Electric Cars: If Sir James Dyson Can’t Do It, What’s ‘Paper Billionaire’ Elon Musk Hoping for?

Electric Cars: If Sir James Dyson Can’t Do It, What’s ‘Paper Billionaire’ Elon Musk Hoping for?

The tech entrepreneur topping the UK’s rich list ditched his plans for an electric car, cutting £500 million of losses in the process. He says the idea is unfeasible – how, then, is Elon Musk’s Tesla working, and for how long? Talk is cheap. Sir James Dyson confirmed that as he was unveiled this weekend…

“The American Love Affair with the Automobile”: The Unspoken History of the Electric Car

“The American Love Affair with the Automobile”: The Unspoken History of the Electric Car

A study of gasoline-powered automobiles reveals one of the greatest corporate frauds and resulting environmental disasters to ever have been inflicted on human society. There are three distinct but interwoven themes in this story: the promotion of gasoline-powered transportation by (a) the killing of mass public transit, (b) the genocide of electric vehicles, and (c)…

Formula 1: A Technical Deep Dive into Building the World’s Fastest Cars

Formula 1: A Technical Deep Dive into Building the World’s Fastest Cars

F1 drivers experience similar g-force to Apollo astronauts during Earth re-entry. Here’s how they design and make the cars. For over 60 years, Formula 1 teams have developed, tested, and built the fastest and most technologically impressive cars the world has ever seen. An almost unending list of superlatives can be ladled onto F1 cars:…