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A luxury camper, designed by Luigi Colaniego

2011-10-13T06:33:00.000-07:00

Motorhomes are not associated with sophisticated design. Holiday homes on wheels are typically designed for maximum usability.However, there are campers, in which there is no room for compromise in terms of appearance. These include luxury vehicle MarchiMobile. What's in it unusual?

Camper, existing for the time being as ready to implement the project, is based on a concept truck created by Luigi Colaniego. This legendary designer, known for its many unusual body parts and various everyday devices, which in his work often refers to nature, calling his style "biodynamic".

Unorthodox approach to the form of futuristic prototypes resulted in the car trucks. It was from one of these luxury camper took hisunusual appearance.

A vehicle with a length exceeding 12 meters is driven by a 500-horsepower engine. According to the authors, aerodynamic shapes camper named Palazzo eleMMent provide reduced by 20 percent. fuel consumption.

The interior is luxuriously appointed nearly 50 square meters. On board the vehicle is such spa bathroom and living room, which canpush the button - after ejecting side of the vehicle - to change in a large lounge with bar.

eleMMent Palazzo is also equipped with a self cleaning system that allows the driver does not need to bother with dirt settling on the road.

ViewPad 10e - Maple Financial iPad?

2011-10-13T06:14:00.000-07:00

Tablet of the 10-inch IPS, Android and affordable - it sounds promising. ViewSonic planning to launch a new model of the budgetlines of their tablets. The device will be available in Europe. Are we interested in the new ViewPad?

Although the tablet's leading in the race take companies such as Apple, Samsung and Asus, less well known manufacturers do not give up. Not so long ago Jacek mention extremely promising 7-inch ViewPadzie 7x, who admired the specification and liquidityactions. Now the Taiwanese manufacturer offers a cheaper alternative to 10-inch devices.

Most manufacturers are trying to save the quality of the display, but ViewSonic went a different route. ViewPad 10e is equipped with an IPS panel, the same which was used in the iPad. Unlike most 10-inch tablet with Android device has a screen ratio of 4:3 and not16:9, so more like the iPad. Display 9.7-inch diagonal displays the image at a resolution of 1024 x 768 (132 ppi).

ViewPad 10e is running a modified version of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) with the overlay ViewScene 3D. Inside there are: 1 GHzCortex A8 processor, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB of onboard memory, expandable via Micro-SD card. Tablet can connect to other devices with mini-HDMI connectors, micro-USB, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, but lacks GPS.

Tablet size 241.6 x 188.6 x 9.1 mm and weighing 620 g is also the headphone jack, speakers and a webcam for video calling 1.3 megapixel. Unfortunately, nothing is known yet about the access to the Market Android - instead, users will be able to use the shop1Mobile Apps. Lithium-polymer battery with a capacity of 5400 mAh is enough for 200 hours in standby mode.

Chevy announces it will produce the Spark EV in 2013

2011-10-12T12:32:00.000-07:00

Chevrolet Has Announced That it intends to Produce the all-electric EV Spark. The spark is a mini-car and will be sold in LimitedQuantities in select markets around the country starting in 2013. The Spark is an urban car, so I would expect it would be Offeredonly in urban areas. Chevrolet is not a huge amount Offering of detail on the car at this point.

The car will use battery from A123 systems. These battery systems are advanced nanophosphate lithium-ion battery packs. Thefull details on specific markets, range, Quantities, pricing and Will Be Announced at a later date. I would expect the car's range to be somewhere close to what the Nissan Leaf offers.

“The Spark EV offers customers living in urban areas who have predictable driving patterns or short commutes an all-electric option,” said Jim Federico, global vehicle chief engineer for electric vehicles at Chevrolet. “It complements Chevrolet’s growing range of electrified vehicles, including the Volt extended-range EV and the 2013 Malibu Eco with eAssist technology.”
“Our global demo fleets continue to provide insight into the needs of electric vehicle customers living in urban environments,” said Federico. “The Spark EV is another step in Chevrolet’s plan to provide customers with a variety of electrification solutions to address the lifestyle and transportation needs of people around the world.”