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- Amarok P1 – the Superlight Electric Racing Motorcycle
- Useful Feature for Women Drivers: Extra Window by Side Mirror
- Laser Igniters Under Development
| Amarok P1 – the Superlight Electric Racing Motorcycle Posted: 04 May 2011 03:31 AM PDT
Going green is a general tendency. Not only have the car industry manufacturers embraced it, but the motorcycle industry producers too. One of the result of this investment: the Amarok P1 electric racing motorcycle, which appears to have solved the physics problem of the electric racing motorcycles, accordingly to the principle: less weight for more performance. It is a Canadian designed motorcycle, weights just 325 pounds and with its 7.5-kilowatt-hour battery it can complete the 12 laps of TTXGP race. All those technical features make it to achieve much more performance than normal and faster speeds too. The body, frame and battery are integrated into the same structure, which definitely increase simplicity, reduces parts and optimizes weight distribution.
said Uhlarik. Actually, the motorcycle was build from sketch, ignoring all the conventional motorcycles ever made. The motorcycle will be mass-produced too, which will make many of us to afford it. So, what do you think about this beauty eco-friendly motorcycle? Does it really achieve the performance and feeling of driving a conventional motorcycle? [Source: Wired] Post published on Rpmgo.com |
| Useful Feature for Women Drivers: Extra Window by Side Mirror Posted: 03 May 2011 08:15 AM PDT
As we all know and often face it, women have driving problems and they usually are mercilessly criticized by the others because they don't look in the side or rear mirror for other cars, for example, when they change the driving direction. But as a woman, I think the real and most important problem is that or view is often obstructed by the side mirror and the A-pillar in front of it, and we cannot see the other cars. That's why I find very useful the extra window feature of some cars, such as 2012 Mazda 5, 2011 Ford Fiesta or 2011 Toyota Prius. That extra triangular window really helps women drivers and gives them a better view of the road. So, do you use this feature? Do you have any suggestions about ways of improving visibility for the driver while being behind the wheel? [Source: Photo] Post published on Rpmgo.com |
| Laser Igniters Under Development Posted: 03 May 2011 06:00 AM PDT
Last Sunday during the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, held in Baltimore, a very interesting paper was revealed by a team of researchers from Japan and Romania, offering a promising future for more efficient engines that eat up less gas. How? By using lasers to ignite the fuel-air mixture, instead of the regular spark plugs. Up until now, the lasers that were capable of providing sufficient power for igniting a fuel-air mixture, were large and impractical to use for a car engine, and also quite fragile. The good news is that this Japanese-Romanian team of researchers has conceived a new, tougher and smaller laser that is made out of ceramics, instead of the regular crystalline materials, making it significantly more durable and resistant to the very high temperatures of a car engine. These ceramic laser cylinders accumulate the energy that is sent through the fiber optic cable from lower-power lasers. They release this energy into the cylinder in pulses just 800 trillionths of a second long. If these can be developed to be sufficiently tough in order to withstand car use, the lasers will not have to be replaced, in comparison to spark plugs which must be changed once the metal tips erode. The most important advantage of this laser technology is that these plugs can be focused to emit pulses at different depths within the cavity of the cylinders, which allows a better control of the entire combustion process. If an engine-control software could be capable of simultaneously or sequentially igniting the fuel-air mixture at various spots throughout the engine's combustion chamber, a more complete combustion process could become available and the energy which is contained in each of the hydrocarbon molecules could be more fully exploited, thus lowering fuel consumption and offering increased gas mileage, which is the ultimate goal of this technology. The team of researchers is now in talks with Denso, which is a very popular auto-parts manufacturer that does a lot of business as far as conventional spark plugs are concerned. Hopefully, they will be able to commercialize this revolutionary design. Source: GreenCarReports via Jalopnik | Photo: Gizmag Post published on Rpmgo.com |
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