Alternative Fuel Vehicles & The Future of Transportation

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About Alternative Fuel Vehicles & The Future of Transportation

This group is inspired by my recent photoshoot of the finish line at the North American Solar Challenge (that "rayce" of solar-powered cars held every two years).

While being a die-hard classic car enthusiast, I have a fascination with some of the new alternative fuel vehicles on the market or just in the concept phase. Everything from hybrid to electric to fuel cell to... (you name it).

It will be very interesting in the future to see how the passenger vehicle and commercial transportation sector will develop, some interesting concept cars already exist.

Besides, I couldn't find a suitable group to put my pictures in too! The selfish reason.

Anyway, post your pictures of alternative fuel vehicles. As long as the fuel for the vehicle isn't gas or diesel you are welcome to post your pictures here, pictures of hybrid cars also welcome.

automotive.speedtv.com/

Too-quiet hybrids and EVs to get added noise

motortorque.askaprice.com/news/auto-1005/tooquiet-hybrids...

Electric motorcycles:

moto-racing.speedtv.com/article/williams-can-you-feel-the...

Please help design and develop the automobiles of 2016.

www.allcarselectric.com/

New Revenge Verde sports car

www.allcarselectric.com/blog/1041574_2011-revenge-verde-h...

www.revengedesignsinc.com/weekly_news.html

Mazda's Approach To Hydrogen Power

www.autofieldguide.com/articles/110902.html

www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/displayPage.action?pageParameter...

Automobile and motorcycle racing needs to develop the technologies and fuels of tomorrow. Many people are watching.

Over five million people watch IRC Sardinia on Eurosport

www.rallybuzz.com/big-tv-audience-sardegna/

A record 12 million viewers watched the IRC Monte Carlo Rally on Eurosport channels

www.rallybuzz.com/rallye-monte-carlo-record-viewers/

Mazda, Lola, and Dyson Racing with bio-butanol

auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/alms-dyson-prepping-for-2...

Dyson with new Castrol livery

www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news

Japan's Tokai Challenger Wins 2009 Global Green Challenge in Australia

www.globalgreenchallenge.com.au/media/media-releases/deta...

www.u-tokai.ac.jp/international/index.html

Norwegian Think City battery-powered car

www.think.no/

Advancing Innovation?

An article by Melissa Anderson, Vice President, IRN Inc.

www.autofieldguide.com/columns/1109insight.html

BOSCH: Achieving 78 Mpg

(BOSCH has won many automobile and motorcycle races and rally championships)

www.autofieldguide.com/articles/110909.html

Engineering chassis development:

www.autofieldguide.com/articles/110908.html

Mission Motors plans to build the fastest production electric motorcycle.

www.ridemission.com/

The BRAMMO Enertia powercycle

BRAMMO Inc., the manufacturer of the BRAMMO Enertia powercycle, was formed in 2002 by entrepreneur Craig Bramscher. BRAMMO is headquartered in Ashland, Oregon situated between the Cascade and Siskiyou Mountains in the southern part of the state, 12 miles north of the California border. The company name "BRAMMO" dates back to Craig Bramscher's high school football days – it was the nickname given to Craig by his football coach.

www.brammo.com/

www.shockingbarack.com/

A year later, the green revolution is going strong in American Le Mans Series.

www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news

www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=21&articl...

www.skf.com/skf/news/html/popup.jsp?lang=en&contentId...

www.racecar-engineering.com/news/opinion/438833/lord-dray...

American Le Mans Series President and CEO Scott Atherton drives a Compressed Natural Gas vehicle during the weekend of the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix.

www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news

KERS-Zytek Automotive powertrain named the 2009 Powertrain Innovation of the Year at the Professional Motorsport World Expo.

www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news

Corsa Motorsports testing and developing their Ginetta-Zytek 09HS.

LMP team now ARES Motorsports

www.facebook.com/notes/ares-motorsports/introducing-ares-...

www.corsamotorsports.com/

www.flickr.com/photos/drewsp75/3536868816/in/pool-futuret...

www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news

www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news

Shell Eco-marathon

www.shell.com/home/content/eco-marathon-en/welcome_global...

Slightly recycled machine

www.flickr.com/photos/coldtrackdays/4026666425/

www.lola-group.com/newsstory.asp?NewsId=148

'Green' teams have a strong weekend

www.racecar-engineering.com/news/cars/383805/green-teams-...

www.bybillwood.com/online/index.php?option=com_content&am...

Eco Racing had a Radical SR10 AER that ran on Jatropha fuel in the American Le Mans Series, but the team is now working on a new engine. Ian Dawson is working now with Libra Racing and their Nissan-based V8 engine built by IES Engineering. Andrew Prendeville and Chris Buncombe are the drivers.

www.andrewprendeville.com/

www.motorsport.com/photos/drivere.asp?D=Chris_Buncombe

www.chrisbuncombe.com/

www.eco-racing.co.uk/

www.endurance-info.com/version2/actualite-endurance-4282....

www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=311818&FS=ALMS...

green.autoblog.com/2009/09/21/eco-racing-to-finally-debut...

translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http...

www.endurance-info.com/version2/actualite-endurance-2995....

www.radicalsportscars.com/range/sr9

www.speedtv.com/auto-racing/article/alms-petit-le-mans-tu...

Jose Manuel Balbiani drove it at Road Atlanta for the 2009 Petit Le Mans race, but ECO Racing withdrew before the race.

www.balbiani.com/galeria_imagenes.php?galeria=9

Radical SRZero

www.radicalsportscars.com/range/srzero

Jan Lammers reveals hydrogen fuel cell kart

www.racecar-engineering.com/news/cars/383806/formula-zero...

www.racingforholland.com/

Eco + Muscle

media.origin.popularmechanics.com/documents/ecomuscle/

Electric Vehicle Cup

www.evcup.com/

www.lightningcarcompany.co.uk/

www.endurance-info.com/version2/actualite-endurance-3053....

translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http...

BIORACING Series

www.bioracingseries.fr/

A Swiss company now has an electric race car.

Green GT

It has anrace-spec carbon-fiber chassis holds two liquid-cooled 100-kilowatt (about 148 horsepower) motors that the Swiss gearheads claim put 1,475 pound-feet of torque to the tarmac at up to 100 mph. That figure rolls off to 590 pound-feet beyond the century mark and stays there as the car approaches its claimed top speed of 170 mph. The juice comes from a pair of 30-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion polymer battery packs. All told, the car weighs 1,896 pounds.

www.green-gt.com

New hybrid automobiles:

automobiles.honda.com/insight-hybrid/

www.chevrolet.fr/le-esprit-chevrolet/les-chevrolet-de-dem...