An electric sports car.
http://www.teslamotors.com/
The company is based in California. The bulk of production is done by Lotus in the UK. The car goes 0-60 in 3.9 seconds. Price tag is US$109,000.
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9.28.2008
9.16.2008
The RAC Foundation, a British nonprofit organization that focuses on driving issues, asked 17 drivers, age 17 to 24, to use a driving simulator to see how texting affected driving.
The reaction time was around 35 percent slower when writing a text message — slower than driving drunk or stoned.
- NY Times
The reaction time was around 35 percent slower when writing a text message — slower than driving drunk or stoned.
- NY Times
9.06.2008
9.02.2008
- More than 90% of passengers at the largest US airports use cars or taxis to travel to and from the airport. Only 10% use public transport.
- In Oslo, 64% use public transport to get to the airport. In Hong Kong, 63%, in Tokyo, 59%. For JFK, it's 19%.
- "In the USA most people think of a bus as a dirty, smelly thing for poor people to get around the inner city."
NY Times
Car and oil companies are probably happy that these transportation dynamics exist in the US. They may have even blocked attempts to build better public transportation links to airports. It's good for their business, and good for the economy. It's the environment that suffers.
- In Oslo, 64% use public transport to get to the airport. In Hong Kong, 63%, in Tokyo, 59%. For JFK, it's 19%.
- "In the USA most people think of a bus as a dirty, smelly thing for poor people to get around the inner city."
NY Times
Car and oil companies are probably happy that these transportation dynamics exist in the US. They may have even blocked attempts to build better public transportation links to airports. It's good for their business, and good for the economy. It's the environment that suffers.