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"Car of the Future" Nova Episode Stunk, But Here's The Interesting Part

Yeah, so, that Car of the Future episode of Nova with Click and Clack just wasn't all that good, sorry about that. The episode should probably have been called "Moments of forced laughter from two funny old guys in between John Lithgow talking down to the viewer about the car of the future". However, buried in the muck and mire of that episode was an interesting segment about the Rocky Mountain Institute and their work with lightweight materials, like in their Hypercar above, built with all carbon fiber superstructures and components. More »

4:20 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
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Latest by toyotaboy: Nobody has yet figured out an easy, quick, and cheap way to make carbon fiber structures (very labor intensive). Until then, what's wrong with making frames out of aluminum? the nissan Z does it, the lotus elise does. more »