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Eco Car - 0 to 60mph on a Potato?

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By japaneseboats (Contact - View My Woyano)
Published Fri 27 Jul 2007, 233 Views, 3 Comments

How about this - not just bio-fuel, but tyres made from potatoes, bodywork from hemp, brakes from other plant fibres... AND it still goes from 0 to 60 in four seconds! Top speed in excess of 140 mph.

Developed originally by a student project at Warwick University (UK) - the creators say that, " eco one is a demonstration of how sustainable design can help create a racing car with a conscience, with no compromises and no loss in performance."

NB Sorry everyone, it doesn't fly - yet!

PS Apologies for inflicting the Daily Mail on you - but have to admit they had the best news summary of the story, for full scientific story go to this link:

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wimrc/iev/ecoracecar



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    jbravo ~ 13 months ago
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    Nice! And all I built when I was young was a go-cart make from a steel hide-a-bed frame and a 2-hp lawnmower engine. I'm jealous! :-)
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      clemmati ~ 13 months ago
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      That's amazing.
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        earsz ~ 13 months ago
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        Does one drive it or plant it?
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          AdGuy
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          This is my two cents...

             
          Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)

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