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GPS use bad for your brain?
I recall coming back from the Tsawassen ferry terminal one time, battling my way through the labyrinth that is Richmond, decided to ask Garmin to get me home, North Coquitlam. Unfortunately, with dated map and road construction, it took me the long way, way east, ended up doubling-back across the Port Mann Bridge. Anyway, something in the news:
Study suggests reliance on GPS may reduce hippocampus function as we age
CBC radio "The Current" podcast on the subject, here:
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Seeks more drivers for mileage tax test
Source: State seeks more drivers for mileage tax test - Capital Bureau - East Oregonian
By Hillary Borrud Capital Bureau Published on October 4, 2015 8:04PM
SALEM — A state pilot program launched in July to charge Oregon drivers based on the amount they drive has roughly 900 participants, mostly in the Portland metropolitan area.
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Officials had hoped to enroll up to 5,000 people in the pay-by-the-mile program, the first of its kind in the nation. Participants sign up with one of three private vendors, then install an electronic device that enables the company to track mileage and collect fees.
“I think we all need to get more (participants) in because the more we have, the better the data,” said Vicki Berger, chair of a task force overseeing the... -
What Drives Us Podcast - #184 Your Friendly Robot Receptionist - What Drives Us
Aside from our usual Faraday Future tagging, this week we cover... Russell Me talking about buying an electric motorcycle. Or trying to anyway. Zero Motorcycles Hap's Cycles Tony I want to talk hyper loop. Mark New Nissan xStorage (like a Tesla Powerwall) Mark Here we go, owner claiming Tesla crashed on its own! Russell I once knew a guy who was sure that the best idea for a restaurant ever, in the history of food service, was a Dracula themed restaurant where the menus are shaped liked bats. Yeah, that was the whole idea. He was sure it was a winner. Faraday Future thinks our future is robots. Lots and lots of robots. Russell Predicting person makes big prediction, Chevy Bolt sales of 30K to 80K during first year says KBB analyst Tony Could we have a new, viable EV player?
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Don Panoz and Delta Wing development
An hour long, still interesting insights about how to design efficiently:
This is the awesome motor: Charged EVs | EV-builder DeltaWing to use DHX motors with direct-winding heat exchange system
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In effect, a liquid cooled, motor that allows much higher currents and power density.
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In a Prius, these motors could shave almost 100 lbs but there is an even more effective approach. Encapsulate the stators in a non-conductive bath inside a jacket.
This would provide direct, heat conduction and increase the power density even further. With a pressurized coolant bath, it could leave the enclosing jacket and go through a phase change to efficiently... -
Canada Forest Fires Possible Gaso Impacts
The heart of the Canadian Oil sands (as far as living residences) is Fort McMurray which has sadly taken serious damage in the recent wild fires. Apparently a significant portion of the oil production is shut in for safety reasons. Bottom line analysts expecting a rough weeks ahead in the gasoline/crude prices.
The Fort Mac fire toll - Gasbuddy Gas Prices
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Toyota Hybrids At Spa
The race is just starting on FS1 channel. Maybe the Toyotas will actually compete this time, the Porsche and Audi hybrids have just been competing against each other. -
What Drives Us Podcast - #183 It’s OK, The Monkey’s Driving - What Drives Us
This week our panel takes on:
- You Say Autonomous Cars Will Encourage More People to have sex in cars Like that’s a bad thing
- Volvo pisses on Tesla’s autopilot functionality
- RAV4 Hybrid has made the Prius V irrelevant and redundant…already
- Mark Coughlan talks about how Awesome the new 2G Chevy Volt is (and how awesome In-N-Out is).
- The Chevy Jolt may be a dumb name but it's a great idea, even if it is bogus
- Japan has more charging spots than gas stations?
Read more about this episode on WhatDrives.Us - You Say Autonomous Cars Will Encourage More People to have sex in cars Like that’s a bad thing
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Google working with FCA to create autonomous hybrid minivan prototypes.
This seems more like an integration effort rather than grafting on self-driving hardware to an off-the-shelf car.
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Ferrari CEO Takes a Tesla For a Test Drive
Source: Ferrari CEO Takes a Tesla for a Test Drive
Electric cars are known for ferocious acceleration, and so are Ferraris. Ferrari CEO Sergio Marchionne took a Tesla for a spin, and acceleration aside, he found it wanting.
Indeed, he called it “obscene.”…
Context matters, of course. According to a CNN report, Marchionne called the experience – presumably in a Model S – “obscene” because there was no engine noise.
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Hybrid Electric Buses in Wellington, New Zealand
The Tesla of Garbage Trucks Wants to Make City Buses More Sustainable - Curbed
"Wellington, New Zealand, had a serious issues with its beloved trolley system. Decades old, the vehicles rely on a system of overhead wires the city can’t afford to maintain, so it looked like municipal authorities would need to swap out the clean transport system for dirty diesel buses. But before the city revamped its mass transit system, a third way presented itself, a high-tech, more sustainable solution that may foreshadow a shift in how cities run their fleets of heavy vehicles, such as buses and garbage trucks....
The Wrightspeed hybrid system—an electric motor with extensive power and torque, a computer-controlled high-tech gear box and four-speed transmission, and a battery that’s charged by a gas-fueled turbine range extender called the Fulcrum—provides the push needed to move a heavy vehicle up hills... -
Volvo SUV Plugin XC90 T8; EV Range is BS?
Volvo Supposedly claims ~ 25miles. Owners report ~ ½ that range. Consequently, the sharks are circling;
Volvo Being Investigated for EV-Range Claims - EVWORLD.COM
Even if partly true, it makes one wonder why manufacturers don't learn from other manufacturers prior screw-ups.
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Survey: How many Prii are owned in CARB States?
I'll start this survey here and the Mods can move it if so desired.
Here is a simple survey trying to look at how many Prii are owned in US CARB states?
- The 10 so-called Extended CARB states are CA/MD/RI/ME/NJ/NY/CT/MA/VT/OR* where OR is not exactly same status, but these states all extend the hybrid battery warranty out to 10-yrs and 150,000 miles
- The 3 so-called Standard CARB states are DE/PA/WA and these states only get the standard 8-yr 100,000 mile warranty on the hybrid battery.
- New Mexico residents - hang on until we figure out if NM status has changed in 2016
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What Drives Us Podcast - #182 Those Are Some Big Tanks - What Drives Us
This week Evan, Paul and Russell go over... A new autonomous driving coalition begins operations Hybrid and EV owners are buying switching to gas cars more than they used to says Edmunds Mitsubishi has been cheating the EPA MPG tests for 25 years VW and the EPA finally at a settlement but it's not complete...yet Honda to expand Clarity line to include EV and PHEV
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VW Snatches Global Sales Lead
File this in the folder, 'who s*cks less.'
Source: Despite Diesel Dilemma, VW Snatches Global Sales Lead from Toyota | TheDetroitBureau.com
Volkswagen says it was able to deliver 2.49 million vehicles during the first three months of 2016, a 0.8% year-over-year increase. Despite its diesel woes, sales surged 6.4% in the Chinese market, and it gained ground in the rest of Asia, as well as Europe.
But the German maker suffered a 5.7% dip in the U.S., and a 2.1% decline in all of North America. That’s actually not as bad as it could have been. Before the maker acknowledged rigging its diesels to illegally pass American emissions tests last September, those oil burners accounted for about a quarter of its U.S. sales. Hefty incentives have shifted many potential buyers to the brand’s gas models. Separately, economic woes in key markets like Brazil led to a... -
Regulators Cracking Down on Emissions Reporting Around the World
Source: Ford CEO Says Regulators Cracking Down on Emissions Reporting Around the World
In the wake of the Volkswagen and Mitsubishi emissions reporting scandals, regulators around the world are getting tougher on automakers with China leading the way, says Ford CEO Mark Fields.
China will be the most stringent about transparent compliance with fuel economy and greenhouse gas reporting by automakers “given some of the societal factors around air pollution,” he said. Fields spoke to reporters Saturday on the eve of the Beijing Auto Show, China’s biggest auto show.
A wave of events last week are getting automakers to pay more attention to the regulatory environment. Mitsubishi Motors admitted exaggerating the mpg of several minicar models in Japan, and that its testing methods have been out of compliance with Japanese standards since 2002. Volkswagen...
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