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Default A Very Light Car

On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:02:23 -0400, Ed Huntress
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On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:04:19 -0700, wrote:

On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:30:11 -0400, Ed Huntress
wrote:

On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:05:09 -0700 (PDT), jon_banquer
wrote:

While KiddingNoOne continues to live in fantasy land and is in total
denial of what the Chevy Volt is (An overweight, fat, pig) here is a
company with a proven record of success (They won the X-Prize) that
has the right idea:

http://www.edison2.com/

This one has it by over 100 lb. (900 lb.)

http://tinyurl.com/c8mfsw2

Lotus 6. 1952. Nice aluminum work, too.


Back in 2006 I was given a book called Racing and Sports Car Chassis
Design.


I have that book. I got it for Christmas in 1963, I think.



Correction: Where I said "Chapman," read "Champion." Colin Chapman was
the founder of Lotus Cars. Ron Champion is the Locost guy. I had Lotus
on the brain.

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Ed Huntress