American Oil Crisis » Motorsports http://americanoilcrisis.com American Oil Crisis News and Info Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:25:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Ferrari Confirms Hybrid All-Wheel Drive System For 2014 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gas2/org/~3/CqVux342WDU/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gas2/org/~3/CqVux342WDU/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:12:19 +0000 Christopher DeMorro http://gas2.org/2009/11/10/ferrari-confirms-hybrid-all-wheel-drive-system-for-2014/

I am extremely vocal on the topic of electric cars, especially when it comes to their performance potential. Instant torque is very, very fun—to say the least—and makes a lot more sense on the racing circuit than internal combustion engines (at least in short bursts). Makers of high-end exotics are starting to pick up on this trend, though Ferrari is (as far as I know) the first supercar maker to confirm it will be adding and electric-hybrid to its lineup.

Of course, they claim this is to improve handling and not fuel efficiency. But hey, I’ll take what I can get from the prancing horse.

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As I’ve said before, SEMA is not usually a place you expect to see lots of alternative fuel vehicles. But in recent years there has been a paradigm shift, and increasing floor space has been devoted to debuting technologies and cars that conserve gas, rather than waste it.

Factory Five, out of Wareham Massachusetts, is a well-known maker of kit cars based on classic Shelby designs including the Cobra and Daytona. Amp=D has taken one of their kit cars based on the iconic ‘33 Ford and built a powerful electric drivetrain around this handsome hot rod.

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Spectators at next years Sonoma Showdown at California’s Infineon Raceway will be treated to something they’ve never seen before - the nation’s first ever zero-carbon motorcycle race.

The Sonoma County event, known as the Time Trial eXtreme Grand Prix, will form part of the AMA Motorcycle Sonoma Showdown weekend, May 14-16.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/11/06/california-to-get-first-us-zero-carbon-motorcycle-race/feed/ 0 Roush Bringing Propane-Powered Mustangs To Drag Strips http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gas2/org/~3/kT5heINOa54/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gas2/org/~3/kT5heINOa54/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:19:29 +0000 Christopher DeMorro http://gas2.org/2009/11/04/roush-bringing-propane-powered-mustangs-to-drag-strips/

Conventional drag racing is pretty much the furthest thing from a green sport, but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying the hell out of it. Yet even this tire-melting, gas-wasting sport is diving into the realm of alternative fuels for a variety of reasons.

Roush, a leading builder of aftermarket Mustangs, is developing two Mustangs for the drag strip powered not by gasoline, but clean-burning propane.

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The new Volkswagen Scirocco is one of those cool cars America will never get (yes, I know we had it once, but the new one is sooooo much cooler). VW’s hot little hatchback has the looks and power to make most American small cars cringe in fear. Even cooler? They are working on a version that runs on carbon-neutral bio compressed natural gas.

Try saying that five times fast!

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