Automobiles

That’s not really a “your mom” joke, more of a statement that your mom is pretty neat and has good taste in electric cars — like this here MINI E. BMW just unveiled the first production MINI E to roll out of its magical electricity-imbuing factory, the first in a limited series of 500 for lease in California and metro New York to people way better looking than you. The bad news is that the all-electric MINI is part of what BMW is calling “Project I,” a test of sorts to see how well electrics hold up to real world abuse and to figure out usage patterns of real-life photogenic people — there’s little indication that the car in its current incarnation will be distributed any more widely than this 500 car run.

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One of the more fascinating developments in the history of the automotive tire is the modern concept of the airless tire. Dunlop produced the first pneumatic tire for bicycles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle  in 1888 and Michelin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin  did likewise for cars in 1895, and for the last century, pneumatic tires http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire  have ruled.

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The release of Bond film number 22 - Quantum of Solace - has again made the uber-cool British secret agent the flavor of the month, but of all the iconic scenes from the long running series, the sight of Roger Moore as 007 navigating the briny deep in his white Lotus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lotus  Esprit come submarine in the 1977 flick The Spy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage  Who Loved Me must rate as one of the most memorable.

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Porsche Porsche  has unveiled its second generation mid-engined Boxster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_Boxster  and Cayman sports cars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_car at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The highlights of the new generation are the new flat-six boxer engines which offer both more power, and greater fuel efficiency than their predecessors and the new double-clutch gearbox which will be known as the Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK).

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Ducati and Toyota collaborated to produce one of the most impressive motorcycle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle  accessories we’ve ever seen at the recent specialist automotive equipment SEMA show in Las Vegas. Beginning with a 2009 Toyota Toyota  Tundra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra as a base, the race transporter produced is something to behold – under the skin it’s turbocharged, with special suspension and brakes but the design and functionality of the vehicle was the knockout with a lengthened chassis, flip up bedsides.

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If you are already beginning to yearn for the days when road law enforcement and vigilance on the roads was merely token, the long term prognosis is not good. Attendees at this week’s World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems in New York City had a sneak peak of a new photo enforcement technology that is designed to help cities solve the problems associated with overweight and overheight trucks.

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Lockheed Martin has promised that its fifth gen F-35 fighter will allow pilots to “do things that were previously considered impossible, and to think things that were previously unthinkable.” Almost two years after its maiden flight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight , the F-35 Lightning II has reached another development milestone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milestone  – supersonic Green-Speed-At-Bonneville  flight.

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Nissan today revealed the all-new, third generation of its highly successful Nissan Cube in launch events in Japan, the United States and Europe. The fully redesigned Cube continues the iconic “cubic” styling of the previous generation, adding a higher level of refinement and polish inside and out. Originally launched in 1998, the Cube has sold nearly one million units to date in Japan.

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Do you have a crippling fear of getting stuck in a car that’s, say, sinking or on fire? It sure would be a terrible situation, but it’s rare enough that I don’t think you should develop a complex about it. Alternately, you could go ahead and develop that complex but just carry around the Houdini Automotive Escape Tool with you at all times.

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Belt drives for bicycles are a great thing. Especially for those who don’t want to fuss with maintenance and lubrication. Though we wonder if Associated Press might’ve got a bit too carried away when they stated that, “While some smaller custom bike makers have used them before, Trek is the first to use the technology for mass-produced bicycles.”