<![CDATA[Jalopnik: king]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: king]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/king http://jalopnik.com/tag/king <![CDATA[Burger King Drive-Thru To Harness Power Via Kinetic Energy]]> A New Jersey-based Burger King has announced they'll install a kinetic energy harnessing speed bump in their drive-thru to tap into the unused power generated by the hundreds of cars that pass through daily.

According to a report by CNET, the Burger King franchise will partner with Maryland-based New Energy Technologies to install their MotionPower kinetic energy harnessing strips in the drive-thru lane. The energy would be stored and captured twice daily to power various appliances within the restaurant making this one very green Burger King.

According to Andrew Paterno, co-owner of the Burger King test site; "More than 150,000 cars drive through our Hillside store alone each year, and I think it would be great to capture the wasted kinetic energy of these hundreds of thousands of cars to generate clean electricity."

Our question is — Will they lower prices on the double Whoppers since we're lazily doing some of the work to power the joint? [CNET]

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<![CDATA[Buy Seven Geely King Kong's For The Price Of One Godzilla]]> Whereas "Godzilla" is just a nickname for the Nissan GT-R, the Geely King Kong is actually the name of a compact hatch set for sale in China. The little crazy-eyed car will be available with either a 1.5L or 1.8L four-cylinder with auto and manual transmissions available. ChinaCarTimes is speculating the hairy ape will be one of the cheapest cars on the Chinese lot with an auto, coming in at a bargain basement price of around 70,000 yuan, or about $10,000. The only real question here is what would a remake of the epic battle between King Kong and Godzilla look like? Our guess is Godzilla would rip its head off. In fact, we'll just call that fight right now.

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