Posted on 12 May 2009
Best Buy is going to start carrying some electric bikes in a handful of its stores on the West coast. “Best Buy will be piloting electric-powered personal transportation products at some of our stores on the West Coast later this spring,” said Paula Baldwin, senior manager for Best Buy public relations. At first, e-bikes by [...]
Posted on 04 March 2009
We at Sustainability Ninja think the Mini Cooper is a damn cute car. And now, the Cooper doing the smart thing by jumping on the electric vehicle bandwagon. Can we get a hoo raah? In a floundering auto industry, when many automakers struggle to attract buyers, Mini has to figure out which buyers to choose, [...]
Posted on 20 February 2009
Now as much as we at SustainabilityNinja love eco-friendly transportation, we can’t help but think the Segway is a little bit stupid. And a Chanel Segway? Now that’s just embarrassing. The Chanel Segway is just your standard Segway but with the Chanel logo painted on the side, wheel and handlebar as well as a Chanel [...]
Posted on 03 February 2009
The clearly capable designers of the Aptera 2e have another exciting environmentally friendly vehicle on the way – a solar powered pontoon boat. The Aptera 2e designers have reworked the Tamarack Lake Electric Boat Company’s signature eco-friendly pontoon boat; the Loon and the results are impressive. Not only are the twin hulls essentially puncture resistant [...]
Posted on 29 January 2009
Bentley just released a photo of it’s first foray into the world of eco-friendly cars with a biofuel luxury car that it promises will be the fastest, most powerful and clean car the company has ever built. The biofuel Bentley will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March as a testament toward the [...]
Posted on 01 January 2009
Toyota is currently developing a car that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a totally sustainable energy car. According to newspapers, it will be years before the planned vehicle will be available on the market. Toyota’s offices were closed Thursday and officials were not [...]
Posted on 17 December 2008
James May of Top Gear recently traveled from the UK to LA, California to test out the Honda FCX Clarity in their latest episode. In case you have not heard of the FCX Clarity, it is an electric powered car with no batteries. Instead, the FCX generates it’s own electricity from hydrogen fuel cells. I [...]
Posted on 16 December 2008
James May flies to Los Angeles to test the Honda FCX Clarity Hydrogen fueled vehicle. Is this the future for sustainable transportation? Possibly, but I don’t like the fact that he bashes the strictly electric vehicles. Watch the full video and comment on what your thoughts are.
Posted on 21 November 2008
There are many sites around the web claiming to be the real deal when it comes to providing consumers with hydrogen car kits for their vehicle that can improve fuel consumption by a remarkable percentage. Many who have assembled and used these kits scream scam, while others say their gas mileage improved 100 percent. The [...]