What can I say... I like such things

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/02/hot-wheels---mi.html?npu=1&mbid=yhp

And, here's a follow up on the Aptera. Just to keep it on topic...the article even mentions trek hahahahahaha

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/01/1st-pre-product.html

The MIT vehicle looks like a wheeled version of Uncle Martin's spaceship.

It'll do 90 mph and is packed with technology that may end up in the hybrids and EVs the rest of us will soon be driving.Isn't that statement a bit presumptuous? Speaking for myself, I'll NEVER own a hybrid or an EV, because you can't get them with a stick shift.

Not really presumptuous. Consider that many of the technologies include new composites and aerodynamic features. Also, anytime you can run something like that on the power of a hairdryer, I would think its got some really cool new battery features and streamlining of overall electronics.

This is what I'm looking for in my next car... what with rising sea levels and all..

Squba

Been there, done that.

Well, sorta. This one didn't dive.

http://www.amphicarparts.com/images/amphicar01.jpg

I think I would rather an airtight car than the built in scuba, gotta get wet thing.

I think I would rather an airtight car than the built in scuba, gotta get wet thing.Well, wet subs are nothing new.

The open cockpit design is for ease of escape in an emergency when the vehicle is underwater. Since the car is basically a production Lotus Elise with aftermarket mods, an enclosed passenger compartment would require major structural changes. Also, the volume of air inside a sealed watertight compartment would probably make the car too buoyant to sink. (Remember the floating VW Beetle?) To dive, it would need to take on water ballast like a real submarine. Then it would need a compressed-air system to blow the ballast. Plus a ventilation and filtering system for the cabin air. And more batteries to power that equipment. Where would they find room to put all that stuff?

In any case, the thing is just a classic rich man's toy.

It's cool to be rich! :cool:

Well, wet subs are nothing new.

............To dive, it would need to take on water ballast like a real submarine. Then it would need a compressed-air system to blow the ballast. Plus a ventilation and filtering system for the cabin air. And more batteries to power that equipment. Where would they find room to put all that stuff?

They did it for a Bond car ;)

They did it for a Bond car ;)Yeah, like that one was REAL!
http://www.qv500.com/jblotus%204.jpg

Of course, what we saw in the underwater exterior shots was essentially a Lotus body transformed into a wet sub, piloted by two fully equipped and wetsuited scuba divers. With a body shape designed for negative lift, the thing was a beast to control and keep on an even keel.

The retracting wheels and flush doors that magically covered the wheel openings, along with the window shutters, diving planes and propeller array that appeared from nowhere, were obviously achieved through TARDIS geometry.

http://www.qv500.com/bondlotusesprit.php

NO!!! It was real!!! NAH NAH NAH NAH!!!!!! I can't hear you!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS REAL!!!!!!!

:lol:

Anything that comes from MIT students seems to be a big deal, for some reason. MIT has had its share of geniuses, especially during WWII. But, there are plenty of bright people outside of MIT in the world. College students don't know how to design real cars.

The Tesla Motors company is designing better cars than MIT is. In fact, they are now not only selling cars, but they are also selling technology to some of the big car companies. No fiction either.

http://www.teslamotors.com/

And here I though MIT only produced Card Counting teams. Hmmm...


Max Bryant