[ohanian]

Bike of the future.

[nemo]

Another German extreme hypercar design, and this one is claimed to have been road tested in less than perfect conditions sporting an outrageous 264 mpg@47mph (0.89 l/100km@75 km/h). Impractical and impossible to economically mass produce, but impressive


link
edit: ooops, just realised that this is from 2002... old news, by no means current events... Sorry!

[Mesuge]

"Impractical and impossible to economically mass produce" ??

You can massproduce easily with less titatnium and magnesium parts so
it will be cheaper and obviosuly gain some weight as the the mpg drops to 250mpg or less.. But still a badass car!
Review and pictures:
http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/gw/vw1litre.htm

That 1L VW concept car was heading for further production ready prototypes, perhaps even early low volume production. But VW changed its CEO for even bigger moron and this project and many others were killed. VW lost quite a money on low consumption cars at that time (Lupo, Fox) nobody bought them even in Europe.. This car was certainly more developed than Loremo at this stage.. So if it gets to $150 gallon VW can pull it off on the streets in a short time - I'm not claiming it would change the overall picture though..

Lupo/fox engines:
http://www.carpages.ca/go/autonews/0319 ... otion.aspx

New article about Loremo - some interesting pictures too:
http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/auto/ak ... mobil.html

[Mesuge]

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Bike of the future.

[Mesuge]

The electric version running Etek motor..


There is also not so proportionally accurate version but less expensive.
It's basically a kit for Honda Fusion/Helix 250ccm scooter:




http://negatendo.net/kmc/en_us_duca_craftwork.htm
http://www.ducacraft.com

[ohanian]

A tiny, three-wheeled car that could help solve city congestion has been demonstrated at the University of Bath.

The prototype Clever (Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport) car is one metre wide and less polluting than normal vehicles.

It has a top speed of 100 km/h (60mph) and uses a novel tilting chassis to make it safe and manoeuvrable.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4930794.stm

[nemo]

Looks plenty like the carver...

Probably a hoot to drive.