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Old 11-13-2013, 07:21 PM   #141 (permalink)
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very nice presentation. Are you going to purchase some suspension components for your build from Edison2? That would be awesome. He offered to sell some front suspension components for me on my 914, but I did not think the work would justify the weight savings in my application.

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Old 11-14-2013, 12:56 PM   #142 (permalink)
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I'm building a front wheel drive design, so I can't use the Edison2 suspension.
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They'd only work well on cars designed from the ground up to use these components.
If they scale up well to real-world weights.

Has he sold any, to anyone, so far ?

If there's one thing that ought to be really sellable on the VLC, it's the ingenious suspension.
I doubt many people feel ready to be podded ...
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Jason Hill has some "new to me" rendering of the VLC 4.0 in different color schemes.

Edison2 VLC 4.0 | Design by 11Design by 11
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Jason Hill has some "new to me" rendering of the VLC 4.0 in different color schemes.

Edison2 VLC 4.0 | Design by 11Design by 11
Love those renders. Thanks!
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Old 11-15-2013, 01:12 PM   #146 (permalink)
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Sign me up for this one....



I've been waiting for about 2 years since they first hinted at selling a VLC 4.0 roller. Would love to have the most efficient vehicle on the road. I hope we are getting close.
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I'd like to invite everyone to buy and read Jason Fagone's "Ingenious: A true story of invention, automotive daring, and the race to revive America." It covers the Xprize and all the crazy ecomodding involved.

A few interesting snippets from what I've read in the first 3rd of the book:
  • Barnaby Wainfan, aero guru for Northop Grumman and Edison2, used tiny squares of scrap aluminum to create "vortex generators" on his Silver Grand Am commuter car.
  • The Illuminati team hacksawed the vents out of a gym locker to help cool their battery pack.
  • Before she quit, EV advocate and face/voice from "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Chelsea Sexton was the Xprize's first executive director in 2005 and thought the MPGe target should've been 250 or 500 MPGe.
  • The Edison2 Very Light Car was initially drawn during a cup of Chinese black tea at a table positioned between posters of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ray Charles at a coffee shop in a strip mall near the karate dojo place where Barnaby Wainfan worked out.

Please support what is possibly the only full literary effort at covering the Xprize, one of the most challenging and rewarding ecomodding events ever conceived (my opinion, your mileage may vary, to each their own, and other disclaimers…)

Ingenious the Book « Jason Fagone (scroll down link page for purchase locations).


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Old 11-19-2013, 04:08 PM   #149 (permalink)
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I'd like to invite everyone to buy and read Jason Hill's "Ingenious: A true story of invention, automotive daring, and the race to revive America." It covers the Xprize and all the crazy ecomodding involved.

slip or are they the same person...ghostwriter
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It was a slip. Corrected. Thx!

Ingenious the Book « Jason Fagone
See post #149 - This is the first Xprize book I know of.


If any forum members are on the east coast, Jason is doing a book tour WITH the Illuminati 7 vehicle (below) and Kevin the team leader.




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