Curiosidades (20) - Quantos humanos já morreram no mundo?

Muitos historiadores trabalharam a fim de calcular quantos Homo sapiens já passaram pelo planeta. Baseando-se no período de seu aparecimento na Terra - de 50.000 a 100.000 anos atrás - e na quantidade de homens que habitaram diferentes regiões durante toda a História, os estudiosos chegaram a números que variam de 34 a 105 bilhões de habitantes. A imprecisão se deve à escassez ou total ausência de registros e documentos em alguns períodos. Atualmente, vivem no planeta cerca de 6 bilhões de pessoas.

Fonte: "Guia dos Curiosos, o Livro das Perguntas e das Respostas"

2012 Toyota Prius PHV Start Selling

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced, began to receive orders for the Prius Plug-in or (PHV) which will be launched in Japan on January 30, 2012. The advantages of this Toyota Prius PHV, the battery can be recharged at the outlet (wall socket) electricity at home. In addition, fuel consumption is more efficient than the hybrid version (HV)

According to Toyota, Prius PHV fuel consumption is 61.0 km / liter. While the electric mode (EV) and the battery is fully charged, can for a distance of 26.4 km. Hence, Toyota estimates that, for those who travel short distances, can rely on EV mode or energy of lithium-ion batteries are used.

Price
Because, the Toyota Prius PHV is a combination of electric cars (EV) and hybrid cars (HV), and uses lithium-ion batteries with large capacity, the price is becoming more expensive. The standard version, released 3.2 million yen. The most expensive version sold 4.2 million yen. The price includes tax but not including the cost of recycling.

Added, the price is already suppressed as low as possible. Because, with the price too low as possible, Toyota hopes to promote electric cars. It is expected the public interested in using it.

More Weight
Lithium-ion batteries used Prius is 4.4 kWh and a capacity of greater size than the Prius HV battery. According to Toyota car battery causes weight was 50 kg. To suppress the accretion due to the weight of these batteries, body alleviated. Subsequently used tires with low rolling resistance.

Fuel consumption of 61.9 km / liter calculated based on driving conditions a combination of EV and HV. If you only rely on HV, instead of fuel consumption 31.6 km / Lier, electricity consumption seedangkan 8.74 km / kWh

PHV Drive Support
New features added to this car is a service called PHV Drive Support. With this, the car and the owner can be connected via the internet. Owners also can check the condition of the vehicle via a smartphone, especially the condition of the battery and battery charging station location. PHV Prius owners are also free to use the charging station (G-station) which is installed at the dealer of Toyota and other places.

Source of Power
For gasoline engines still used the previous Prius capacity of 1.8 liters. With the new battery, larger capacity - in addition to EV mileage increases far in EV mode - the car more responsive acceleration and top speed is also higher.

Further, the longer the use of electric mode, economical fuel consumption increases. In the car was supplied charger can fully charge in just 90 minutes baetrai when using electric 200Volt or 180 minutes for 100 Volt.

Toyota targets to sell the Prius PHV is 35000-40000 units per year.

Honda to start selling All-New CR-V in Los Angeles

Honda announced that they start selling the newest SUV, the All-New CR-V or fourth-generation CR-V. This SUV also recently launched in the United States two weeks ago at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

For Japan and Asia, utilizing Honda Tokyo Motor Show 2011 event that was opened tomorrow. In its release, Honda said sales of the All-New CR-V in Japan just made on December 2.

Since it was first introduced in 1995, Honda claims the CR-V sales has reached 5 million units worldwide (based on data in September).

4 x 2 & AWD
According to Honda, the All-New CR-V now appear more sleek and aerodynamic. Hence also, this SUV is more economical, more comfortable, and the greater power and unloading. This can be achieved due to a redesign that made Honda including lowering the height of the roof, but with a lower floor.

CR-V Dashboard totally redesigned and now uses better quality materials. Further, Honda managed to indulge in the weight of this car. Furthermore, to ease the workload of the machine, now used electric power steering (EPS).

Exterior dimensions of this new CR-V is more compact than the previous CR-V. Section, the deduction is so long and also lowers the height of the roof. However, the length of the interior actually increased due to the position of the glass front moved forward again.

Two machines
For the machine offered two options, 2.4 liters for four-wheel motion or AWD and 2.0-liter for front wheels (4 x 2). For version 2.0 liters, the engine is equipped i-VTEC technology. Engine power is transferred to the wheels through a CVT with a torque converter. Claimed fuel consumption of 14.4 km per liter.

The All-New CR-V 2.4-liter engine equipped with 5-speed automatic transmission. Engine power in this model increased by 10 kW compared to the current version. This is attained because the compression ratio is made higher, plus the friction in the lower engine components.

Intelligent AWD is equipped Varian Control System. Its function is to produce a more responsive acceleration on slippery road surfaces. Rear seats can be folded with the composition 60/40, also equipped automatic button to fold.

Other features are Bluetooth, rear parking camera, USB connection, and the system allows the driver to write the information from the BlackBerry.

2012 Brigdestone Raise Tire Prices 10 Percent

For those of you who else has a plan to replace tires, it's worth doing immediately before the turn of the year. The reason, PT Bridgestone Tire Indonesia will raise tire prices about 10 percent across the country starting January 1, 2012.

"This price increase to compensate for rising costs of raw materials, energy and other costs. We tried to suppress the rising costs, "explained Bridgestone Indonesia President Director Hirotaka Migita in a release.

Tire price increase is likely to affect the price of the car. Because the agency brand holders utilize this for the price mengatrol beginning of each year!

Bridgestone Indonesia is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation of Japan with a market network spread across 150 countries of the world. For domestic Indonesia alone, network marketing distributors recorded 42, 190 Model Shop (Authorized Outlet), 4 Bridgestone Truck Tire Center (BTTC), 8 Bandag FCZ (Retread) and 1,500 retail stores.

29 de novembro na Fórmula 1

29/11/1915 - Nasceu o alemão HELMUT NIEDERMAYR (faleceu em 03/04/1995). Natural de Berlim, Helmut Niedermayr disputou apenas 1 GP: Alemanha 1952, largando em 22º e chegando na 9ª posição.

 

29/11/1923 - Nasceu o norte-americano CHUCK DAIGH (faleceu em 29/04/2008). Natural de Long Beach, Chuck Daigh disputou 3 GPs em 1960, e o máximo que conseguiu foi um 10º lugar: Estados Unidos 1960.

 

29/11/1975 - Faleceu o inglês GRAHAM HILL, vítima de acidente aéreo, juntamente com Tony Brise, em Arkley, Inglaterra (com 46 anos).

 

29/11/1975 - Faleceu o inglês TONY BRISE, vítima de acidente aéreo, juntamente com Graham Hill, em Arkley, Inglaterra (com 23 anos).

 

GP do Brasil 2011 (16)

As minhas notas para cada piloto no GP do Brasil, por ordem do número do carro:
 1 Sebastian Vettel..: 9,0
 2 Mark Webber.......: 9,0
 3 Lewis Hamilton....: 6,0
 4 Jenson Button.....: 9,0
 5 Fernando Alonso...: 8,0
 6 Felipe Massa......: 5,0
 7 Michael Schumacher: 5,0
 8 Nico Rosberg......: 7,5
 9 Bruno Senna.......: 5,0
10 Vitaly Petrov.....: 6,5
11 Rubens Barrichello: 5,0
12 Pastor Maldonado..: 5,0
14 Adrian Sutil......: 7,5
15 Paul di Resta.....: 7,0
16 Kamui Kobayashi...: 7,0
17 Sergio Perez......: 6,0
18 Sébastian Buemi...: 5,0
19 Jaime Alguersuari.: 5,0
20 Heikki Kovalainen.: 6,5
21 Jarno Trulli......: 5,5
22 Daniel Ricciardo..: 4,0
23 Vitantonio Liuzzi.: 4,5
24 Timo Glock........: 6,0
25 Jérôme D'Ambrosio.: 5,0

Criciúma ao vivo 24 horas

A câmera abaixo está localizada na cobertura do Crisul Hotel, que é o hotel mais alto de Criciúma e transmite imagens dos arredores do empreendimento nas 24 horas do dia:

GP do Brasil 2011 (15)

A vitória de Mark Webber hoje foi a sua 2ª no circuito de Interlagos, 2ª no GP do Brasil, 1ª na temporada, 7ª na Red Bull e 7ª na carreira. Abaixo, as estatísticas atualizadas de vitórias:

Maior número de vitórias no GP do Brasil:

Pilotos: 1º Alain Prost 6; 2º Michael Schumacher 4; 3º Carlos Reutemann 3; 4º Emerson Fittipaldi, Mika Hakkinen, Nigel Mansell, Felipe Massa, Juan Pablo Montoya, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna e Mark Webber 2; ...

Construtores: 1º McLaren 11; 2º Ferrari 10; 3º Williams 6; 4º Red Bull 3; 5º Benetton, Brabham e Renault 2; 8º Jordan, Ligier e Lotus 1.

Número de vitórias no circuito de Interlagos:

Pilotos: 1º Michael Schumacher 4; 2º Emerson Fittipaldi, Mika Hakkinen, Felipe Massa, Juan Pablo Montoya, Ayrton Senna e Mark Webber 2; 8º René Arnoux, David Coulthard, Giancarlo Fisichella, Damon Hill, Jacques Laffite, Niki Lauda, Nigel Mansell, Kimi Raikkonen, Carlos Reutemann, Carlos Pace, Alain Prost, Sebastian Vettel e Jacques Villeneuve 1.

Construtores: 1º Ferrari 8; 2º McLaren 7; 3º Williams 4; 4º Red Bull 3; 5º Benetton 2; 6º Brabham, Jordan, Ligier, Lotus e Renault 1.

Número de vitórias no circuito de Jacarepaguá:

Pilotos: 1º Alain Prost 5; 2º Carlos Reutemann e Nelson Piquet 2; 4º Nigel Mansell 1.

Construtores: 1º McLaren 4; 2º Ferrari e Williams 2; 4º Brabham e Renault 1.

GP do Brasil 2011 (14)

A melhor volta de Mark Webber hoje foi a sua 2ª no circuito de Interlagos, 2ª no GP do Brasil, 7ª na temporada, 13ª na Red Bull e 13ª na carreira. Abaixo, as estatísticas atualizadas de melhores voltas:

Maior número de melhores voltas no GP do Brasil:

Pilotos: 1º Michael Schumacher 5; 2º Nelson Piquet e Alain Prost 3; 4º Gerhard Berger, Mika Hakkinen, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Juan Pablo Montoya, Riccardo Patrese, Kimi Raikkonen e Mark Webber 2; ...

Construtores: 1º Williams 10; 2º McLaren 9; 3º Ferrari 8; 4º Benetton 6; 5º Red Bull, Renault e Shadow 3; 7º Brabham, Ensign, Ligier e Lotus 1.

Maior número de melhores voltas no circuito de Interlagos:

Pilotos: 1º Michael Schumacher 5; 2º Mika Hakkinen, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kimi Raikkonen e Mark Webber 2; 6º René Arnoux, Rubens Barrichello, Gerhard Berger, Lewis Hamilton, Damon Hill, Denny Hulme, James Hunt, Jacques Laffite, Nigel Mansell, Felipe Massa, Riccardo Patrese, Clay Regazzoni, Ralf Schumacher e Jacques Villeneuve 1.

Construtores: 1º McLaren e Williams 7; 3º Ferrari 6; 4º Benetton 3; 5º Red Bull e Shadow 2; 7º Ligier, Lotus e Renault 1.

Número de melhores voltas no circuito de Jacarepaguá:

Pilotos: 1º Nelson Piquet e Alain Prost 3; 3º Gerhard Berger, Riccardo Patrese, Carlos Reutemann e Marc Surer 1.

Construtores: 1º Williams 3; 2º Ferrari e McLaren 2; 3º Brabham, Ensign e Renault 1.

2011 BRASIL GP: NEW DOMINANT 1-2 FOR RED BULL, WEBBER AHEAD OF VETTEL

Go, go, go Red Bull!!!

Red Bull absolutely dominated the Interlagos race. Mark Webber took his first win of the season at the Brazilian Grand Prix as team-mate Sebastian Vettel struggled to second with a race-long gearbox problem.

Vettel lead at the start, and Webber fending off the cars behind for second despite a slightly slower getaway.Vettel soon opened up a stable three-second gap to Webber, as the Red Bull duo left the rest in their wake at a rate sometimes up to one second per lap.

But from the early laps Vettel was receiving radio messages warning him to short-shift to nurse a developing gearbox problem, his pace slowed enough for Webber to sweep into the lead on lap 29.While the Australian went on to take his first win since the 2010 Hungarian GP, Vettel still had enough pace to hang on for second.

The Brazilian Grand Prix, Interlagos, Sao Paulo.
71 laps, 305.909km, Weather: Sunny.

Classified:
Pos     Driver                 Team                      Time
 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault           1h32:17.434
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault           +    16.983
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes           +    27.638
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                    +    35.048
 5.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                    +  1:06.733
 6.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                   +     1 lap
 8.  Paul Di Resta         Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
 9.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
10.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                    +     1 lap
11.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
12.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
13.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
14.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
15.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                   +     1 lap
16.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
17.  Bruno Senna           Renault                    +    2 laps
18.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
19.  Jerom D'Ambrosio      Virgin-Cosworth            +    3 laps
20.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps

Fastest lap: Mark Webber, 1:15.324

Not classified/retirements:
Driver               Team                  On lap
Vitantonio Liuzzi    HRT-Cosworth            62
Lewis Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        37
Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth       27
Timo Glock           Virgin-Cosworth         22


FINAL RESULTS AFTER 19 RACES:                
Drivers:                     Constructors:             
 1.  Vettel       392        1.  Red Bull-Renault          650
 2.  Button       270        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          497
 3.  Webber       258        3.  Ferrari                   375
 4.  Alonso       257        4.  Mercedes                  165
 5.  Hamilton     227        5.  Renault                    73
 6.  Massa        118        6.  Force India-Mercedes       69
 7.  Rosberg       89        7.  Sauber-Ferrari             44
 8.  Schumacher    76        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         41
 9.  Sutil         42        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Petrov        37       
11.  Heidfeld      34       
12.  Kobayashi     30       
13.  Di Resta      27       
14.  Alguersuari   26       
15.  Buemi         15       
16.  Perez         14       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1       

2011 BRASIL GP: SATURDAY IN HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES