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tmaki
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Okay, now for something entirely different -
Here are links to two eco-conscious vehicles for the
eco-conscientious:
http://www.milnermotors.com
http://www.urbee.net
Both are projected to be in the $20k price range. Both are
built with frames of welded tubing. Milner has a fiberglass
body, the Urbee displayed a cutaway prototype with ABS
composite body panels. That possibly because the body panels
were created directly out of a 3D protoyping printer linked
to the CAD software of the company in the booth right next door.
Milner says the car is imagined to be a "kit car" although
the end purchaser gets a finished vehicle. The kit will be
available only to a network of builders who will assemble
and final finish the car.
Urbee is not quite ready for prime time. Still in
prototyping stages. It has some interesting design elements
such as rear-wheel steering. When I first saw it, I
mentioned to the booth folks that it looked surprisingly
like the Tri-Magnum (http://www.rqriley.com/tri-mag.html)
from some years back that used the VW front axle and a
Kawasaki 900 frame and drive train. They'd heard of that,
but never seen one.
Milner has about the same interior space as a Camry. Glass
instrument panel, and Thunder Sky lithium-iron-phosphate
batteries. Folks at the booth said (and spec sheets show)
100 mile range, 60-ish mph.
There you go...
Oh yeah - Alex Debogorski, one of the Ice Road Truckers was
there. Got to shake hands and chat with him a bit. Nice guy
and just like you see him on the show.
Toby Maki
'73 Glacier 230
Riverside, CA
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[GMCnet] Future Tow'ds
By: tmaki on Sat, 06 November 2010 09:52 |
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Re: [GMCnet] Future Tow'ds
By: fred v on Sat, 06 November 2010 12:45 |
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Re: [GMCnet] Future Tow'ds
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By: fred v on Sat, 06 November 2010 18:07 |
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Re: [GMCnet] Future Tow'ds
By: tphipps on Mon, 08 November 2010 14:17 |
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Re: [GMCnet] Future Tow'ds
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