With the arrival of Topia’s one-seater prototype, I think it’s finally safe to say the SMART car has something it can take in a fight. Called the HUVO, this diminutive electric car forgoes features like “well-being” and “sanity” for “lightweight” (150kg) and “Jesus Christ watch out for that MINI Cooper!” To save weight and development costs, the HUVO is made out of materials that would make any contemporary golf cart proud; mainly plastic, ceramic, more plastic, and a bit of high-tensile steel plate. Although, as the headline implies, if HUVO goes into production Topia should probably just make the thing out of a nice, sturdy wood, and save your immediate family a step at the funeral parlor.
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John Gray
September 5, 2008 at 11:38 AM
just the right size for a Very Pressed Earth. personal transport for everyone! yeah!
Report PermalinkQuick! get it out there!
bono
December 7, 2009 at 3:13 PM
It’s a deathtrap.
Report PermalinkI’ll keep my ’65 Pontiac, made of high tensile steel.It even has bumpers!…something they’ve removed from newer cars. What “look” like bumpers on the newer cars…are not. But this thing, well, it’s a plastic toy. Good luck on the highway—something like this should be relegated to the sidewalk unless you want to take your life in your hands any time you use it.