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On paper, 805HP, 1,000lb-ft of torque, no gear changes, a center of gravity under the floor and a 0-100MPH time of 12 seconds sounds like automotive Valhalla. Then you drive the Commuter Cars Tango. Terrifying and exhausting, to start. More »
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In what may be the first ever drag race between production electric cars, the geeky Tango electric cruiser edged out the trendy Tesla Roadster electric sports car. How fast were these electron-fueled warriors going when they crossed the finish line? More »
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George Clooney and Julia Roberts might want to look twice at the eco-tab they're running up before staring daggers at SUV owners. The celeb-watchers at TMZ have compiled a list of celebs well known for huffing recirculated methane — as they drive off in their Prii, or in Clooney's case, tearing around Hollywood in an electric supercar the size of Buddy Hackett's sock drawer. Apparently some of the A-list celebs who most vocally oppose gas guzzlers — further including Brad Pitt and J-Lo — eschew the fuel efficient and communitarian commercial airline system for private planes, which... More »
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Three years ago, we were living in the former California state capital of Benicia and left the house two hours early one morning to make a photographers' meeting at Sears Point prior to the Dodge/Save Mart/Polska Ciabatta/Sharper Razor/Faster Pussycat 350 Presented by Thurston Howell III and Hank Chinaski. Eighteen miles? No probalo, right? Probalo. It took us three-and-a-half hours just to travel the 18 miles to the track. Meanwhile, folks on motorcycles were passing us on the shoulder of Highway 37 and we were thinking, "That's the only way to travel to this race. We were also thinking that our bladder was about to burst. More »
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Here's a good reason to hate beautiful Marin County. Besides exorbitant housing prices, people there give not a whit for fact and follow their own agenda. It's like Malibu, only at least in Malibu, the self-righteous nimrods tend to be transparent film-industry types, and that's somewhat forgivable. Don't ask us why, but having lived in proximity to both places, we're more amused by Malibu and more annoyed by Marin. The Point Reyes Light turned what could've been an interesting piece on electric charging stations in a national park into a propaganda piece about the brilliance of electric motoring. Now and then, we read things that make us want to punch the dumbass writer. This is one of those pieces. "No manufacturer currently makes [an electric car]." Seriously, Jonah Owen Lamb, do your due dilligence. Otherwise, you're gonna look like an asshole. Oh wait — you already do. What's sad is that most Marininites won't care. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=185666&view=rss&microfeed=true Remember that time that our west coast celebrity-blogging sibling Defamer got some news on George Clooney's electric car, and we were all like "Defamer got some car news before us, wow." And then remember we were like, totally jealous and stuff? Hell, even big brother/sister/poppa/momma bear Gawker was impressed. "Who are they to be stalkin' our man!" we remember them cryin' while strikin' their best baby-momma pose. Yeah, that was totally an awesome night. But this is more awesome... More »
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We were just tipped to these shots of George Clooney with the Tango he's reportedly been seen doing electric-powered burnouts around Hollywood in (we made that up). (Word is Clooney bought the car sight unseen for $80,000.) Now, Commuter Cars Corp. is reportedly working on a custom Tango for Clooney that will feature an airbrushed mural of Edward R. Murrow wielding the Broadsword of Journalism over his head as it's struck by the Lightning of Justice, which also happens to light the Lucky Strike cigarette between his lips. It's gonna be awesome. [Thanks to Paul for the tip.] More »
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Man-oh-man...now that we're in California, we've gots to do some edumacatin' here to our brilliant-but-automotively-challenged brother Defamer. He's sorta like the inverse of Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. Or something. We've totally forgotten the plot of that movie, except that it had something to do with Lambos coming off a ship. And DH was autistic and Tom Cruise was slimy. That's about it. Well, we can fake it. It's LA, right? More »
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