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Old 03-07-2020, 12:14 AM   #3401 (permalink)
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This is interesting for a number of reasons.

Not an economy car, but it would pair nicely with the Arcimoto FUV, which has better ingress/egress for grocery gettin'. But it's got the same tandem seating and [soon] 3D printed suspension parts.

The chassis is a combination of carbon fiber tubes, aluminum extrusions and 3D printed connecting nodes. The A-pillars are titanium because... why not?

The flat-crank V-8 (sweet) has an external mixing chamber for the individual pipes. It reminds me of the X-Flow dual megaphone header for the VW flat four, without the megaphones.

270mph in low-downforce mode, on carbon negative methanol (30x the power density of batteries).

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Then there's the BAC Mono


https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HXGUWB4LqxM/maxresdefault.jpg

This is basically an open-wheel car with a biplane front diverter and a rear wing with cycle fenders attached.

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Also, www.digitaltrends.com: Hyundai Prophecy concept predicts a future of autonomous driving, electric power



No unnecessary bulk in the rear quarters.

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