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Quattro Fleet Shuttle by Audi for Ender's Game

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  It has a lot of features in common with the Transparent Cars. It doesn't go far enough away from conventionality for maximum aerodynamics efficiency. https://www.dezeen.com/2013/10/29/quattro-fleet-shuttle-concept-by-audi/ Dezeen 1  of 1 Quattro Fleet Shuttle by Audi for Ender's Game Dan Howarth    29 October 2013    Leave a comment This futuristic  car  with a continuous transparent top was designed by German auto brand  Audi  for the sci-fi film Ender's Game, which premiered yesterday. Audi  digitally modelled the Quattro Fleet Shuttle to be driven by actor Harrison Ford's character in the film. He was actually filmed inside an Audi A7 Sportback and the futuristic design was then added by CGI artists in post-production. "We have created a car for a world in about 75 years, which integrated itself perfectly into the high-tech atmosphere of the movie," said Audi design team member Björn Wehrli. The roof of the vehicle is almost entirely see-through, so the

Recumbent

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  "The innovators tried and tested almost any conceivable rider position and again the recumbent position emerged as the preferable posture, both for pure speed and for practical and comfortable road bicycles/vehicles. Soon human powered vehicle (HPV) became almost synonymous to recumbent bicycle. HPV is now a specialist term, while recumbent bicycle is much better known." Yang peliknya belum sampai kepada kereta Solar. Mungkin di sebabkan oleh undang undang kereta tapi aku belum terbaca. Dari buku percuma: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=8fc53e68afeee2a50f0a7477485c744cb5529636

The Velomobile

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An excellent article on Velo mobile but dated. It was written in 2020, 14 years ago. The data is most useful. I am developing a smaller but Solar Powered. 2 5x0.7x0.7 m, unlike the conventional velomobiles at 2.5x0.8x0.95 m. The width of the cockpit need not be much larger to accommodate a high percentage of the human population as shown by the WSC PVC MANIKIN THAT HAS A SHOULDER WIDTH OF 0.5 M only. THE HEIGHT CAN BE LOW BY USING A RECUMBENT/LAYBACK POSITION WHICH IS MORE COMFORTABLE AND LESS STRESSFUL.  LOW←TECH MAGAZINE This is a solar-powered website, which means it sometimes goes offline  Menu The Velomobile: High-tech Bike or Low-tech Car? The human power required to achieve a speed of 30 km/h in a velomobile is only 79 watts, compared to 271 watts on a normal bicycle. September 30, 2010 Written by   Kris De Decker Translations   fr   pl Picture: the  Versatile .     Subscribe to our newsletter . Support Low-tech Magazine via  Paypal  or  Patreon Read Low-tech Magazine offline .