by the RecharcheIT initiative. The companies receiving the funds are Aptera Motors and ActaCell. Read the entry in the official google.org blog for the whole story.

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