Norway is filled with Tesla cars I spent a day in Oslo before traveling to Svalbard, and noticed that there were Teslas everywhere. Upon further investigation, I learned that the Norwegian government heavily incentivizes ownership of electric cars: Tesla doesn't pay a sales tax on the models it sells, electric car owners are exempt from automobile tolls, and they can charge their vehicles for free. The catch is that Norway funds these initiatives through its sovereign wealth fund, which is almost entirely comprised of profits from Norway's oil and fossil fuel exports.
Elon Musk: How I Became The Real ‘Iron Man’ Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) -- "Bloomberg Risk Takers" profiles Elon Musk, the entrepreneur who helped create PayPal, built America's first viable fully electric car company, started the nation's biggest solar energy supplier, and may make commercial space travel a reality in our lifetime. (Source: Bloomberg)
Autopilot Tesla rescued the driver from a collision with a truck. Tesla driver was moving along the road with the included autopilot, when the truck decided to rearrange to the right lane. From the electric car accident saved the audible alarm, after which the car dodged collision right. Joshua Brown, the owner of the electric vehicle, said he did not see the truck maneuver and only thanks to the autopilot was able to avoid an accident.
Introducing MARTY, Stanford’s self-driving, electric, drifting DeLorean Stanford engineers built an autonomous DeLorean capable of stable, precise drifting at large angles in order to study how cars perform in extreme situations, which could ultimately guide the development of autonomous safety protocols.
Magnesium Fuel Cell Battery and Sun-light Pumped Laser The introductory video published by our Company, Energy Genesis Cycle, Inc. (abbr. EGC), shows all of you the complete renewable energy system that uses magnesium as energy carrier and solar-energy-pumped laser. Ultra small magnesium battery of fuel-cell type is used as demonstration for cell phone and electric car. These technology have been patented by Prof. Takashi Yabe. Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Texas Barn Find: Five Pre-war Automobiles Discovered Five pre-war automobiles and a travel trailer were stored for more than 40 years in a Texas barn. Motostalgia Auctions founder Antonio Burnet tells us about the collection, which includes a 1932 Cadillac 370B V-12 Victoria Convertible, 1933 Cadillac Model 370C V-12 Town Coupe, 1938 Cadillac Series 90 V-16 Fleetwood Limousine, 1923 Milburn Electric Model 27L, 1908 REO Model G Boattail Roadster/Sedan Tonneau and a twice-used 1937 Kozy Coach Travel Trailer. The cars and trailer will headline Motostalgia Auctions’ sale at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on June 12, 2015 (www.motostalgia.com).