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No One Is Making Hypercars Like Czinger

The world according to Kevin Czinger is fascinating and filled with possibility.
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Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS). Essentially, you plug in a set of parameters for a part into Divergent’s ultra-powerful computer system, and through AI iteration, the part is designed with the minimum material required to hit the required parameters. Then the part is 3D printed on Divergent-designed machines with unique alloys devised by the system.

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A perfectly economical way to manage spares and design cycles for, obviously, the sole interest of your customers. [/Irony]
 
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Speed Racer (2008) live action film is another guilty pleasure. Cars are not real, but would have been a blast to drive if they were…
 

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Since we were discussing using the LT7 engine for Reno air race, a nice read about the Turbo strategy on the last ZR1 Corvette:


Informative and pedagogic writing.
The interpretation of startup strategy sound however wrong to me. Big Turbo have low emission because of the forced to good stoichiometry, so you certainly don´t want to run rich just to heat the catalytic producing badly combusted exhausts gases.

If I was to be picky, I would nearly say that today, Chevy goes Saab* since all that was the exact strategy behind the engine architecture then (Big* *single turbo for power and low emissions at the detriment of stand-still acceleration).

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**As compared to Japanese cars
 
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The wheel re-invented
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Watch how this shape-shifting wheel tackles uneven surfaces

A team of engineers from several institutions in South Korea has developed a type of wheel with spokes that can be adjusted in real time to conform the wheel's shape to uneven terrain. In their paper published in the journal Science Robotics, the group describes the principles behind their wheel...
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A cute, cheap death trap? Japanese Kei cars banned by yet another US state

Limited in size and power, Kei cars are like fishes out of water on US roads.
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Analysis finds flaw in US plan to cut vehicle emissions—and possible solution

A new analysis led by a group of college researchers finds the U.S. will fall short of its recently finalized target for reducing vehicle emissions by nearly 15 percent over the next decade because of unrealistic goals for increasing electric-vehicle production. But adding more hybrids to the...
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Autonomous vehicles could understand their passengers better with ChatGPT, research shows

Imagine simply telling your vehicle, "I'm in a hurry," and it automatically takes you on the most efficient route to where you need to be.
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Smart mobility digital twin replicates real-world traffic conditions for hybrid autonomous and remote driving

The research groups led by Prof. Kei Sakaguchi from the School of Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Prof. Walid Saad from Virginia Tech have jointly realized a Smart Mobility Digital Twin that replicates physical space's traffic conditions in cyber space in real-time.
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James Bond-linked Aston Martin V12 Vanquish up for sale

An Aston Martin used to promote the Pierce Brosnan film Die Another Day has been listed for sale.
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The 'Festival of the Unexceptional'. Only the English could come up with it and it's not at all like Burning Man. (By the way, the site overall is an exceptional compendium of the history of the British car industry and you'll weep over many of the designs that never saw production - and curse the car company executives as you do Sandys.)

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Opinion : Hagerty Festival of The Unexceptional 2024 - what a blast! - AROnline

I know, I know. It's the 10th running of the Hagerty Festival of The Unexceptional, and this is my first time here. Blame it on timing, and how it
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Koenigsegg ditched its plan to equip the Gemera hyper saloon with the small but mighty Tiny Friendly Giant (TFG) three-cylinder engine, and we do feel sad. There’s something commendable about an overachiever, and given its 600bhp and 443lb ft output, the TFG is one hell of an apple-polisher.

So, we put forth to you, dear readers, just where you’d like to see CvK’s brilliant invention end up instead...


One of their suggestions: the Peel P50.

No, we’re sure this’ll be totally fine.

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1940s and 1950s Kaiser-Frazer Concept Cars

Many 1940s and 1950s Kaiser-Frazer concept cars were never built due to infighting. These concept cars may have given a false sense of hope about the future of the Kaiser-Frazer company. Check out 1940s and 1950s Kaiser-Frazer concept cars and see pictures.
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1950s Willys Concept Cars

The 1950s Willys concept cars ranged from sharp to dowdy, but their future was in South America. Like other failed automakers, Willys left behind many plans for future models. See pictures and a profile of 1950s Willys concept cars.
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