Scarab by David Miguel Moreira Goncalves
Posted Monday, Dec 01, 2008 by jbert
David Miguel Moreira Goncalves has designed this concpt. It is a four wheels capsule vehicle which will lean and with GPS, sensors, Lidar, radar...Cool?! Called Scarab, the specs at below.
-The vehicle is composed of interchangeable modules that can be customized.
-Powerpack module composed of a permanent battery plus 3 options for the main energy pack (battery, biofuel ICE or a fuel cell).
-4 wheel drive through electric brushless in-wheel motors with directdrive.
-Wheels with regenerative braking through EW Brakes.
-Drive by wire and tactile HUD embedded in the Lexan canopy.
-Structural elements in Carbon-Aramid composite.
-Embedded sensors, Lidar, radar, transponders, GPS. These serve to exchange information with the system, with other drivers and to have precise location data.
-Renting of the vehicle or modules that allows for a private/public/mixed utilization and transport access for people with less financial resources.
-Doesn??t need new infrastructures.
-Is backward compatible with current transport systems and uses current day technologies.




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Comments
by thefeesh on December 1, 2008, 3:13 am
I thought his question was a joke.. :/
by sunn_haspast on December 1, 2008, 3:18 am
The real question is how many miles per gallon does it get? 3mpg? 4?
by smaxzax on December 1, 2008, 3:22 am
If you can't take it, just drive something else, okay? I'm sure you won't be alone.
by ange on December 1, 2008, 4:10 am
so cool