Aptera's Super-MPG Electric Typ-1 e is a cool, environmentally friendly car

Visit Aptera for more information about this really cool car.



The Typ-1 uses a commoditized, 'ruggedized' 3-phase motor controller designed for vehicular applications, and a 3-phase motor made by a company in Southern California. The rear drive suspension, and the drive reduction, are all designed and made by Aptera. Since the Typ-1e (electric) and the Typ-1h (series plug in hybrid) have different battery needs, this may result in different battery manufacturers for the two models. The Typ-1e is designed to use a 10 KWh pack, while the Typ-1h uses a smaller pack. The cycles and DOD are different for both applications. They will announce further information regarding the battery lifespan and warranty policy well before they begin manufacturing the Typ-1 next October.





Diesel or Gasoline? The first prototype, the Mk-0, was a parallel hybrid Diesel and achieved an average of 230 MPG at a steady state of 55 MPH. This was pure Diesel/mechanical drive with no electric assist. Diesel is attractive for its Carnot efficiency and the increased enthalpy of Diesel fuel vs gasoline. However, diesel contains lots of unburned hydrocarbons and NOX compounds, and it's impossible to get a small Diesel engine certified for emissions in California. Therefore, the typ-h uses a small, water-cooled EFI Gasoline engine with closed loop oxygen feedback and catalytic converter. This engine is coupled to a lightweight 12KW starter/generator. It's very clean and quiet.
*All info comes from the Aptera website.

A walk around Freedom Hall

Under the lights and in the stalls

Ghost Rider?

Look up and see what's above you

I made it into the Knoxville News Sentinel

Story written by Linda Lange

The green space also functions as a quiet oasis from fast-paced downtown. People spend their lunch hour at picnic tables or admire sculptures sprinkled across the tiered grassy hill. Tourists glimpse into earlier times when they visit Fort Nashborough, a replication of 18th century log cabins. "People really do enjoy the ambience of the river. From the Shelby Street Bridge, they have the best view of the Nashville skyline," says Corey Webb, owner of the Nashville Experience, a company offering walking tours. (615-400-0966, www.webbspunideas.com)

Read the entire article in the Knoxville News Sentinel.

Animal Affair 2008; Swingin at the Nashville Zoo

Saturday, October 4 marks the return of Nashville Zoo’s largest fundraiser, Animal Affair. Enjoy the beauty of the Zoo property at twilight as you stroll winding pathways to discover tasty samplings from area restaurants, caterers and breweries. Live music will fill the air and special animal ambassadors will welcome you to an evening of swinging gibbons, swing dancers and an all-around swinging good time.

Animal Affair 2008 celebrates the grand re-opening of our recently restored Jungle Gym. You’ll feel like a kid again as you check out the playground’s new features and explore the renovations that got this popular Zoo feature back "in the swing" of things.

Get all the details HERE.

Where the locals eat? Maybe a local should be consulted

Interesting information here but I think most of us knew that this were not the most scientific books but yet still a little bit helpful to most. Read the entire article at the link at the bottom of the post.

~Corey

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Recently I received a copy of the Minneapolis/St. Paul edition of Where the Locals Eat, a Guide to the Best Restaurants in America , a Zagat-size book that promised to tell me the 100 Best Restaurants in the Top 50 Cities. I flipped to the title page, curious to see what familiar names I might find among the contributors, which local foodies--people who dine out regularly and know the Twin Cities food scene like they know the inside of their oven mitts--might have offered up their expertise? Strangely, or, actually, not so strangely, I didn't recognize any of them. A few shallow, one-page-deep Googles of a few of the names brought up no connections to Minnesota, but a whole lot to Nashville, where the book was published. What qualified a bunch of people in Nashville as "local experts" on the Twin Cities?

I wrote the PR person, hoping to gain some insight. "Could you tell me a little bit about your methodology?" I asked. "Who are your writers and how do they make their picks on which restaurants are included?" Regarding the "best" picks in different cuisine categories, I asked, "Did you choose the category winners via survey? How was that conducted?"

Read the entire article HERE.

Noah Liff Opera Center is the new home for the Nashville Opera

Picture is from the Nashville Post

The story in the local papers:

In this case, the figurative fat lady sang not to signify the ending but the beginning.

The Nashville Opera today unveiled the design plans for its new home in Sylvan Park, a year later than initially planned so the organization made sure it had more than enough money to start construction.

D.F. Chase Construction is scheduled to begin work on the $6-million Noah Liff Opera Center, named for the late Nashville businessman, on Monday. The goal is to be in the 26,000-square-foot center new next fall and become a new neighbor to Nashville Ballet and Climb Nashville on Redmon Street

Read this entire story in the Nashville Post.
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The new Noah Liff Opera Center, 26,000 square feet of office, rehearsal and studio space that will serve as the nonprofit's new headquarters. Designed by Earl Swensson Associates of Nashville, the $6 million facility gives Tennessee's largest professional opera company something it has never had: a home of its own. Named for the late Noah Liff, one of the company's most steadfast and generous benefactors, the new center is at the rear of a converted warehouse, adjacent to Nashville Ballet, in a quiet corner of Sylvan Park.

"We needed a permanent headquarters," said Carol Penterman, executive director of Nashville Opera. "Our new space legitimizes us. We were the only arts organization in town that didn't have a permanent place. As long as you're renting, people think you are temporary."

Read the entire story in the Tennessean newspaper.

Got my eye on you

Coffee, tea or water?

A sweeping view inside Freedom Hall in Louisville

Private tour of Freedom Hall in Louisville

Chat's with Dr. Chad McClellan; episode 4

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Visit the Chiropractic Nashville website for more information about Dr. Chad and chiropractic.

Funky construction scenes