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Old 03-02-2018, 03:26 PM   #68 (permalink)
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I was up to comment about that opened thing inside allowing see the tires... and say that in a street the car could pass over a piece of... and it splash inside.
Not to mention burns on the outside of their knees!

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I notice, among such Morellis's shape vehicles, the secret of Aptera's beauty was the design of the windshield and lateral windows, that made it look pretty and cool. It's a matter of sellect the area that would be covered by glass. The headlight design and rear windows also looks nice.
Technically the DLO, or DayLight Opening. Aptera improved quite a bit in that regard. The early prototypes were built as is done by Scaled Composites:


https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-e7a888eeb69c5053f196a2caad288518-c?convert_to_webp=true



Here's a picture of a four-wheel Aptera-like:


http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/new-aptera-6254-5.html#post231014

then there is this:


What's with the orange chest straps? Bruce McCall did a cartoon (that I can't find) about a small import economy car powered by a strap around the driver's chest.
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