Motoring

Meet the “Nuna 5” – the fifth generation of solar racing car built by a team from Delft university to enter the World Solar Challenge.

What is the challenge you ask? It’s a 3000km race across Australia (from Darwin to Adelaide) using a car powered entirely by sunlight.  Cars must maintain a minimum average speed of 50 KM/H between checkpoints, run standard road tyres and have no more than 6 square meters of solar panels. The rules don’t say much about the drivers apart from specifying a minimum weight, but looking at that car I doubt I’d fit…

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I’m not even sure how to describe the Scubacraft. I guess “underwater recreational vehicle” comes as close as anything. It’s a high performance twin hulled sports boat designed to carry divers (the seats will accommodate people wearing scuba gear)

Once at a dive site site though there’s no leaping out of the boat like you normally would – you just press the “down” button and keep driving the boat underwater!

The whole thing is very 007 – we like! (no mention of price on the site though – I think it comes into the category of “if you need to ask…”)

We’re all used to seeing scooters buzzing around town. They’re pretty economical, but you’re still burning petrol when you ride one.

Firebox have a potential solution to assuage your green conscience in the form of the Ego Electric Scoota. Plug it in, charge it overnight and you’re good for 40 miles! Plus you don’t sound like a swarm of angry wasps on the road, which has to be a good thing.

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You might be forgiven for thinking “What the hell is THAT?”. The answer lies in the manufacturer – Bombardier Recreational Products are better known for quad bikes, jet skis and snowmobiles. The Can-Am Spyder is what happens when you take that pedigree and apply it to a road going vehicle.

It has three wheels, so technically it’s a tricycle. That’s where the resemblance to your childhood toy ends though…

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