Jo Borrás, Author at CleanTechnica

Cars

Time To Crash Some Teslas!

May 30th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Editor’s Note: If you’re feeling a bit sadistic, or perhaps upset and jealous that you can’t afford a Tesla (yet), [&hellip

Boats

Only $60,000 For A Golf Cart + Slow Boat

May 28th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Editor’s Note: No joke, I would like an electric golf cart + boat more than any car on the market. [&hellip

Clean Transport

New Segway Electric Police Patroller is Nerdiest Cop Car Ever

May 28th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. New Segway Electric Police Patroller is Nerdiest Cop Car Ever (via Gas 2.0) Segway made a [&hellip

Bicycles

VanHawks Valour Smart Bike On Its Way To Production

May 19th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. By promising top-shelf road bike performance along with improved safety, data-driven routes, and built-in sensors that [&hellip

Cars

New Red — Electric Dune Buggy (VIDEO)

May 19th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. A few months ago, we posted a video of the great Bruce Meyers driving one of [&hellip

Cars

Lexus Hybrid Ad Takes Ignorant Swipe At Plug-in Cars, But May Be Effective (VIDEO)

May 13th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. A new video from Lexus seems to take a shot at plug-in cars, claiming the technology “can [&hellip

Cars

New GM Performance & Racing Center With EV Lab

May 12th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. GM is breaking ground on a new building in Wixom, Michigan that will house the company’s [&hellip

Cars

Nigeria’s 1st Solar-Electric Car Built By Student

May 12th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. Segun Oyeyiola’s parents were always telling him, “you better find something better to do. Your siblings [&hellip

Bicycles

Arion1 Velocipede — World’s Fastest Bicycle From Liverpool

May 1st, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. Meet the Arion1 Velocipede, which was built by students at the University of Liverpool (in the [&hellip

Cars

2016 Chevy Volt (Spy Photos)

April 30th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. After enjoying several years as America’s semi-official Jesus Car, the Chevy Volt is starting to lose [&hellip

Clean Transport

Henrik Fisker’s Latest Project — Viking Motorcycle (Photos)

April 23rd, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. Henrik Fisker may not own his own car company anymore, but the man is a highly [&hellip

Cars

Volvo S60 Plug-In Hybrid Debuts In Beijing

April 22nd, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. Volvo gave its bread-and-butter S60 sedan a major update for 2014 already, what with visual updates [&hellip

Clean Transport

New Mugen Shinden San Electric Superbike

April 15th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. Mugen Motorsports and Honda have a long and successful motorsports history — and the next chapter of [&hellip

Cars

Ford Fusion Coupe vs Cadillac ELR (VIDEO)

April 4th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. Ford has been playing with the idea of a front wheel drive Fusion-based coupe for a [&hellip

Cars

Detroit Electric To Begin Production Of Its Electric Sports Car

April 4th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. Despite significant hurdles and a move from Detroit to Holland late last year, it looks like the Detroit [&hellip

Cars

Electric Vehicle Concept Could Drive In Floods

March 29th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. In a world with rapidly melting polar ice and rising sea levels, you want to be sure your car can [&hellip

Bicycles

The Bike, Deconstructed

March 28th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published on Gas2. Richard Hallett calls his new book, The Bike, Deconstructed, a grand tour of the modern bicycle. The [&hellip

Cars

Behind The Scenes Of The 2015 Ford Edge Concept

March 19th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

First shown at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show, the Ford Edge concept is a hand-made sculpture meant to build excitement ahead of the official reveal model. Here's how it was made!

Cars

Is This Tesla Model S The World’s Most Expensive Electric Car?

March 19th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

The phrase "tuner Tesla" hasn't gotten a lot of play yet, but that may be about to change with TSportline's new, $200,000 suite of Tesla Model S upgrades

Cars

Rolls Royce Prepares A Plug-in Hybrid

March 17th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Originally published Gas 2. Rolls Royce may have shelved the all-electric 102EX super sedan project it was working on a few years [&hellip

Cars

Open Source Hybrid Electric Racer Headed for LeMans

March 17th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Are you an aspiring car designer with a passion for racing and LeMans? Put your design chops to the test with this open source LeMans prototype design

Cars

Porsche 919 Deep Dive: Secrets Of Porsche’s New Hybrid Revealed

March 14th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

The Porsche 919 Hybrid race car is packing some seriously advanced, fundamentally new hybrid technology under its slick racing skin. We explain it all here

Cars

Video: Bruce Meyers Drives The Zelectric Beetle

March 14th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás

Bruce Meyers took the body off a VW bug, slapped on a light fiberglass shell, and created an entire kitcar industry. Here he is driving a Zelectric VW Bug