From the comparo "For starters, we generally prefer the four-cylinder Accords, which are more agile and lively because they carry less weight over their front wheels."

I'm pretty sure that's a Lambo, but not a Dude

Excellent, kick it to the kerb!

I want to see pictures of the small hairy-footed hobbits climbing out of their crashed exotics! No wonder they crashed, they couldn't see over the steering wheel. (Or am I confusing my LOTR pre-history with the fellowship?)

Toyota Prius was best-selling car in Japan in 2009 (208,876) and 2010 (315,669 of the new 3rd-gen). It's helped by government subsidies and tax breaks for eco-friendly cars. Some months the Honda Fit beats it, especially since Honda introduced the Japan-only cheaper hybrid Fit. 2011 sales will obviously be affected by…

Tesla gave up on a two-speed Roadster transmission, but Fisker is going to have a go. From July:

You seem to be confusing evolution and abiogenesis. I didn't deny the existence of a creator, just arguing north.mister's woefully clueless statement Macro Evolution is scientifically impossible.

150 years ago changes in animal coloration and the adaptation of animals on Galapagos were Proof of evolution. Since then we've discovered DNA and gene mutation and so understand the actual processes Darwin so brilliantly inferred. Ahh, so you retreat to say there's no "macro evolution". Well, over hundreds of…

You mean "a source". A single industrial plant is nothing compared with, say, global vehicle transportation or deforestation. Studies differ, but as I recall the government's GREET model estimates it takes about 0.4 gallons of fossil fuel input to make a gallon of ethanol: the tractor, the watering, the evil…

It's not faintly recorded, it's well known, go read about Ice ages.

It's unclear what you're even trying to say, but the answer is yes. EVERYONE understands CO2 is only one player in climate. The existing concentrations of water vapor, CO2, methane, and other greenhouse gases are why the Earth is 20°C to 30°C warmer than it would be without an atmosphere, unlike the Moon. The…

How can Toyota or anyone sell FCHVs when there's nowhere to get hydrogen? Go look at the map [www.afdc.energy.gov] for stations in your area; ignore any private and fleet stations.

By a substantial margin the Prius is the most fuel-efficient gasoline-powered car you can buy in America. A 34 mpg TDI, fine though it is, ≠ 50 mpg. The fact that it's a reliable practical mid-sized car and not the cramped econobox you'd expect atop the mpg rating means that for appliance users who want to burn less…

"In July 2011 [daughter Petra] Ecclestone purchased The Manor [Aaron Spelling's monster house], in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, for $85 million, with $82.4 million borrowed from her mother."

I don't know where Bloomberg is getting "61 kilometers a liter (126 miles per gallon)". Anyway the math is wrong, Google's awesome units conversion says "61 km/l in mpg" is 143 mpg. Toyota says the Prius plug-in's gasoline consumption on some optimistic Japanese cycle is "exceeding 57 km/L", but that's 43% electric…

You're describing a series hybrid. The problem is once the batteries are discharged the engine needs to have all the power to move the car on its own. To handle a long highway incline, that means high power output. Audi showed an A1 e-tron with a Wankel generator, but they didn't let people drive it in the Alps.

Michelin's Active Wheel is also active suspension, though it doesn't seem as well-developed as the Lotus system. Watch the video for entertaining low-rider and clown-car antics from the original Heuliez WIL.

Before Bose, "Lotus developed a version of its 1985 Excel model with electro-hydraulic active suspension, but this was never offered to the public."

To repeat:

Hydrogen combustion suffers from all the problems of H2 ably summarized by george.w.hatcher elsewhere, without getting the increase in efficiency of a 60% efficient hydrogen fuel cell powering a 90% efficient motor, or the free energy from regenerative braking.