[ExI] RES: future ape haulers: the tata nano

[BillK]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 4:38 PM, spike wrote:
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> Ja, we haven't fully taken advantage of airbags.  We can have super
> lightweight poly shells with airbags to partially compensate for not having
> a huge Detroit V8 out there in front, destroying all I might hit.  But
> airbag tech is here, and we can make a little light plastic car which would
> maintain some semblance of survivability in a collision, at least assuming
> the collision is with another light plastic car, as opposed to Mister
> Lincoln.  Having the long-since-retired crowd and the young drag racing
> crowd screwing with each other's wireless control systems in those
> practically weightless little plastic cars will certainly make me safer in
> my Detroit.
>
>

You might enjoy this video of crash testing one of the little two seat
Smart cars.
The Smart car has very good crash safety ratings.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=FGtWc4m8Z2E&gl=US>

The diesel engine version gets 71 US mpg.
But you now have quite a wide choice of diesel cars that do about 70 US mpg.
<http://www.clean-greencars.com/top-fuel-efficient-cars.html>


BillK