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Old 09-17-2012, 07:05 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I have been trying to get some thoughts down on a tadpole shaped special with seperater [sic] wheel fairings in front.
Aptera-like? The always entertaining Autospeed website has a wealth of useful articles. For example:
Zero Cost Modelling of Space-Frames
Blows my mind. I see there're new articles since the last time I visited.

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I found the VW L1, which you can google, to be an acceptable deviation.
When that car hits the market, it will seriously kick some Prius butt. Did you know the first concept (not the 2nd one) had hollow gears in the transmission to save weight?
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