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100 MPG Or Bust: Motive Industries Release Renderings Of Their X PRIZE Entrant

At the Automotive X PRIZE debut party at the NY Auto Show there were a few interesting prototypes of cars their makers believed could meet the Auto X PRIZE requirements of making a marketable vehicle that gets 100 miles per gallon of dinojuice. The folks from Motive Industries were around to talk-up their proposed Battery Exchange Hybrid Electric Vehicle (BEHEV), which we think uses a small electric motor to create the energy needed to power the electric motors. Now we have renderings and a quasi-technical drawing for their currently nameless shooting brake concept. Press release and pics below. If you've got a suggestion for the name drop it in the comments.

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5:00 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,965 views, 40 comments

Latest by blackfin: from the land of POLAR BEER: soon, there will be a SNL skit: "Austin Powers: oh BEHEV!" more »

technique

Snowbound Motive Mag Demonstrates the Scandinavian Flick

I happen to live in paradise Los Angeles, but for those of you in snowy, icy northern nightmares places, you might be very interested in the driving lesson that Motive is offering. It's called the Scandinavian Flick. Rally drivers, drifters and even my brother Hollywood stuntmen are all familiar with the technique. Motive's Bryan Joslin is claiming the Flick is the fastest and safest way around a wet corner. Though, he does point out that law enforcement might view your superior car control as nothing more than hoonage, so don't Flick on public roads. More »

2:45 PM on Fri Jan 4 2008
By Jonny Lieberman
5,228 views, 60 comments

Latest by wheels OF satan!: we called it a POWER SLIDE n vermont in the 70's... used to do it with a 64 rambler with more »

new cars

Motive Viper Video Will Break Your Jaw


Stu Fowler over at Motive was caring enough to let us upload this simply wikkid video they put together of the 600 HP SRT10 Viper. For those of us who grew up watching Motor Trend TV on public access (or whatever) and then got cable and saw Clarkson and friends hooning cars around an abandoned air strip, Motive's clip is a revelation. Americans did that? Really? As Stu said, "And I think 'tits on glass' may be the exact term our art director used when he first sent us the final cut." Now, pump up the volume, hit play and put something spongy between your jaw and your lap. [via Motive]

9:45 AM on Thu Sep 20 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
5,932 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: Can't comment on the soundtrack 'cause the work computer doesn't have speakers. But wow, does that car look fun. more »

between grief and nothing...

Anyone? Anyone? Motive?: New Online Mag Riffs on Ferris Bueller Ferrari

What happens when the VW Vortex guys collide with the now defunct MPH A-squad? You get Motive, a new online magazine that can toss off pop-media references with the best ironic referrers, while getting elbow-deep into modern car stuff. In their premiere week, Motive takes a Ferrari 250 GTO replica to the high school from Ferris Bueller's Day Off to see if Principal Rooney truly is a man of warmth and compassion, and if having a roof (unlike the original Ferrari 250GT California fakie) makes playing hooky in downtown Chicago more or less of an event than it was in 1986. Then again, Mia Sara is married to a Connery now, so you really can't go back. [Motive]

4:15 PM on Tue Aug 7 2007
By Mike Spinelli
1,441 views, 24 comments

Latest by Mike Spinelli: @Andrewpetty: Oh, right! What was your address again? ; ) more »