Ultralight cars molded from net-shape advanced composites can be several-fold lighter than present steel cars, yet safer, sportier, and more comfortable, durable, and beautiful. Modern hybrid-electric drives boost efficiency approximately 1.3-1.5x in heavy steel cars, but approximately 5-20x in ultralight, very slippery plafforms. Designing cars more like aircraft and less like tanks requires not only an approximately 400-500 kg curb mass and very low air and road drag, but also an aerospace philosophy of engineering integration.


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    Title :

    Hypercars: The Next Industrial Revolution


    Contributors:
    A. B. Lovins (author) / J. W. Barnett (author) / L. H. Lovins (author)

    Publication date :

    1996


    Size :

    28 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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