Edison2 - Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE

[celticstones]

Shale gas and oil deposits found in the UK,Western Europe and USA combined with technology like this,could make us independent of the OPEC block in 10 years.

[circusboy90210]

the best thing would be to use this to build a large car that's lighter. mpg should not trump comfort of ride or seating.

[inagod]

weight and safety,look at F1 and indy cars,light weight and safer then any production car.

[inagod]

I love this car,its great as is.

[ThePappy61]

i hope so

[DBSpy1]

Why was Tesla not there?

[circusboy90210]

@DBSpy1 tesla sucks

[sumocom]

That's why it's called an Edison car and not a Tesla car. Unfortunately, Tesla was forgotten because of big corporation interests. They are still doing so now

[OghamTheBold]

Due to their weight many things are possible - lighter bridges (cheaper and safer bridges)

They don't wear roads so much (cheaper road maintenance)

City parking systems could easily lift them (ultra high density parking)

Shame we can't have a switch over day

[AshtonPhoto]

I'm so disappointed.

While I appreciate what these guys are doing there is absolutely zero chance that this tin foil car will ever be put into production, which I was led to believe was the express purpose of the Xprize, to spur makers to produce sellable efficient cars.

They have no plans to mass produce this car.

Aptera on the other hand does, but they went home without a penny.

??????

[XUKMUSIC]

I noticed that the pit crew places a reflective sheet over the cabin between runs. Obviously this means that there's no climate control in the car. it is far from a production-ready vehicle if such basics are absent. The additional amenities that would be necessarily added to the car to directly compete with other production vehicles would potentially severely impact its efficiency, possibly canceling out much of its potential. The winners are probably not indicative of future viable cars.

[mahatmaBit]

i don't like that it runs on conventional fuel, but the car and the people involved init are great.

OghamTheBold: SUV are dangerous. they must pay for and build their own roads. and pay heavily on insurance too.

[Quantumjolt]

can we invest in the company??

[OghamTheBold]

Efficiency = lighter = less safe in collision with SUV's and trucks

So for safety - for efficiency - these cars just need their own lanes

[ingeborgsjon]

@OghamTheBold SUVs will be too expensive to drive. Trucks too...

[chroniclerofthe70s]

@OghamTheBold A very light weight vehicle = safety. A large weight vehicle will transfer the energy of collision into the other vehicle causing it to change its direction and velocity. The severe injuries result due rapid deceleration of the human body in a high velocity head on collision. The central nervous system is injured, and thorasic organs are damaged upon impact with the internal cavity wall of the body. Thus, suddenly stopping after traveling at high velocities is often lethal.

[DRAGONRFORMULA]

@chroniclerofthe70s

So "light weight car = lack of safety" because of this energy transfer (unfortunately).

[chroniclerofthe70s]

@DRAGONRFORMULA Light weight vehicles = safety. Its large quantity of forces impacting the human body or very rapid deceleration that causes severe injury.

[DRAGONRFORMULA]

@chroniclerofthe70s

I think we say the same thing in a different way.

light weight car = lower inertia = less energy in case of impact = safety

BUT

light weight car VS. heavy car in case of an impact = less safety (for the light weight car).

This is what I mean.

[chroniclerofthe70s]

@OghamTheBold Thats only true if a lighter car comes to a sudden stop where the heavier vehicles imparts large quantity of force to the human body causing internal injuries. If a driver or passenger in a large SUV or truck traveling at high velocities comes to a sudden stop , the internal organs and brain will collide with their body's skeletal structure causing severe injury to the brain or internal organs.

[boonpole84]

I would buy it I hope it won't cost much.

[EarthREALTOR]

Wonderful!! You know what they say- Insecure people have to drive the high horsepower sexy cars. Who will drive this one? I would love one- right now-

[kriminalrecordz]

Genius !!!!!! When will these be available to the Mass public?

[CuervoBlack06]

Congratulations to the Edison2 team. Also 1:07 looks like the cars from the old cartoon Speed Racer.

[slarmas]

I would drive that thing across the country and not even sweat it

[floydatatata]

my march 1989 scientific american has the GM sunraycer on the cover and the article states on page 92 the sunraycer prototype had the lowest drag coefficient for a land vehicle every measured in the GM wind tunnel- 0.125. so i think the VLC is in very good company!