The Zap-X dream car, so much hype?

The Zap-X dream car, so much hype?

Santa Rosa, Calif. company Zap, a company that has gone through bankruptcy once already, is asking for $25,000 deposits on its electric car that has yet to be built.

The company is making all kinds of promises (first reported by Forbes and picked up by a Wired blog) that seem too good to be true:

It will recharge in 10 minutes and travel 350 miles on that charge. It will go zero to 60 mph in 4.8… Continue Reading

Orbo energy wonder apparently a hoax

Orbo energy wonder apparently a hoax

We were skeptical yesterday when we reported on all the hype about a supposed free, clean perpetual energy source. We suggested it was hoax.

Apparently it is. Someone who spoke to a representative of the company, after the Orbo device apparently broke down with a “heat” problem, writes the following:

Most tellingly he admitted before 4 witnesses that there was no load bearing Orbo device inside the Kinetica museum. No weights being lifted by any device. Just… Continue Reading