<![CDATA[Jalopnik: Vehicles]]> http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: Vehicles]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/vehicles http://jalopnik.com/tag/vehicles <![CDATA[This Electric Car Was Invented In 1932 And Looked Like A Giant Hamster Wheel]]> If this electric car had caught on in 1932, our roadways would have looked very different. Instead of little boxes sitting on four wheels, the roads might have been filled with giant hamster wheels that rolled over us as we drove. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5880872&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Miles Highway Speed: The Silent Yet Violent Electric Vehicle]]> Thousands of inches of print and webspace have been dedicated to electric cars like the Tesla Roadster and countless more opining on hybrids and near-electrics like the Chevy Volt, but what about the Miles Electric Highway Speed? If you've never heard about it before, don't worry, we hadn't either.

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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100790&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Advocates Want To Grill And Drive With Propane Power]]> A cleaner-burning fuel than unleaded with an average price of under $3 per gallon, propane is an appealing alternative fuel, despite its lower energy content when compared to gasoline. Brian Feehan, VP of the Propane Education and Research Council, is aiming to have 10 percent of "select auto fleets" running on propane by 2017. That sounds like a lazy goal to us, as there are already about 11 million propane-fueled vehicles on the world's roads today. The technology is ready, but what is holding the US market back? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5041357&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GM Bringing E85, Biodiesel And Gas Sipping Commercial Vehicles To Chicago]]> General Motors will be showing off a line of commercial vehicles at the Chicago Auto Show featuring GM's latest usable green technology. While we won't be seeing a fuel-cell pursuit package Impala, there will be enough E85, B5 biodiesel and hybrids for everyone. Vehicles getting the treatment include the HHR Panel, Express 3500 Cargo Van, Silverado/Silverado HD, Police Impala and Police Tahoe. We think they should do a hybrid police Tahoe that can operate in "stealth mode" to sneak up on criminals. Press release below the jump. More »
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