China Moving to Ban Electric Bikes
According to the South China Post, some Chinese cities are moving to ban electric bicycles in favor of automobiles. Europeans have the luxury of hindsight in this regard, and are ironically reinstating pedestrian and bicycle dominance in urban areas. The... [read on...]
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The Esuvee Beast
Your Imagination: I've been seeing these weird billboards around town for a wihile. They have a photo of this weird hairy beast-thing that looks like a Jeep with the word "Esuvee" in big letters. For the longest time I couldn't... [read on...]
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Avoiding Hybrids May Cost US Jobs
Detroit: I'm still baffled why US manufacturers continue to be lax on hybrid vehicles and other alternatives to the traditional gasoline engine. Is it laziness? Stuborness? Do they just not care? Is it a matter of bad government incentives? Well,... [read on...]
International CXT
The Pits of Hell: In an uncanny display of hubris, the international truck corp has succeeded in dwarfing the Hummer with this ungodly shitbox on wheels known as the CXT. Read all about it. One can only hope this is... [read on...]
Green Hummer
Los Angeles: Maybe I shouldn't be so harsh on these guys because their hearts seem to be in the right place. So let's call this "less stupid" but still missing the point. Nonetheless, the Green Hummer is here. Yes, it's... [read on...]
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Ignoring the Cost of Car Ownership
Your Wallet: Being almost 30 and having never owned a car in my life, I know I'm a radical anomaly in the US, and perhaps an evil traitor by some people's measurements. But according to the American Automobile Association, I've... [read on...]
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Right Side Van Exhaust
15 Passenger Vans: Here's an unfortunate piece of design: Putting the exhaust on the right side of the van guarantees asphyxiation when loading passengers. *cough*... [read on...]
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Laptop Steering Wheel Mount
Your Car: At first glance this looks like a joke product, but apparantly it's not! I can imagine police using such a thing while the vehicle is parked, but talk about a disaster waiting to happen. (via Gizmodo)... [read on...]
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The Stink About Parking Meters
San Francisco: For once I agree with Ken Garcia. It seems the city of San Francisco is replacing those crummy old mechanical parking meters with efficient 'multi-space' meters, like you see in Europe. This sound's like a great idea to... [read on...]
Headlight Wipers
A nice car: Little wipers on your headlights might be useful if you live in Antarctica or somewhere prone to massive and constant mud-storms, but honestly, they seem completely superfluous to me. I recall once asking an Audi dealer to... [read on...]
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Bad Driving (Comic Relief)
Sass Pordoi, Italia: If it were simply Darwinism at work, I'd be less likely to complain, but unfortunately, driving like a jackass shortens the lifespan of everyone on the road. There's no telling whether it was the driver of... [read on...]
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Car Alarms
Your City: There are few inventions I can think of that do less good than car alarms. In fact, they clearly do vastly more harm than good, ripping apart the fabric of the urban night with painfully horrendous shrieking that... [read on...]
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