The car he's talking about was also in popular science - http://www.popsci.com/popsci/auto/article/0,12543,385005,00.html
It's not a skateboard, the frame is just built like a skateboard. If you could get the car to handle like a skateboard, that would be better for your snow conditions. It would be using its weight to steer, not just two wheels in the front moving left and right (which if you've ever been on ice and tried jerking the wheel sharply, you know doesn't do crap.) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 11:00 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Alternatives to Oil (Was Re: Letter to the > American People > (was RE: NAACP & KKK join force s)) > > > > > > > >The basic idea is that with a fuel cell and the elimination of heavy > >control systems in favor of an electronic fly-by-wire system you can > >reduce the car to a small skateboard-like platform. That > platform can > >then accept any body type (and, most likely, many interchangable body > >types) and would be much lighter than a traditional car. > > > Okay, sorry... vent this... It's not directed at you, Jim, > more at the > concept that they're trying to fly here. > > Hello? Did you hear my commute? 45 miles ONE WAY in Buffalo, Ny... > can we say winds gusting to 40... can we say times where > there are 2-3 > inches of snow falling PER HOUR. You want me to ride a SKATEBOARD > through that crap?! Get real! (Oh wait, California is the > center of > the universe... I keep forgetting that) > > >Of course I still think that Americans simply drive too > much. The fact > >is that most commutes are done alone and are well within the range of > >most electric vechicals (not to mention bikes or walking). > > > Might be interesting to ask, but what do you base that on? I > found that > for Buffalo the "average commute" is 19 miles. I got this from > Monster.com at http://www.monstermoving.com/Find_a_Place/Cityprofile/. While 19 miles might not sound like "too bad", refer to the conditions mentioned above. Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
