The words “eco-friendly motoring” are enough to have many of us looking skyward. Immediately, we have a mental image of plug-in, high priced electric cars that creep along the Queen’s highways before needing re-charging after a few hours– or weirdly shaped futuristic automobiles that you feel a little embarrassed to drive; and which certainly wouldn’t [...]
Category Archives: Cars
The world’s first wooden supercar
In 2008, a team led by Joe Harmon an industrial designer from North Carolina, created the world’s first wooden supercar. Called The ‘Splinter’, the wooden sports car is capable of generating 700bhp from its twin supercharged, 4.6 litre, V8 engine – close to 300bhp more than a Porsche 911 for example! And with a top [...]
Car Leaf
SAIC’s latest concept car, the Leaf, will debut at the Beijing Auto Show complete with an odd Leaf for a roof. However strange it may be, the Leaf’s foliage derived roof actually serves a useful purpose with it being able to give of O2 (i.e. Oxygen) instead of Co2 as with a regular automobile. According [...]
Cars of Future.
This very interesting Porsche Carma concept was represented by a team of students from the Institute Supérieur de Design (Valenciennes, France). Among the project features is the aerodynamic study of the body and underbody. The Carma Concept was created (in alphabetic order) by Germain Baillot, Pierre Fichet Delavault, Julie Dicks, Simon Menu, who are currently [...]
Car of the future (2)
Electric cars could help ween our dependence on foreign oil. No gas in the car of the future. An electric motor has a lot of torque and you generally don’t have a gear shift involved. They can accelerate quickly and the radio, air conditioning, and styling can be just as sophisticated as today’s gasoline-powered cars.
Car of the Future
YOUR CAR MAY BE SMARTER THAN YOU Safer, cheaper to run, cleaner for the environment, packed with chips and ultimately able to drive itself.