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Lightning GT: Britain’s Competitor to Tesla’s Roadster

Lightning GT: Britain's Competitor to Tesla's Roadster

Just a few months ago I was presenting the Tesla Roadster as a pioneer in electric vehicles. And it surely is. It does 60mph in just 3.7 seconds, is extremely light and not so comfortable.
This time, the British have projected a brand-new electric car that would ultimately compete with Tesla’s famous Roadster.
The car is called [...]

John Bedini’s Cigar Box-sized Tesla Switch - How To Build It

John Bedini was invited to speak at the Tesla Centennial Symposium in Colorado Springs, CO, on August, 11, 1984, The symposium honored the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Nikola Tesla in the USA, and was sponsored by the Tesla Committee, by the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), Pikes Peak Section, and by [...]

Still Insufficient Power for the Plug-In Prius

TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled a “plug-in” hybrid car based on its popular Prius model on Wednesday, saying it would test the fuel-saving vehicle on public roads — a first for the industry.
But the world’s biggest automaker said the car, called the Toyota Plug-in HV, was not fit for commercialisation since it uses low-energy [...]