@andrelix: mud??? Israel is more hi-tech than most american cities. just look at the penetration percentages for broadband or cellphones (which is higher than 100%!!!)
@Log1c: isnt black when every color is being reflected and it blends to become black. as in when you look closely at a crow, you can see tons of colors.
the idiotic comments from people on here about it not being fast. Like you need that extra second or 2 seconds of acceleration. The point is its a hybrid. American drivers need to get with the times.
On the one hand, Toyota's actually building something slightly sporty for the first time since the Clinton administration. (Do I count the Celica GT-S? Barely.) On the other hand, it doesn't have a real transmission, and it's uglier than a bag of smashed assholes - and if other Toyotas are any indication, handling will take a backseat to just about everything else.
@Kev50027: A Mazda Miata, no matter how slow it would be, would be considered a sports car as well. The acceleration time is not the be-all-end-all determining factor.
Call me a skeptic, but given the amount of treatment that seaweed's gonna need to be a viable building material, wouldn't it be more eco-friendly to build the body panels from recycled steel or aluminium?
@NathanielSpace: Ironically, it might not be that unsafe if everyone drove ultra light seaweed cars. It's the fact that everyone already drives heavy cars that makes this unsafe.
@xint: Well, as you said, the seaweed will definitely be heavily processed into bioplastic to the point that you won't know it used to be seaweed. Plus, they aren't going to use the seaweed for the structural parts of the car, just the panels and cosmetic bits.
As for being a fire hazard: maybe they haven't figured that out yet. But then again, lots of materials that are currently used in cars are not fire safe. Leatherette used in many car seats actually melts when in contact with fire and burns you even more.
It takes off like a regular plane, and then achieves orbit? Wow, that would actually do something with even Burt Rutan's Space-Ship-One couldn't do, which is top the Air Force's X-15 in terms of efficiency of launch (all Rutan did was revolutionize the reentry process).
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Shouldn't they have made it black though so it absorbs more heat?
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Shame, that.
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This is fugly? Then I'd hate to see the piece of shit you drive.
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Wouldn't making the car out of seaweed be a fire hazard?
It'd be a seaweed based material along with all the other chemicals they have to mix in there to make it strong and safe for the road.
...anyone? anyone?
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As for being a fire hazard: maybe they haven't figured that out yet. But then again, lots of materials that are currently used in cars are not fire safe. Leatherette used in many car seats actually melts when in contact with fire and burns you even more.
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