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Where are the flying cars we were promised? Popular Mechanics thinks it has the answer
Filed under: Etc., Specialty
Surely, you’re familiar with the Jetsons, the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon world from the 1960s that was said to take place in the year 2062. Too futuristic for your blood? How about Ridley’s Scott’s Blade Runner, which starred Harrison Ford and was supposed to show life in the year 2019? And then there’s Back to the Future II, which is even closer to our modern day, depicting life at 2015.
What’s the constant in all of these retro-futuristic takes on what tomorrow may hold? Hoverboards. Flying cars. We’re not sure about you, but we don’t see no stinkin’ flying cars floating down our streets. So, what gives? Besides reality, of course. Well… actually, reality is the key. The problem with flying cars from 50 years ago all the way until today remains the same: because the machine needs to operate just as capably in the sky as on the ground, compromises have to be made.
Compromises don’t exactly equal success in the automotive or airplane marketplace. To meet government regulations, an automobile must pass a stringent series of safety and environmental tests, and the same is true for airplanes. Needless to say, then, combining the two is pretty darn difficult to accomplish. That said, Popular Mechanics has found reason to be excited about the prospect of the Terrafugia flying car. If that’s a topic that interests you, we suggest you click here to read all about it.
Gallery: Terrafugia Transition Flying Car
[Source: Popular Mechanics]
Where are the flying cars we were promised? Popular Mechanics thinks it has the answer originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Peugeot BB1 concept nearing to production
The Peugeot BB1 concept EV is nearing closer to production after Peugeot confirmed it had moved from concept car status to project status. That means the vehicle may launch in 2012/2013 and Peugeot design director, Gilles Vidal said he hopes the production BB1 will very much look like the concept car.
The vehicle’s official categorisation is being mooted. The BB1 has handle bars and a twist-grip accelerator and passengers sit pillion style behind the driver. Although, homologation for a quadricyle is complicated because different countries have different definitions of what a quadricyle is. For example, in France a quadricyle is not allowed on the motorway and the UK has two classes of quadricyle, depending on the vehicle’s weight and power.
Classifying the BB1 EV as a car could make homologation more direct.
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Porsche testing three electric Boxsters
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Porsche
Porsche has been dabbling in a lot of vehicle electrification in the last several years, ranging from the plug-in hybrid 918 Spyder concept and the 911 GT3R hybrid racer to the new Cayenne hybrid that recently went into production. The latest addition to the electric drive program is a trio of experimental Boxsters that are purely battery powered.
Porsche has not revealed any technical details about the cars, but they will be used to test the drive systems as well as infrastructure needs. Porsche has indicated that it is interested in a production version of the 918 and is likely using these Boxsters to evaluate the battery systems as well motors and power electronics.
[Source: Porsche]
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Porsche testing three electric Boxsters originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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