Ladywriter 7,783 Report post Posted August 31, 2010 By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield August 24, 2010 Unlike the cannabis Californians may find available at their local medical marijuana dispensaries, hemp grown by AITF ends up on a production line, where it is turned into a composite material that has the impact resistance of fiberglass.But unlike fiberglass, the hemp bio-composite is cheaper to produce and has fewer health risks connected with its manufacture. It is also significantly lighter than glass-based composites traditionally used in racing cars. There are few details about the electric drivetrain in Motive Industries' Kestrel, but the car's designer Darren McKeage explained that the four-seat compact vehicle was designed around some core ideals "Electric Cars need to be efficient, therefore the Kestrel design had to be simple (minimized part count) and light weight, while still being unique and eye catching." Using composite materials to produce a car isn't a new idea. In the resource-poor East Germany of the 1950s, enterprising engineers designed a car whose body panels were made entirely from Duroplast, a composite material containing plastic, cotton and wool. While the Berlin Wall may have fallen years ago, thousands of Duroplast-bodied Trabants have survived all over the former east block. Duroplast proved so hard-wearing that scientists later had to engineer Duroplast-eating bacteria to dispose of the cotton-based panels. 2 Myk JL and Sledgstone reacted to this Look at the flowers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sledgstone 8,672 Report post Posted August 31, 2010 Looks good, but I thought the topic was going to be about a car that ran off of bio-diesel fuel made out of cannabis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Myk JL 1,731 Report post Posted September 1, 2010 Now I want to see a Canna Bus! Those who fight deplorables should see to it that they themselves do not become deplorables. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pchan 5,162 Report post Posted September 1, 2010 There's gonna be a lot of car theft reports when they figure out how to extract the cannabis from the overall material X'D ... *sci-fi movie thriller storyline* I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ladywriter 7,783 Report post Posted September 1, 2010 lol I dun think I'd smoke it, but I'd drive it pretty hot lookin Look at the flowers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
