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Future of commuting
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 25 Aug 2004 05:26:09 GMT
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With ever increasing fuel prices, and ever decreasing room on the road, the
viability of large, gas-guzzling vehicles at some point will have to be
questioned. Carmakers will find the market for small, lightweight, single person
vehicles in increasing demand. Smart ones would be making them now, but a 500cc
engine won’t be attractive to the masses until petrol hits $5/litre.
Anyway, this is what I think the near future could hold for those looking for
something that’ll run on the smell of an oily rag. It’s the
California Commuter for
the new millenium.
I built this in an hour or two whilst avoiding building the two mechs I have
cluttering up my Lego desk. I’m stuck on the legs on both of them :(
Thanks to Bram for the sweet, if cramped, cockpit design.
Cheers,
Allister
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| Reminds me of the Toyota concept cars in this months issue of Popular Science. You can see a picture here and there are more in the newstand issue. (URL) I like it, Daniel (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| In lugnet.space, Allister McLaren wrote: SNIP (URL) SNIP (...) that's SO cool-i love 3 wheel designs especially with 2 in front, as that's where some of the weight goes on a turn (the car's momentum makes it tend to go in the straight line direction (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Well, that looks like a great vehicle for city traffic. I pity the poor sap who gets too close to a cargo bearing vessel, especially one that is traveling fast enough to generate its own turbulence. If my half ton Mustang was getting tossed (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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