green vehicles
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This Steam Bike Hit 180MPH and Was Designed in a Shed
Remember roughly 150 years ago when steam trains were the fastest way to get around? No? You weren’t alive? Right, well, anyway, the coal-fired behemoths used the power of boiling water to turn their enormous wheels and pull coach loads of people all across America. Steam power is still around, but not much for trains anymore; some…
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General Motors Is Training First Responders on Electric Car Crashes
More firefighters and EMTs will soon be able to pry you out of your burning Prius and maybe even save the car. General Motors announced Thursday it was expanding its training program on rescues involving electric vehicle crashes.
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Porsche Invests $75 Million Into Synthetic Fuel Start-Up
Automakers of long-lasting, collectable enthusiast cars like Porsche, Audi and Koenigsegg are desperate to keep their heritage on the road in the face of a cataclysmically warming world. Porsche is putting its money where its mouth is, investing $US75 ($104) million into a synthetic fuel startup company.
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Biden Admin Calls on Postal Service to Cancel Its Plans for Gas-Guzzling Fleet of Vehicles
If you’re not totally sold on the United States Postal Service’s new, flattened duck-shaped, gas-powered monstrosity of a mail truck, you’re not alone. The Biden administration on Wednesday made a last-minute plea to halt the USPS’ fleet, claiming the new trucks’ laughably poor fuel efficiency would further worsen the climate and hinder the government’s ability…