April fool? Peugeot Design Contest 2008.

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Thu 11 Sep 2008 23:25
April fool? Peugeot Design Contest 2008. - FotheringtonThomas
From "The Daily Telegraph":

"Wind-powered and shrinking cars line up in design awards "

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Singaporean Ying Hui Choo said his Peugeot Blade is designed for "pure driving enjoyment".

"The Peugeot Blade is the first car of its kind to harness a resource most cars are designed to evade - air itself," he said.

"It makes use of the air moving across its body to turn a wind turbine designed to generate electricity.

"The faster the car goes, the faster the windmill turns, the more electricity it will create to feed the electric motor, hence lengthening the electric car's range and efficiency."

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**What??**


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Fri 12 Sep 2008 08:02
April fool? Peugeot Design Contest 2008. - L'escargot
"The faster the car goes the faster the windmill turns the more electricity it will
create to feed the electric motor hence lengthening the electric car's range and efficiency."


Perhaps he meant to say battery instead of electric motor. This it could conceivably do downhill.
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