Volkswagen has revealed a diesel hybrid concept that can deliver well in excess of 300mpg. The new car, called the XL1, is the third concept built by the company to be capable of traveling 100km (62 miles) on a single liter of fuel. The first two vehicles, introduced in 2002 and 2009, used tandem seating, but the XL1 achieves the goal (or at 0.9l/100km, surpasses it) while looking remarkably conventional.
Officially introduced today at the Qatar auto show, the XL1 is powered by  … Pictures & More
Everyone knows that Indonesia shelters the best ocean waves in the world but not a single surfer’s soul knew that you could find there tidal bore waves, as powerful as brazilian Pororoca or the chinese Guanchao ? A team of ‘boreriders’ lead by Antony YEP Colas, just found that amazing jungle river wave, which you can’t even find listed in the 55 rivers of the Tidal Bore Research Society tidalbore.info.
On the East side of Sumatra, there is the Bono … More
San Francisco — A surfer who nearly drowned after being pummeled and washed through rocks by a big wave in Northern California is expected to recover, hospital officials said Tuesday. A Stanford Hospital spokesman said 30-year-old Jacob Trette was in fair condition three days after he nearly drowned while attempting to surf Mavericks, a famous break about 20 miles south of San Francisco that has claimed a number of lives over the years.
Trette was rescued on Saturday by an Australian firefighter, Russell Ord, who was on a personal watercraft taking photographs of the surfers when  … More