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AltWheels Boston videos: Electrathon, Microfurthur, eMotive
The video above is of an Electrathon racer on display at AltWheels Boston 2007. Electrathon racers travel 50 miles in an hour using a kilowatt/hour of electricity: That's the equivalent of 1,500 MPG at highway speeds on the power of a hair dryer. The next stop for that Electrathon racer is the Red Bull Soapbox Race, a sort of frat party on wheels.
Below the fold are two more videos I shot at AltWheels. One shows the Microfurthur, a series hybrid made from an old farm work vehicle. The other is about the eMotive, a university project that hopes to bring electric cars to the third world.
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Charles S 12:40PM (10/05/2007)
I'd like to see more info on the Honda Insight with a trailer. I know of another Insight owner who had also custom built a trailer for the Insight. It wasn't as big as the one in the video, but was able to carry full set of camping gears for a luxury camping getaway.
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Lascelles Linton 1:07PM (10/05/2007)
Charles, I asked him if he sold them and he said no. He did say he might be open to the idea. I will probably do a follow up with him because he is trying to beat a speed record next year. Here is a little more about him and the trailer.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/car/my-lewis.html
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