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Thanks for posting this. My own first thoughts on seeing the project were: looks like a soapbox racer (and I laughed watching a video where they gave it a manua
by Jach 12y ago
Thanks for posting this. My own first thoughts on seeing the project were: looks like a soapbox racer (and I laughed watching a video where they gave it a manual push down a slope to get it going), does France not have speed bumps or steep driveways or road litter, what's its top speed, and how survivable is a collision? This competition is just pure PR for Shell and other companies, engineering constraints for an actual car don't seem to matter. (I'm sure the students enjoy it and learn a lot though.)
- hcho 12y agoSpeed bumps would be prohibitive for F1 too. Yet, many technologies perfected in F1 made their ways into every day cars. This is a race car. The purpose of the race is not to be the fastest but to consume the least amount of petrol.