[All] Fwd: In Cars: Frankfurt roundups, slow cars, quiet cars, no cars

[Robert Milligan]

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> From: Team TreeHugger <newsletter at treehugger.com>
> Date: September 22, 2009 8:38:34 AM GMT-04:00
> To: mill at continuum.org
> Subject: In Cars: Frankfurt roundups, slow cars, quiet cars, no cars
> Reply-To: newsletter at treehugger.com
>
>
> There are so many things I hate about cars; the fuel they suck , the  
> way we plan our cities around them , the way they change how people  
> interact. But engineers and designers are trying hard to make them  
> better, while activists are trying hard to take back the space they  
> have monopolized (at least for Park(ing) Day). Perhaps things are  
> looking up.
>
>
>
> 9 Electric Cars That Were The Buzz of Frankfurt Auto Show
>
> The Inside Scoop on Renault's New Electric Cars
>
> The Slow Movement Comes To Cars
>
> Slideshow: Green Wheels of the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show
>
> Slideshow: PARK(ing) Day 2009: San Francisco and New York Reclaim  
> Urban Spaces
>
> Planet Green:  10 Eco Driving Tips to Save You Fuel and Money
>
> From HowStuffWorks.Com: How Electric Car Batteries Work
> Recipe of the Day: Chicken Broth and Poached Chicken: A Purrrfectly  
> Efficient Recipe
>
>
> Nissan Leaf Electric Car to Emit Sound Similar to Blade Runner's  
> Flying Cars By Michael Graham Richard
>
> Ridley Scott's "Spinners" Still Inspire
>
> After spending decades trying to make cars quieter, engineers are  
> not faced with the opposite problem; electric cars (and hybrids when  
> they run in electric mode) can be very quiet, leading to safety  
> concerns (more on that below). Nissan's sound engineers are  
> currently working on the Leaf EV, and they announced something that  
> movie geeks are sure to appreciate....
>
> Bloomberg writes: "Toshiyuki Tabata spent 30 years as a Nissan Motor  
> Co. engineer trying to make gasoline-powered cars quieter. Now he's  
> consulting music composers to make electric cars noisier -- and  
> safer. [...] The company consulted Japanese composers of film  
> scores. What Tabata and his six-member team came up with is a high-  
> pitched sound reminiscent of the flying cars in 'Blade Runner,' the  
> 1982 film directed by Ridley Scott portraying his dystopian vision  
> of 2019." More in TreeHugger
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