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Seventy homes’ waste is enough to power this eco-friendly Volkswagen Beetle for a year. Whether you’d want to drive the “Powered by your own waste!”-emblazoned car is another thing entirely, however.
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Usually it’s frustrating to see a kick-arse video with no background info. This time, I don’t care. I don’t even want to know how or why someone made a Passat 4×4. I just want to watch that sucker churn.
Volkswagen is onto something great with this concept demo. You just step out of this car and it parks itself. Great, now they just need to iron out those details about detecting obstacles like lil’ ol’ grannies crossing parking lots.
Having easy access to your office 24 hours a day can be both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, you will never miss a beat. On the other, it may seem like you are always stuck at work. With that in mind, check out the T6 concept workaholicmobile designer Alexander Zhukovsky has put together. It comes complete with all of the technology and space you and your co-workers need to get the job done–even when you are stuck in traffic. In other words, it is a boardroom on wheels. galleryPost('t6concept', 3, '');
A couple spent an eternity covering their Volkswagen Beetle with small oak pieces that look like fish scales, and replacing some parts with carved wood equivalents. I can’t decide if its the dragon look or its picnic-baskety flavor, but being unconditional fans of the classic Beetle and wood in general, we love it. The best thing is that it works perfectly, as you can see in the video:
