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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Vehicles

Topia One-Seat Electric HUVO Prototype Might As Well Be Shaped Like a Coffin

7:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | 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. More »
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Vehicles

Dinghy + Hang Glider + Giant Engine = Hilarious Obituary

11:44PM Adam Frucci | Boats are pretty sweet, as are planes. But when you combine the two? You get a flying boat, my friends, and that just takes shit to the next level. Doi Malingri realised this basic fact, which is why he decided to stick a hang glider and a big engine on the back of a dinghy, creating one of the sweetest and most dangerous-looking ways to travel around. Sure, it costs a ridiculous US$32,300 for something that looks like you could cobble it together in your garage in a weekend for a few hundred, but who has time for garage projects when you could be flying over the waves? [Wefeeld via BornRich] More »
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