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Old 07-19-2015, 01:15 PM   #6 (permalink)
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These wheel shutters basically sit behind the spokes of the wheels, and close at highway speeds to improve aerodynamics. They use self-charging batteries that generate power from the wheel motion. Very cool!
http://www.fordf150.net/atlas-concept/


I thought it would be a passive mechanism based on rotation, but apparently there are batteries involved.
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