Shai Agassi says his electric cars can save the world. People are listening.

Ford Adapting to New Reality
GM has already announced that it would invest more in small cars, a hot market. Now Ford is announcing a $75 million investment in its Michigan truck plant to retool it for C-class small car production.

When he still rode the Straight Talk Express it had a banner on the front: "Get on Board the McCain Train" and alas, that may be as close to a train as John McCain ever gets. He is not fond of trains; according to Derrick Jackson of the Boston Globe:

In our post on Joe Biden and Amtrak, a commenter asked " How do other countries handle acquiring land for such use? Do you think we're truly beyond getting an infrastructure in place?" The answer is, we don't need to acquire the land, and the infrastructure already is mostly in place.

Wherever there is an escalator there is often a stair beside it; escalator treads are not proportioned properly for climbing and don't count in the building codes as exits. (this rule seems to break down in shopping malls and stores) As we posted recently, escalators are insane energy hogs; they are also slower than walking.

Joe Biden on a bus in 1976 (love the hat and sportsjacket matchup) and in 2004 on a train

Three of the Fastest Electric Cars

Gas Sippers Holding Their Value

One of the world's shortest escalators