Comments on: GLOBETROTTER ECO CAR Wins Young Designer of the Year!

By: Majagaonkar

Majagaonkar — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:34:00 +0000

Its a very good start, atleast, before the natural fuel finish from earth, we\’ll get new option. even, our planet will be safe. bio-plastic is ok for inside of the car, but for externally, for body, there should be, metal (steel) , or harder like the metal, for safty precaution.

By: morgan

morgan — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:21:55 +0000

PLASTIC? This thing if it ever was built (it is just drawings now) would do TERRIBLY in any sort of crash especially with a conventional car. It does look cool though.❤

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:33:10 +0000

Why get excited about this the Aptera is coming out in a few years

I dunno whats harder to decide on… plastic parts or a 300 mile per gallon engine. Thank you Aptera your going to save the world!

By: Mercedes

Mercedes — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:42:07 +0000

I’ll stick with my smart car, thank you! At least it has been on the market since 1998.

By: John Hankwitz

John Hankwitz — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:13:12 +0000

Great design – looks good. Will it handle my 65 m/h 30 mile 2-way commute? If not – bad design. Walking is the most environmentally friendly design, but it’s simply not practical for getting most people to work.

Raja said “This is the real thing.” If it’s real, where are the photos and videos of it in use. All I see is a bunch of drawings and theoretical dribble.

By: Benn

Benn — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:11:32 +0000

Good idea. No release until 2017?? If the company really cared about the issues that they allege they want to address with this car, they wouldn’t wait 10 (or more) years to release this automobile. Without releasing this car to the market, yet making publicity waves for services/products not yet available, this is blatant public relations puffery to make us think they are making progress. Don’t be fooled.

Get an anti-smog device: Use a bike. Too cold? Ride the bus.

We’ve got nothing but options. Choose wisely.

By: Rafel

Rafel — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:42:25 +0000

And when will it be ready, in ten years?

I don’t think that goverments are enough interested in an oil-less economy, what about the incredible amount of money they are getting now from taxing the oil?

By: Smumdax

Smumdax — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:29:53 +0000

Bioplastics, degradable material? Interesting.. so over time, instead of rusting, your car will turn into a super pile of compost…

By: dualaudi

dualaudi — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:27:32 +0000

I dunno, I think I’ll stick to my Turbo Audi.

By: MissileStick

MissileStick — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:01:47 +0000

Wow! A picture!

Of course, when a company actually tries to use revolutionary technology to make a car, people complain that it looks like a spermatozoon.

Solar panels, check.
Eco materials, check.
Low curb weight, check.
Superior aerodynamics, check.
Doesn’t invoke “nano” to compensate for tech that doesn’t exist, check.
Actually going to happen, check.

Seriously, congrats on a great design, but designs don’t change anything. Cars do.

Aptera.com

By: methodlab

methodlab — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:29:54 +0000

what you don’t seem to understand helen tarnation is that bio-plastics are made of degradable materials and more importantly plastic take less energy to grind down into and re-use or melt-down and be remolded into new parts, bodies, etc as opposed to your current toxic plastics and metals which take a helluva lot of energy to melt down and reform… or would you prefer to see tons of scrap metal rusting away in the sunset?

By: Helen Tarnation

Helen Tarnation — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:03:23 +0000

Plastic…how environmentally friendly.

By: greg

greg — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:09:59 +0000

… and a dream tht will somehow, magically, be perpetually “5 years from market,,,”

By: Raja Roux

Raja Roux — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:45:19 +0000

This ones got to go all the way. We (you) have the technology. We’re (we’re) desperate for it. Nuf concepts, let’s have the real thing. This is the real thing.

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