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It’d be great to have the Cayman rallying; 100 orders may seem a lot, but there’s a huge number of Porsche collectors always eager to get exclusive models, not caring about racing or rallying them (read somewhere that was the case of half of the 911 SCRS Gr. B production).
Btw, we usually talk about RGT here: https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...php?21279-GT-C
Besides how pissed off he was about the trophy, Ingrassia was also noticed for his shoes…
https://www.facebook.com/paulfraikin...8994949701543/
Has there been any news about the kid who got hurt in Wales in the motorcycle accident before the final stage of the event? did he make it? :/
https://europe.autonews.com/supplier...bustion-engine
A new hope for ICE’s? Fingers crossed!
I think it will be several years before you see the last ICE.
I bet in 15 years time 60% of those so called "electrified" cars will still have some sort of ICE in them.
Anyway, every technology which indeed lowers emissions is welcome and I hope they get the funding.
They make some very bold claims, like up to 30% fuel consumption reduction, which equates to ~43% increase in efficiency from just the burning process, that seems like an unrealistically high number to me, but even if that is true and not just a marketing talk, and if they find the investment and interest required to implement it on a large scale, it will only slightly delay the inevitable. Even forgetting the sometimes dubious claims about the "cleanliness" of the electric cars (given the current state of electricity generation), and clumsiness of batteries aside, the electric motors are a much better propulsion system from pure dynamics point of view and only lose to the ICE's (in my passionate soul at least) on the sound front. But considering that the modern ICE sounds are so tamed and nothing like the 20, 30, 40 (or pick your number) years ago, then it makes for a pretty unfavorable future for the ICE's.
Yep, it sounds a bit optimistic, but I still believe the right approach would be to continue ICE’s improvement alongside a huge development of the hydrogen tech; current EV’s are mostly a myth: the CO2 is just moving from cars exhausts to coal fired power plants chimneys (China and the other’s will never give up coal; even the US is now resisting).
Recently came across an article about the electrical power consumption of ICT (Information and Communication Technology). Some numbers for context, in a 2013 report, it was stated that the ICT annually uses the same amount of power as Germany and Japan combined produce. Another site claims that ICT accounts for 8-10% of European electricity consumption and up to 4% of its carbon emissions.
It's predicted that with the arrival of 5G it will most likely increase a lot more. Some projections predict that in 2040 ICT's global carbon footprint could be 50% of the current transportation carbon footprint.
So is our love for internet the next issue that's slowly showing itself on the horizon?
Cow farts seems to be a more urgent issue... https://www.forbes.com/sites/samlemo.../#67a2be6578a9