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Video: RMI's Hypercar a 100+ mpg SUV featuring Amory Lovins

The video above is all about the Rocky Mountain Institute's Hypercar broadcast as part of the Science Channel's Eco-tech series. The Hypercar is a 100 MPG SUV concept that achieves such high a MPG number by reducing waste. RMI designed the SUV to be built with light carbon fiber for example. Amory Lovins "re-invented" carbon fiber with FiberForge which aims to be the "highest volume composite process in the world." The potential of V2G or vehicle to grid is also explored in the video. Michael Brylawski of RMI says cars have 7 times more energy ... Read more →

High-strength steel to cut vehicle weights and boost fuel economy Dane Muldoon

Traditional metal sheet forming allows volume production of automotive body parts such as doors and roofs via a process known as deep drawing. The metal spools off a huge roll to be pressed into a ...

KTM using carbon fibre to make their X-BOW roadster faster Dane Muldoon

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the KTM X-BOW. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Carbon_fiber_X_BOW_roadster_coulda_been_in_Transformers_movie'; Austrian motorcycle ...

Interview with Michael Brylawski of RMI part four - Hypercar conspiracy theories and the future Dane Muldoon

Click on above image to see complete high resolution gallery. This is the fourth and final part in an interview with Michael Brylawski of the Rocky Mountain Institute where he talks about the history ...

Interview with Michael Brylawski of RMI part three - Hypercars and Vehicle To Grid theory Alex Nunez

Click on above image to see complete high resolution gallery. This is the third part in an interview with Michael Brylawski of the Rocky Mountain Institute where he talks about the history of the ...

Interview with Michael Brylawski of RMI part two - Hypercars and cold beers 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on above image to see complete high resolution gallery. This is the second part in an interview with Michael Brylawski of the Rocky Mountain Institute where he talks about the history of the Hypercar and what this exciting concept is up to today. In the first part of the interview, Michael ...

Interview with Michael Brylawski of RMI, part one - History of the Hypercar 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on above image to see complete high resolution gallery. It is my pleasure to bring you an in-depth interview with Michael Brylawski of the Rocky Mountain Institute. You may remember from the Short History of the Hypercar article we published earlier this month that the Rocky Mountain ...

How long until we get one? A short history of the ultralight RMI Hypercar 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a non-profit organisation, was established in 1982 by resource analysts L. Hunter Lovins and Amory B. Lovins in response to the oil crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s to examine and consult on energy policy. RMI now has around 40 full-time staff and ...


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