Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles have been around for more than 100 years. The Oil barrons of the early 1900's made sure that the Electric Vehicle would not stop their profits. It used to be that a family would not need to travel more than, say 10 miles on the outside, to whatever they needed to do. Today's driver is more demanding. The electric Vehicle has come a long way toward meeting the needs of today. Most families already have two, if not more, cars in the driveway, yet on average, they only travel less than 30 miles a day. This is where a Plug-in Hybrid or Electric Vehicle shines.
Electric Attraction
By EV World
Turbo Guy discovers what attracts the ladies isn't raw horsepower, but kinder, gentler electrons.
A study commission by General Motors for the Challenge X competition last year found women are more likely to talk to a man who drives a hybrid car than a sports car.
Using that premise as his underlying theme, California electric car enthusiast Stefano Paris enlisted the help of our mutual friend and actress Alexandra Paul to shoot a short video for Google Foundation's Why I Want to Drive A Plug-In campaign.
The result is a fun, two-minute short that includes Paris as the cool shades-wearing, Mitsubishi-driving 'Turbo Guy' and Gary Winterboer as "EV Guy" with his eco-friendly, if now-dated RAV4 EV.
As enjoyable as the clip is, Paris informed us here at EV World that Google refused to accept it into the competition because of its unlicensed use of its "Power of Love" theme music from the hit movie trilogy, "Back to the Future."
ADDENDUM: Apparently due to an earlier agreement between Google and Warner Brothers, which owns the label that produced "Power of Love", Google has now accepted this video for use in the conference this week, according to Stefano Paris.
So, if you plan to enter your own video, be sure you use a royalty free sound track or write your music.
Finally, as they were shooting the video, another EV owner stopped by to chat. Yes, that is actor/director Tom Hanks doing an unintended product placement for Coca-Cola... or was it?
Hmmm.
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Available Electric Vehicles
By EV WorldThe folks at the Hippy Gourmet have come up with a winning recipe for oil-free driving
Tired of ever-higher gasoline prices? Ready to break your addiction to oil? Eager to do something meaningful for your family, as well as the future of the planet?
Well, the Hippy Gourmet has whipped up a tasty little Hors d'oeurve that blends the scintillating sweetness of the Sun and the tangy zip of a Zap Xebra. What better way to put an 'EV smile" on your face than to power your little electric runabout with the limitless and infinitely renewable energy from the Sun.
This recipe serves up to four people, but is somewhat limited in range and speed, though batteries are included.