Old Truck vs Lamborghini vs Porsche vs Rolls Royce Phantom

Only in China can you see an old truck, a Porsche, a Rolls Royce Phantom, and a Lamborghini in one wreck. Although it is only a fender bender and apparently no one was hurt, I am sure some egos were dashed. It sure makes you wonder what this does to their already outrageous cost of insurance, except for the old truck of course.

12 Awesome and Creative Electric Cars

Electric cars are cool, hip, interesting, and environmentally-friendly. Automakers old and new are all developing new ways for us to drive, and by far, the most popular hybrid vehicle in the United States is the Toyota Prius. We’re all used to how it looks now, but remember how strange we thought it looked when it first came out? Oh yeah… a lot of these electric cars look weird… no doubt about it… here’s a list of my favorite odd-balls…

1. Aptera 2e

Even if it did have four wheels, instead of only three, the Aptera would still look odd. It looks futuristic, to say the least… like it would hover, rather than actually drive on the street…

2. Mitsubishi iMIEV

I test-drove this little bug at this year’s auto show in Detroit, and I liked it! It was peppy and easy to maneuver, but… it is so funny-looking!

3. Toyota Prius

We may be used to seeing them now, but you have to admit, the first time you saw a Prius, you thought it was a little funny-looking! I do actually like the iconic profile, but… I used to think it was weird, too!

4. Solus COCO Neighborhood Electric Vehicle

This looks a lot like the SMART car to me, except it seems to be missing something… hmm… I hope it doesn’t rain!

5. Peugeot BB1

This concept car was unveiled last week, and this may be one of the strangest-looking electric cars I’ve ever seen. It seems to be leaning forward, ready to topple right over! And the front wheels are noticeably larger than the back… weird…

6. Nissan LEAF

It’s hard to pin-point exactly what about the LEAF looks so odd… it just looks stretched out, with difficult proportions… like an elongated station wagon, but I think the design might grow on me, just like the Prius did…

7. Tango EV
Skinny! This has to be the thinnest, narrowest, skinniest car I have ever seen… Almost like an enclosed scooter! This EV is a two-seater, but unlike other two-seaters (like the SMART car), the driver and passenger sit front-and-back, not side-to-side.

8. Renault Kangoo EV

I actually really like this unusual design. It’s bubbly, cute, almost like an animated characters or a video game vehicle.

9. Axon Hatchback

This looks a lot like the original Honda Insight, with the skirting on the rear wheel wells. It must have great headroom, with that camel-hump in the middle!

10. Honda Insight

Come to think of it, the Honda Insight was really strange-looking, especially since we we’re used to seeing anything this small and stream-lined on the road at the time. Now it looks a lot more like the Prius…

11. REVA NXR

I really like this one! It’s odd-looking, for sure, but it’s attractive in an almost feline way. The color I’ve seen the most is also a cool lime green… I like it!

12. TH!NK City

If IKEA made an electric vehicle
, this might be what it would look like. Tiny, spare, but strangely adorable. Do we want our cars to look this cute? Maybe…

I almost feel bad for talking trash about electric vehicles when there are so many reasons they’re better to drive than traditional fossil-fuel burning cars. I have to say, there are a lot of bland, boring ones, and even a number of totally hot ones! Do you have a favorite goofy-looking electric car? Which ones have kind of grown on you lately? Please let me know… thanks!

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Ugly, Belching Steam-Powered Tractors

Australian Monster Motorbike

Yeeha! Hope one day I got a chance to see this live. They called this the Australian monster motorbike from hell.

It is build by Ray Baumann, he claims that it is much safer riding this monster crushing cars than it was to jump them on a much smaller machine.

The monster weighs 130 tons and standing 10 feet tall and there’s no suspension at all, so don’t fall from the bike, also don’t let the bike fall on you.

The frame comes in upside-down ladder design, with wheels and tires from Caterpillar. And last, the monster is powered by a Detroit Diesel engine mated with a 6-speed Allison automatic transmission.

Top 10 Popular 2008 Formula One season

If you are a fan of motor sports, I bet you wouldn’t have missed a single one out of the eighteen Grands Prix for 2008 Formula One season.

Hamilton takes the lead for the season becoming the youngest driver ever to win the title of Drivers World Champion and the first black driver to do so.

Compiled below is a list of the Top 10 Formula One Drivers of 2008, take a look.

1. Lewis Hamilton



Lewis Hamilton is the World Drivers Champion of 2008. He won the championship by one point over Felipe Massa and is now the youngest ever Formula One champion and has broken the record of his arch-rival Fernando Alonso.

2. Felipe Massa



Felipe Massa finished second in the 2008 Drivers World Championship. He won a total of 6 races in 2008, one more than the newly crowned Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton.

3. Kimi Raikkonen



Kimi Raikkonen was the 2007 Formula One Drivers World Champion. He won his first race of the 2008 season at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

4. Robert Kubica



In June 2008, Robert Kubica achieved his maiden F1 victory in the unpredictable Canadian Grand Prix, becoming the 99th F1 racer to win a Grand Prix.

5. Fernando Alonso



Fernando Alonso is a Spanish Formula One driver and two-time World champion. He claimed his first victory and podium of the new season by winning the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

6. Nick Heidfeld



Nick Heinfeld holds the record for the most consecutive race finishes with his current ongoing tally of 28, as well as the most finishes in a season when he finished 18 races in the 2008 season

7. Heikki Kovalainen



Heiki Kovalinen won his first ever first ever Formula One race in Budapest, Hungary, when the engine of Felipe Massa failed just three laps to go. He became the 100th race winner in the Formula One race history.

8. Sebastian Vettel



At the 2008 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, Vettel became the youngest driver in history to win a Formula One Grand Prix.

9. Jarno Trulli



Trulli was hoping Toyota would make a big step forward in 2008 with Timo Glock as the team-mate for the season. However the duo did not make any considerable progress.

10. Timo Glock



He scored his first points of 2008 in the Canadian Grand Prix, finishing 4th ahead of Felipe Massa’s Ferrari.

Fastest Trains in the World

Fastest Trains in the World
A list of the fastest trains in the world from China's CRH2 to France's TGV!
CHINA's CRH2
The CRH2 is one of the high-speed train models in China. The CRH2 is a modified E2-1000 Series Shinkansen design, and represents the second Shinkansen train model to be exported, the other being the 700T series for Taiwan High Speed Rail.
TAIWAN 's THSR
The Taiwan High Speed Rail (traditional Chinese: 台灣高速鐵路, also known as the THSR) is a high-speed rail network that runs along the west coast of Taiwan. It is approximately 335.50 kilometers (208 mi), and runs from Taipei City to Kaohsiung City. It began operation on January 5, 2007.
KOREA 's KTX
The Korea Train eXpress (KTX) is South Korea's high-speed rail system. It is operated by Korail. The train's technology is largely based on the French TGV system, and has a top speed of 350 km/h, limited to 300 km/h during regular service for safety. On December 16, 2004, the Korean-made HSR-350x achieved an experimental top speed of 352.4 kilometers per hour.
JAPAN 's SHINKANZEN



Japan's main island Honshu is covered by a network of high speed train lines that connect Tokyo with most of the island's major cities and Fukuoka on the island of Kyushu. Japan's high speed trains (bullet trains) are called shinkansen and are operated by Japan Railways, often abbreviated as JR.

SPAIN 's AVE
AVE, an acronym for Alta Velocidad Española (literally, "Spanish High Speed," but also a play on the word ave, meaning "bird" in Spanish), is a service of high speed trains operating at speeds of up to 300 km/h (186 mph) on dedicated track in Spain.
UK 's EUROSTAR
Eurostar is a high-speed train service in Western Europe connecting London and Kent in the United Kingdom, with Paris and Lille in France, and Brussels in Belgium. In addition, there are limited services from London to Disneyland Resort Paris (Gare de Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy) and seasonal destinations in France. Trains cross the English Channel through the Channel Tunnel.

FRANCE ' TGV
The TGV (train à grande vitesse, French for "high-speed train") is France's high-speed rail service developed by GEC-Alsthom (now Alstom) and SNCF, the French national rail operator, and operated primarily by SNCF. Following the inaugural TGV service between Paris and Lyon in 1981, the TGV network, centred on Paris, has expanded to connect cities across France and in adjacent countries. It holds the record for the fastest wheeled train, having reached 574.8 km/h (357 mph) on 3 April 2007,and also holds the world's highest average speed for a regular passenger service. TGV is a registered trademark of SNCF.

And....

Super Special

India might not have the fastest trains, but it definitely carries the most number of people at the same time!
Indian Railways has a total state monopoly on India's rail transport. It is one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world, transporting eighteen million passengers daily and more than two million tonnes of freight daily. IR is the world's largest commercial or utility employer, with more than 1.6 million employees.