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Aptera: Skip X Prize, Proceed Directly To Movie Set

The Aptera, which has been the poster child for the entire Automotive X Prize, is forgetting about trying to win that $10 million trophy and getting famous elsewhere—and that elsewhere is on the big screen. Recent reports are saying that the Aptera has been spotted on the set of the new Star Trek movie.

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5:30 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Travis Hudson
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What's The Geekiest Car Thing You've Done Lately?

Besides spending countless hours on a blog devoted to any and everything with four wheels, of course. I just got back from supper with a fellow auto-journo and with the lone exception of ordering food, our conversation didn't deviate from cars for a second. "Is a 208 even a Ferrari? I mean, come on!" Our obsessiveness and behavior differs from Trekkies (or is that Trekkers?) only because of focus and how we dress. Though apparently I'm trying to change that last bit. Yes friends, I broke down over the weekend and bought a pair of wrestling shoes. To my attractive, non-pistonhead friends I will explain how wrasslin' kicks are dope for weightlifting and boxing. But to you nerds – brother dorks – you haven't experienced a downshift until you've done so in a pair of these. More »

12:15 PM on Thu May 24 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
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Latest by discontinuuity: @Schalliol: Don't printers run on DC anyway? Like 6 volts or something? You probably could've simplified that circuitry a lot! more »

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LA Auto Show: Saturn Hybrid Vue Photon Powered!

Fresh on the heels of the Lexus hybrid powered by tubes of captured light itself is this Saturn Vue, obviously harnessing the power of mere photons. The cutaway clearly shows multicolored bands of light coursing through the powerplant of this super advanced Saturn hybrid. We suspect dilithium crystals are at the heart of this system, and that GM is not at all lamenting Kerkorian's recent decisions. GM is merely preparing for the Captain James T. Kirk era. Stay tuned for planets full of simpler folks being duped out of their crystals, and green models in gold bikinis at future GM car show booths. – Mike Bumbeck More »

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9:36 AM on Fri Dec 1 2006
By Mike Bumbeck
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