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Re: New Automobiles
By: Mac Date: March 20, 2013, 4:15 pm
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[quote]Still waiting for moving sidewalks.......[/quote]
Duhhhhh
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Re: New Automobiles
By: Mac Date: August 19, 2013, 11:54 am
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Since Elon's Musk Hperloop has been in the news a lot lately, I
decided to check out his other project The Tesla Model S
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This is very thorough review and quite impressive, especially
since it's all electric and competing against other luxury cars.
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Re: New Automobiles
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 12, 2013, 7:05 pm
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[center]Car Runs For 100 Years Without Refueling - The Thorium
Car
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Manufactures of other Hybrid cars and of course Oil Companies
want this car to go away.....forever. That would be a huge hit
in their financial pockets, which I'm 100% okay with.
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Re: New Automobiles
By: Mac Date: November 13, 2013, 8:07 am
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Fascinating stuff...
I love innovation. Great discussion here.... except him getting
all fan-boy about Thor. :-\
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Re: New Automobiles
By: Mac Date: December 27, 2013, 11:41 am
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[glow=red,2,300]BMW i8[/glow]
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With this BMW TV series you can get a closer look at the BMW i8.
This time you can get more information about the performance of
the BMW i8 as an integral part of the vehicle.
With the i8 BMW also introduces into production their new B38
1.5 liter three-cylinder petrol engine. We have previously
tested the “baby-six” in a 1 Series Hatchback and we were quite
impressed with its abilities. The little but potent combustion
engine is transversely mounted behind the cabin and delivers 228
horsepower and 236 lb ft-of torqueVideo: BMW i8 in detail.
Performance. That’s 152 hp per liter, an impressive figure by
any standards. BMW engineers confirmed that there is room for a
bit more power, but the current level delivers the best
efficiency.
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Power is sent to the wheels via a six-speed automatic gearbox
and a conventional torque converter.
At the front, but closer to the wheels, BMW placed an electric
motor developing 129 horsepower and 184 lb ft-of torque. This is
the same electric motor as in the BMW i3 but with less power
(170 hp in the BMW i3). The electric motor drives the front
wheels via a GKN two-speed automatic gearbox which always run in
first gear while in eDrive mode but switches directly to second
gear in the mixed modes. The energy is drawn from a 5 kWh
lithium-ion pack placed along the central tunnel right behind
the electric motor.
An additional e-motor is placed in the rear adjacent to the
combustion engine. It produces 13 hp and 81 lb-ft of torque and
while it can provide additional power to the rear wheel, BMW
says that it’s main functions are to recharge the battery, start
the combustion engine and in hybrid mode to smooth out power
delivery and match up the revs when switching driving modes.
Therefore the typical lag mode found in hybrid or combustion
setups is removed.
All these add up to a combined 357 horsepower and 420 lb-ft of
torque, 44 percent of it available from the moment you floor the
throttle.
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Re: New Automobiles
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 27, 2013, 4:00 pm
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Sh*t, that looks SICK! What's the sticker price on that?
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Re: New Automobiles
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 9, 2014, 7:04 pm
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[center]Is Toyota's 3-Wheel iRoad the Future of Cars? - CES 2014
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I love the design for this and how it tilts during turns. Ya
know, going smaller like this isn't all that new. Car2Go
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is starting to really make
it's presence known around here. So, people are already adapting
to the idea of smaller, i.e. cheaper cars both in sticker price
as well as mileage.
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Re: New Automobiles
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 10, 2014, 9:35 am
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[center]Toyota Crafts Tron-Like Concept Car - CES 2014
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I love the design and I would definitely want one of my own, but
the idea of a car without a steering wheel is a bit of a stretch
for me. The idea of "leaning" to 'steer' the car is not very
appealing to me. I get that people (manufacturers) will look at
any cost cutting measures to save a buck, but getting rid of a
steering wheel isn't the smartest idea for a lot of reasons.
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Re: New Automobiles
By: Mac Date: January 10, 2014, 11:06 am
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Yea, you have to look at things like the Segway that never took
off. Why?
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Re: New Automobiles
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 10, 2014, 11:07 am
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[quote author=Mac link=topic=628.msg25229#msg25229
date=1389373584]
Yea, you have to look at things like the Segway that never took
off. Why?
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Too many people driving off cliffs.
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