May 25
So Smart Car Tipping Is A Thing Now
Posted in: Today's Chili
Smart Car owners in the San Francisco area are feeling slightly less smug these days thanks to a spate of car tipping incidents. That’s CAR tipping, not COW tipping.
May 24
The California-made Nimble Cargo Scooter is a practical, fun alternative to shopping by bicycle. These sturdy, safe and simply-made scooters are ideal for local pick-ups, especially when bringing home large or unwieldy items like watermelons or cases of beer.
May 23
Life in Dubai, Abu Dhabi or any of the other United Arab Emirates can be very good indeed but the fun can come to a screeching halt should you bounce a check or miss a credit card payment. Non-payment of debt – any debt, any amount – is a criminal offense in the UAE and rather than face the music an astonishing number of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche and other high-end car owners park their pricy rides at the airport and hop on an outbound jet, never to return.
May 22
Most of us that use taxi services have one core expectation – that we
will get to our intended destination just as fast as traffic allows,
while taking the most direct route possible. But if we’ve learned
anything by now, it’s that not everyone is quite so traditional.
May 22
The Majestic Drink Holder is to standard auto cup-holders what the Luxury Fries Holder is to McDonalds’ cheesy red plastic Potato Holder, offering awesome looks augmented with a Swarovski-studded padlock. Hey, at least your secured soda will have some taste.
May 21
Bough Bikes is a world leader in the field of handmade all-wood bicycles, having produced over 300 pedal-powered two-wheelers from sustainably harvested French Oak. Now the Dutch manufacturer is, ahem, branching out into electrobikes, showing off two prototype electric wooden bikes at this year’s NYCxDesign.
May 20
A photographer looking for an innovative new way of lighting his automotive subject decided to illuminate the vehicle from beneath… and by beneath, we mean under the yard-thick, crystal clear ice of frozen-over Lake Baikal.
May 19
A parking lot made from thick, hexagonal solar cells tough enough to
support the weight of a tractor? It’s more likely than you think.. A
12-by-36 foot prototype "solar parking lot" made from the super-tough
panels can generate enough power by day to keep nearby street lamps and
signs safely glowing at night.
May 18
Green Chariot E-bus Brings Ultra-Capacitor Technology To Europe’s Gray Streets
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Look Sofia, no batteries! After proving its all-electric, ultra-capacitor, no-batteries technology over seven years and 8 million kilometres in Shanghai, China, the innovative Chariot E-bus is bringing its talents to South Bea, er, make that Sofia, Bulgaria.
Apr 17
The innovative Austrian-designed Johammer J1 Electric Motorcycle (“Eletromotorrad” in German) doesn’t look like any other electrobike while performing better than most of its competitors.
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