FutureCar: The Skateboard

What if the next car you buy will be the only car you ever have to buy again? What if you could have every model, every new improvement added to the car you own in a blink of an eye? What if you could sit where ever you wanted when you drove? What if you didn't need a steering wheel? But could navigate using a joystick or a mouse. And what if you never burned a single drop of gas wherever you went, because your car had no engine.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• future
• car
• fuel
• cell
• skateboard
• hydrogen
• revolution
• chassis
• vehicle
• general
• motors

[hacksign23]

when will tre flips be available?

[G0ttaBeFresh]

The intro for this video is funny. What if cars were free, what if your car ran on magic, what if cars didn't exist and you could teleport to your destination, what if you could teleport without even wanting to teleport? Lol wtf.

[nimbusEF]

"This is fuckibg stuped..i hope tgey dont do this shit!!!! I love my camero ss :p

[seaplaneguy1]

If you can get 60% efficiency on Natural Gas (NG) at all times, an 1100 lb skateboard car with low drag could get 500 mpg city, 250 mpg highway.

It could earn you over $8000/year by generating electricity to the grid with a 5.5 cent/kw-hr cost and 11cents/kw-hr grid income. (8000 hrs/y x 5.5 cents/kw-hr x 20 kw=$8,800/y)

If it could do solar parking...double that 500 mpg to 1000 mpg.

$1.00 NG at 1000 mpg is 1/10th of 1 cent or $0.001 cent/mile. Road tax is about 2 cents/mile. Fuel=free

[seaplaneguy1]

What happens when an 80,000 lb truck hits a 1100 skateboard car at 35 mph?

It is like hitting a wall at nearly 70 mph.

When cars become very light weight, the safety requirements must double current standards from 35 mph to 70 mph.

How can current airbag and seatbelt technology meet this new need?

The front of the car is critical to the safety of the occupants. But how?

Cool designs that are unsafe will go nowhere. The real world will require new automotive safety products.

[seaplaneguy1]

This concept could change the entire business model of the auto industry and open this industry to many new companies with fresh visions of style, function, and safety (airbags vs something else).

A fuel cell is NOT the only way to get a "skateboard" layout. There are several other types of engine systems that could create true "skateboard" systems.

Crash criteria will need to be at least twice current 35 mph. New passive restraints and Airbags needed? Yes Massive opportunity...100 bil+

[violetapesterfield]

love the future car

[driaslow]

@driaslow: yea i friggin love hotsteeze

[Pagra101]

So this skateboard is a Aston Martin, Buggatti Veyron, Audi R8, Merc, BMW, Ferrari, Lambo, Porshe, Rolls Royce, Ford, VW all in one