Electro Luxury

I watched CBS 60 minutes this weekend about Elon Musk who's the CEO and co-founder of Tesla Motors. This is the guy that founded PayPal and he is also the CEO of SpaceX; a forward thinking company working with private and commercial space transport. It was a good portrait, and I always find people that has the guts to take a big step out of their comfort-zone really interesting.

Tesla Motors is a young company (founded in 2003) that works on bringing us electrical cars without compromising with design and performance. They have produced three models so far and from what I've read on the internet most reviewers really likes what they see and experience.

As a gadget maniac, cool features like a really large touchscreen for information and entertainment in the front and a prepared slot to put you iPod in is really appealing.













As long as you choose where you buy your electricity from (sun, wind, water etc.) there are no emissions whatsoever with theese cars.



Model X

Model X is the SUV and will go into production in late 2013. It accelerates from 0-60 mph (96km/h) in under 5 seconds. On the homepage you can have a close look at it from a 360-degree angle.








Model S



This car is under production and deliveries will begin in the autumn of 2012. It's topspeed is 125 mph (200km/h). Accelerates 0-60mph (96km/h) in 4,4 sec. Estimated range (85 kWh) is 300 miles (480km) if you drive at 60mhp.






Roadster


On the website you can design your own and see exactly what it would look like with different colours, wheels, interior etc.  Accelerates 0-60 mph (96km/h) in 3,7 sec. The range is 245 miles (390km) per charge and top-speed is 125 mph (200km/h).

Diesel and Dust

Today WHO made a statement that diesel exhaust is a cause of lung cancer and maybe also bladder cancer. Diesel is now considered to be as dangerous as asbestos, arsenic and mustard gas and has been upgraded to the highest risk category, Group 1, which means there is sufficient evidence that it causes cancer.

Diesel exhaust is an important factor to the rising amount of particles in the air, particularly in cities. The scientists behind this decision advises governments to lower the limit value of exhausts to protect people from the danger of those particles. Even though there have been more filters and better cleaning methods of diesel recently this is not enough. According to WHO,even cleaner diesel is still considered a health hazard.

Diesel submits less carbon dioxid than petrol (about 20 percent less) but diesel-cars submits more nitrogen oxide that acidifies soil and water and other particles that are dangerous for your lungs.

This puts a lot of pressure on the car-industry. In Sweden there are more and more regular cars that runs on diesel sold every year, and since 2010 more diesel fuel is sold than petrol. The car industry has been working hard to get diesel downgraded from Group 2A, so this is a big blow for them.

It's going to be interesting to see how the petrol- and car industry rises to this challenge.

Read more here http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/721892

Power of consumption

Nobody can do it alone, but with the small steps and choices we make every day, we can all do our part. That's the most important thing I want to show with this blog. We can really do it together. All consumers of food, drink, clothes, fuel, skincare etc etc can put the pressure on our governments and all companies to work for a better and more sustainable future for all of us simply by choosing what we spend our money on.

-Buying organic milk/wine/juice/coffee instead of regular shows our farmers that we don't want to drink chemicals and hormones.
-Buying toys painted with non-toxic paint or made of non-toxic plastic shows our toy-stores that they need to produce and sell things that won't give off poison when our children put them in their mouth.
-Buying organic skincare will tell the producers that we don't want to rub chemicals on the biggest organ we have; our skin.
-Using public transportation whenever possible and buy cars with alternative fuel-sources will show the oil-industry that enough is enough.

If we keep asking at our local stores for those products and keep buying the things that are good for us those things will be produced in a larger scale. We can make the power of money work in our favour.

Yes we can!

Electric cars in Norway

There are actually quite a few electric cars in Norway (well, at least in Oslo).
It's funny because you can tell by the registration plates that it's an electric car.
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark electricity is shortend to el in everyday language, and all the registration plates on electric cars here in Norways starts with EL.

Read more at elbil.no