Baldos II is the most fuel-efficient vehicle - A MUST SEE!
 

Looks very different that your typical ultra high efficiency car!


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Problem with cars like these is that if you're in an accident, you're toast. Pretty cool looking though. Nice to see some sporty design applied to this type of thing.

I'd expect it to meet the Swedish safety stds. which IIRC are pretty high.

what DOES happen is that when a Carbon fiber monocoque is crashed, the CAR is toast - watch an F1 crash sometime - the energy is dissipated into mechanical work - destruction of the CF


thx for that post, Mike
not to say that a steel unibody would not be toast also

Top speed 35km/h????

That isn't a car at all. Get a freaking bicycle, and you can do that. Reminds me of that cardboard 997 body on a bicycle..... What is the point?

OK I will be the first to say that photo just does not look real. I say April Fools!

Nice Photoshop work.

I could be wrong but I can't see tires and wheels like that on a super efficient car.

Cool, a car that costs 300,000 euros and has a top speed of 21 miles per hour. where do I sign up?

look at the back tire in the top photo. That tires' pretty skinny.

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Still, 35km/h, that's pretty useless. I think I'd almost prefer a seguay(sp)

Pop a lawnmower engine it...I just think it look pretty cool compared to other offers - true, you could run faster!

I was wondering what that red thing was crumpled up under the front fender of my Expedition. Now I know.

ya couldn't tell by the soft wimperings of a eurofag trying to escape before the 8ccs of fuel ignited and scorched his fancy pants...

Why is the driver wearing a full-face helmet? His top speed is 22 mph.

Why is the thing ostentatiously streamlined with racing stripes and hydraulic brakes? Its top speed is 22 mph.

Why does the thing have all that technology and no pedals? Just to go 22 mph?

I am very interested in EVs and all that, but honestly I'd get this and add an electric pedal assist motor. I think I could go 23 mph.

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Or this, which comes as a DIY kit.

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If my math is correct, 152 km per liter = approx 360 mpg.
Impressive.

What is the practicality of a one-seat deathmobile that travels 22mph?
Mopeds go faster and they are already a hazard on the road.


The photo reminds me of so many photoshopped Porsche images - but here is a website with many construction photos: Baldos 2009

It may not be a fake, but it didn't take the design studio much work. Can you see a Boxster with a hardtop after the spin, dry and high heat in the dryer?

Swap in some Ferrari headlights and you're done.

ever ride a bike in winter in Sweden???


I agree it is butt ugly.

As a side note, back about 32 years ago I built a set of wheels for the Shimano entry into the human-powered championship race.

it was a recumbant with a fairly thin aero fiberglass shell and an aluminmium tube chassis. Not very light or high tech, certainly not compared to today's technology.

In that thing I could sustain over 30 mph for long periods of time, and could hit bursts of at least 45 mph.

Very eco friendly.... and ridiculous also...
I'll pass, thanks for trying tho

So that people won't recognize him.

Hmm, I wonder, weight is only really important when trying to change speed, so from a certain point of view, assuming you have the power (or gearing) to get a fairly heavy vehicle moving, wouldn't a heavier vehicle be better for this sort of test. You'd have more momentum/inertia, so once moving, the thing would be less likely to change speed (up or down) which would aid in economy?

I can see how it might be useful to build some sort of heavy flywheel into this sort of thing. The human powers the flywheel and the flywheel powers the vehicle?

The equation changes a little when fuel prices escalate or if fuel becomes scarce.

Who's going to drive/ride a Seque in winter weather? Besides, I'd hate to be the one who rides one of these when the battery fails. Probably a warning exists though.

Who's going to risk driving a torpedo-shaped 2 foot high vehicle in traffic?

What's not to like about 300+ mpg? Who needs a 2+ ton SUV to shop at Trader Joes or go to the post office?

I can think of better ways to spend gas money. For example, on gas for the Porsche.

Sherwood