Of course the problem with making a significantly lighter car is that nobody is
making a significantly lighter semi. And when the two collide, well you know
which one's going to win...all over the highway. We need to get some sort of
equality w/semis.
Louise > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:10:04 -0800> From: stefan.crea...@arm.com>
To: dlocklea...@gmail.com; texascavers@texascavers.com> Subject: RE:
[Texascavers] OT - future of automobiles> > David,> > There are many cars out
there that don't use a whole lot of steel in> their construction. For instance,
the Mazda RX-8 I have has many panels> made of plastic**. Some high-end sports
cars have even more made from> Carbon Fibre; however, that tells us that's it's
quite expensive to> produce.> > One problem this also has to overcome is that
there are a lot of cars> out there that have (unnecessarily) a lot of steel in
them and those> will have to be eliminated first before we can have more
lightweight> ones out there. Consider what would happen when a large steel car
hits a> smaller, composite, car?> > Not quite a tri-cycle...>
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/486/> > > There is also a production
motorcycle that is partially enclosed, but I> can't remember what it is so I
can't find any pictures!> > Cheers,> Stefan> > (** Not that it makes it
particularly fuel-efficient, the rotary engine> sees to that).> > -----Original
Message-----> From: David Locklear [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] > > We are
going to have to give up using steel in automobiles if we are> going to achieve
high mpg figures. And even aluminum is probably> to heavy for the frame.> > I
imagine somebody has already built a recumbant "tri-cycle" with> lightweight>
parts, a motor and 2 seats. But I haven't seen that yet.> >
http://www.voidstar.com/bff/images/am1_sm.jpg> >
http://www.voidstar.com/bff/images/stv1sm.jpg> >
http://www.voidstar.com/bff/images/recpedsm.jpg> > David Locklear> > -- >
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