bigshoulders Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 [source article] Neil Young is making tech headlines again, following his appearance last month at the JavaOne conference. This time the legendary Canadian rocker is getting attention for his collaboration with Johnathan Goodwin of H-Line Conversions to transform a 1959 Lincoln Continental into a hybrid electric vehicle. Young had initially intended to have his vintage Lincoln converted to biodiesel, but the Farm Aid co-founder quickly gained interest in hybrid electric technology after talking with Goodwin about other such projects. "With all this talk about gas, people are saying we should go to small cars, but I love big American cars with power. So does everybody else. Why give up on that? I asked Johnathan that first day if we could take a huge American car like this, 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isadorah Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 this sounds vaguely familiar. i think there was an article out sometime ago about this and it mentioned that it was costing Mr. Young $40,000 for the conversion. I could be wrong and made that up in my crazy little head. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Steve Brule Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 i think there was an article out sometime ago about this and it mentioned that it was costing Mr. Young $40,000 for the conversion Yeah, try $120,000. That's a lot of gasoline! Well, not that much with today's prices. http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/06/02/y...r.ap/index.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isadorah Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Yeah, try $120,000. gulp. i wonder how environmentally sound all of the parts going into the machine actually are. folks sometimes forget that even though a final product eliminates the need to depend on oil, all of the resources used to make said environmental solution surpasses the oil consumption of the original. if that makes any sense. and now i know that my $175 concert ticket money has helped fund Neil's green electric machine. and i thought he was simply over charging fans for no good reason. (does that sound bitter?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Neil Young will save the world. You can quote me on that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Knepps Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Neil Young will save the world. You can quote me on that. Done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Kinsley Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 While looking up the source article, that page lead to a series of links which led to this fascinating look at Hypercar technology. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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