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According to Ronn Motors, the Scorpion supercar will not only achieve 0-60 mph in just 3.5 seconds, but also earns green credentials by getting 40 miles per gallon. This trick is achieved by having a hydrogen-hybrid engine under the hood (also known as hydrogen injection, Water4Gas or HHO.) Small doses of hydrogen are generated and fed into the fuel mixture, making for a more efficient burn. Apparently this technology is a little controversial, but that hasn't stopped Ronn from putting together a bloody good looking car around that special engine, as the second photo underlines.
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Scorpion Supercar Uses Hydrogen Hybrid Engine to get 40MPG
According to Ronn Motors, the Scorpion supercar will not only achieve 0-60 mph in just 3.5 seconds, but also earns green credentials by getting 40 miles per gallon. This trick is achieved by having a hydrogen-hybrid engine under the hood (also known as hydrogen injection, Water4Gas or HHO.) Small doses of hydrogen are generated and fed into the fuel mixture, making for a more efficient burn. Apparently this technology is a little controversial, but that hasn't stopped Ronn from putting together a bloody good looking car around that special engine, as the second photo underlines.
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Navisurfer II Car PC, Surprisingly Affordable
The Navisurfer II is a pretty interesting little in-dash PC. Featuring a 7-inch flip-out touchscreen display, you can run Windows or Linux driven by a 1.3 Ghz processor in respectable 800 x 480 resolution. Built-in GPS along with a 2.5-inch hard drive (ranging from 40GB to 120GB) mean that you won't require an additional stereo or nav device. Plus, there's surely some fun to be had with its GPRS/CDMA capabilities paired with Bluetooth—and that 7-inch screen can serve as a rearview mirror with the proper setup. Damn.
But the reason it all sounds so great is the price, ranging from $578 to $656. For an in-dash system with this much functionality, that's a steal...even if it's not the fastest system on the planet. [product via techabob]
9:55 AM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Mark Wilson
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Latest by patrickhannon86: Would this even replace your stereo? Does it have an amp on it that would output appropriately? more »
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Car Slippers Light Up the Bathroom Trail
We've seen flashlight slippers before, but were they in the shape of a car? Definitely not. These Illuminating Car speakers? Definitely shaped like cars. More »
gadgets
Vampire Jet Car Does 0-270 MPH in 6 Seconds, Eats Driver
Here's a 300MPH Jet car that weighs 2,200 lbs, is 30 feet long and drinks 7-10 gallons of fuel per mile. The jet-car accelerates from 0 to 272 mph in six seconds and is powered by a Rolls Royce Orpheus jet engine theoretically capable of 370mph. The car holds the "Outright British Land Speed Record" and doesn't like to be told what to do. Top Gear's Richard Hammond is in the hospital after the car ate shit at about 270MPH. Bad jet-car, bad! More »
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Jalopnik G-G-Gadget Car: Hydrogen Driven Chevy Sequel and BMW Hydrogen 7
This week saw the introduction of two vastly different concept cars running engines powered by
10:40 PM on Thu Sep 14 2006
By Brian Lam
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Latest by MrVent: As a chevy owner...I think having this technology would greatly help GM in increasing their sale... As I have encountered in my sequel the quality of their work...I love my car, I work on it almost every day. It's been more »
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Gizmodo and our auto-obsessed brother blog Jalopnik, are again working hard in our joint effort to keep you at the bleeding edge intersection of cars and technology. Jalopnik's taken the 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8 for a spin—and although they claim wthat even if it didn't have a single gadget goody in it, it'd still be an amazing car due to the high-level of hoonage potential in a rear-wheel drive (RWD) sedan with 425 hp. Lucky for both car-nerds and gadget-nerds, it's chock-full o' gizmos—including the first-ever video review of Chrysler's UConnect bluetooth hands-free system. And check out the full review over at Jalopnik. More »
Dodge Charger SRT8 Gadget Review, Plus Smokey Burnouts
Gizmodo and our auto-obsessed brother blog Jalopnik, are again working hard in our joint effort to keep you at the bleeding edge intersection of cars and technology. Jalopnik's taken the 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8 for a spin—and although they claim wthat even if it didn't have a single gadget goody in it, it'd still be an amazing car due to the high-level of hoonage potential in a rear-wheel drive (RWD) sedan with 425 hp. Lucky for both car-nerds and gadget-nerds, it's chock-full o' gizmos—including the first-ever video review of Chrysler's UConnect bluetooth hands-free system. And check out the full review over at Jalopnik. More »
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TracNet 100 Mobile Stuffs WiFi and TV in your Car
Here it is, the thing to make your computer a little bit more like KITT. The TracNet 100 Mobile puts a WiFi hotspot, web browsing, and IPTV in your hoopty ride. The data love comes courtesy of a Verizon EVDO card, built into the controller box. That box itself has 802.11G wireless, 3 ethernet ports, and an MSN IPTV tuner. Topping off the package is a remote and keyboard. But know that the TracNet system doesn't come with a monitor. You'll have to hook your own up through the VGA, or standard video outputs. Internet AND cable in the car? Looks like I'm going to need to fit a Lazyboy recliner in the backseat. More »
cars
WTF Toyota Making Car-Integrated Cellphones (Now, With Unicorns Summoning Powers?)
Three things weird happened today. First, Jalopnik sent us a cellphone tip. More »
cars
Armet Gurkha Armored Vehicle Kicks Hummvee Ass
The ultra rich have sportscars to spend hundreds on thousands of dollars on, if not millions. What do the SUV crowd do when they win the lottery? Buy a Gurka by Armet. Cousin site Jalopnik, who we have constant toy-envy of, says it best:
The squat and hedgehog-lookin' 19,000 lb beast-of-an-armored-vehicle ain't just built to shrug off a roadside bomb with its high strength ballistic aluminum armor, or stop a bullet from an AK-47 with its ballistic glass. No, it's also pretty fast for its size — with a top speed of 93 mph.
At 93 MPH, you're not winning any races, but it doesn't matter when you can plow through the opposition. A steal at only $200,000. More »
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