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Old 06-12-2010, 06:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Ferdinand Porsche's electric cars





From the book "PORSCHE: The Essence of Speed"

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"All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. [...] But the man who creates the music is hearing something else, is dealing with the roar rising from the void and imposing order on it as it hits the air. What is evoked in him, then, is of another order, more terrible because it has no words, and triumphant, too, for the same reason. And his triumph, when he triumphs, is ours." -Sonny's Blues
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Old 06-12-2010, 06:21 PM   #2 (permalink)
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...are those "in-hub" electric motors?
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second page, 13 line, says "hub-mounted" electric motors
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wow thats cool any idea were i could get an e book of this
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Old 06-18-2010, 02:54 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I found it at an antique book store. It's not a detailed book, mainly photos with descriptions that talks about the cars as the years go on. I would suggest this book, however:
Ferdinand Porsche - Genesis Of Genius by Karl Ludvigsen
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thanx for the fast reply i thank u from the bottem of my heart

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