Automotive News Portal » Green Cars

Xenon HID Kits – Lighten The Night

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:54:55 +0000

HID kits are designed to produce more light than stock bulbs and headlights. These kits come with all the necessary parts you need to replace your factory installed headlights with more powerful and robust lights. HID is an acronym for High Intensity Discharge. The kits are composed of three parts: starters, ballasts and bulbs. There are many advantages of these kits and one of most prominent of these benefits is that these lights consume very less power. As a result, more power can be utilized for other operations and hence an overall smoother and more enjoyable ride can be realized.

HID lights are available in a range of different colors. Some car enthusiasts out there simply want to install these lights because of the cool colors they produce. The brightness of these lights is measured in K or Kelvin units which are used for the measurement of temperature. Different temperatures produce different colors. It is up to you to select the range of colors you want in your headlights. Normally the colors are blue, purple, orange, yellow and white. 5000K to 12,000K is the normal range of temperature these bulbs come in. The intensity of this light is according to the traffic rules and therefore these headlights are safe to be used.

The experience with this kind of lighting is described by most drivers as almost similar to daytime driving. Also, the increased light output is estimated to be 80% more. Having installed a HID kit on your car would also consume less electricity as compared to conventional halogen lamps. Thus, your car’s battery is not that drained, reserving more of its power for your driving needs and whims.

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:40:01 +0000

looks like sometimes BMW M3 use less fuel then Ugly Prius.

I like when cars green – I hate PRIUS

Ultimate Aero EV – By Shelby – Fastest Electric Supercar

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:28:56 +0000

Announced an electric version of its record breaking SSC Ultimate Aero TT – Aero EV Ultimate. It makes 0-60 in 2.5 seconds with its 1,000 Horsepower electric engine!!!

Iraq racer from Greenpeace

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:49:34 +0000

It is for “green cars” part of our blog. Looks like Iraq racers – the greenest in the world!!!

New Personal Urban Mobility Vehicle by GM & Segway – Mixture of Power Software & Mobility Service

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:25:47 +0000

GM is happy to present Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility (Project P.U.M.A.) like an effort to attract digitally connected customers. It is a low-cost protoype which enables design creativity, fashion, fun and social networking.’ This mobility platform can travel up to 56 kph with a range up to 56 km between recharges.

As per Larry Burns, GM vice president of research and development, and strategic planning :

“Project P.U.M.A. represents a unique solution to moving about and interacting in cities, where more than half of the world’s people live. Imagine small, nimble electric vehicles that know where other moving objects are and avoid running into them. Now, connect those vehicles in an Internet-like web and you can greatly enhance the ability of people to move through cities, find places to park and connect to their social and business networks.”

Here are some pics of the new vehicle: