Nokian Tyres is now fastest on ice both with an electric car and with a petrol-powered car! The new world record with E-RA (Electric RaceAbout) was set at 252.09 km/h on 17th of March 2012 on the ice of Lake Ukonjärvi in Inari, Finland. Petrol-powered ice driving record was already achieved by Nokian Tyres in March 2011.
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How to escape a $400 traffic ticket with the power of physics
A UCSD physicist was able to argue his way out of a traffic ticket with a bit of audacity and four pages worth of complex mathematics.
Dmitri Krioukov, a senior research scientist at the University of California, San Diego, was issued a ticket for failing to completely stop at a stop sign. Rather than eat the $400 charge, Krioukov decided to fight  … More
Considering the laudable goal of hybrid cars, one would think that when owners of gas-electric vehicles were ready to replace their car, most would do so with a new hybrid. However, that just isn’t the case.
According to a new study by R.L. Polk via Automotive News, just one-third of U.S. hybrid owners replaced their hybrids with a new hybrid when they purchased a new vehicle in 2011.
The Toyota Prius seems to be … More