Designing an FE Car from the ground up.

[Mighty Mira]

Here is a very rough sketch of what the car would have to look like. In a front end collision, the driver would be in as good a shape as a collision in a tarago (a van where the driver is up front). Perhaps he could be seated further back if the windscreen wrapped around.

Note no rear-view mirrors - this is done via cameras. Also note I forgot to draw the rear wheels in one of the pictures.

Also, the highway model needs to be rotated a few degrees clockwise.

Miniaturize the highway model, make it a two seater (one in front of the other), and we have something like a single person commuting model.

[zpiloto]

Not trying to hijack the thread but are you trying to build the most FE car possible or or you trying to build a more FE car? I don't think that people would be ready to buy anything that is to far out there. I think that if you really wanted to make an impact you would need to do like Henry Ford and bulid a cheap car that gets 50+(like the smart car) that folks with out much money could buy. Something in the 6-10k price range. I think it was you that said most folks buy old cars because they cant afford new ones. So to help the overall situation build something inexpensive that gets good gas mileage so the masses are not driving around in 8-15 year old cars.