Scaley Car

Discussion in 'General Science & Technology' started by Orleander, Oct 10, 2009.

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  1. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    Anyone read anything about this car? I was wondering if it had conventional brakes as well.

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    Plenty of cars can look cool and run green these days, but now designers are taking such concepts to extremes. The BMW Lovos has 260 exterior flaps that can collect solar power and act as airbrakes at the same time.

    The wacky car concept comes from Anne Forschner, a 24-year-old graduate of Pforzheim University in Germany. Each scale-like flap holds solar photovoltaic cells and can move to follow the sun or act as individual airbrakes. We can only imagine that seeing a full-scale version of this car driving around might bring to mind a Beast Machine Transformer, or a ruffled feathered dino made metallic....
     
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