Comments on: First Open-Source Car Unveiled

By: Demonox

Demonox — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:53:27 +0000

yeah cause im sure that a car that size can hold a V12. Maybe your mom can but not that car

By: spuffler

spuffler — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:35:48 +0000

*THIS* american likes the tiny Geo Metro at 50+ MPG. Stereotypes? Well, it *DOES* look like a wooden shoe… and it is shoeing… umm, SHOWING in Amsterdam….

Anywho, yeah, this vehicle might be zev, but the ultimate energy source (the sun) for most energy sources on the planet, that emits alpha and gamma particles (how can that be ‘clean’?), as well as incessant photons, xrays, electromagnetic noise…. that’s too much. Lets snuff the sun so the earth can die in a few weeks and then all pollution will stop in this solar system.
Sure, some lamer people are involved, but on the sheer scale of it, that silly star, going all yellow dwarf and all that…
Whoever lit that sun started this, what were they thinking??

Thanks, StumbleUpon!

By: sav

sav — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:43:28 +0000

It strikes me that objects that your average joe cannot, given a reasonable amount of skill in the given field, manufacture or procure parts for on his own (such as this extremely unnecessarily contoured monstrosity) defeat the purpose of Open Source in the first place.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:56:41 +0000

“just in time” technology – just in time for the collapse of the American “Big Three” sheetmetal, gasoline and hydraulics monsters producers bankruptcy party! Bravo! Go and pollute no more!

By: Matt Ellsworth

Matt Ellsworth — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:16:21 +0000

great project – thats a sweet looking car. I just hope that they can get it up off the ground. They do a lot of fuel cell testing around here because of the winters.

By: Ponder

Ponder — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:57:45 +0000

Oh, come on! The article doesn’t say anything about the power source, just that the car itself has no emissions. I understand that there are problems with many power plants, but this isn’t really the place for them. Quit whining.

By: apostel_13

apostel_13 — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:54:28 +0000

first open source car and it’s… UGLY! man that thing is ugly.. i would expect the first open source to be beautiful :D

By: Thoralf

Thoralf — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:23:35 +0000

In Norway we don’t have a single coal power plant (at least I’m not aware of any). Our electricity is as green as it could be. This car would produce 0% emission here.

Kick your local politicians to make them fix your energy problems. It’s not the car creators fault that there are still loads of countries using 19th century technique to create electricity.

PS: I want one!

By: YOUR

YOUR — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:07:51 +0000

car is powered by YOUR MAMA not coal

By: Open Source Depot

Open Source Depot — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:03:48 +0000

What a great idea, a car that all qualified people can have hands in the design of.

By: Fabian Schonholz

Fabian Schonholz — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:44:14 +0000

If you think that coal is bad!!

Guys, we all forget about plastic when we talk about zero emissions or renewable energy sources or death to the oil power industry. Plastic is not just a by-product of oil exploitation, but THE oil exploitation. We are more dependent on plastic than gasoline. So, while an effort like this is definitely a step in the right direction, zero emissions or not, the car looks like it has a awful lot of plastic.

By: Mangetout

Mangetout — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:57:24 +0000

Crikey. I drive a car that many people consider ugly, but this one takes the biscuit. Fugly. Why?

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:22:57 +0000

@european

Thanks for being so condescending, but I’m from Europe as well.

We may indeed have windmills, etc., but the majority of our power comes from fossil fuels, and we don’t appear to be changing any time soon.

It’s important to remember that hydrogen is not an energy *source*, rather it’s a way of transporting energy from one place to another — much like a battery. It is, therefore, only as clean as the method used to produce the hydrogen.

Using the term “zero emission” about a hydrogen powered car is misleading. Its emissions are only zero when clean energy is used to produce it. I agree with you that it doesn’t *have* to be coal powered, but it probably will be.

By: it2051229

it2051229 — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:42:18 +0000

Open source??? coooll where can i download one of those?? hehehehe

By: european

european — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:19:07 +0000

Steve, it doesn’t have to be coal powered – in Europe we have something called windmills.. We even have other clean energy sources.. Look it up

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 05:42:34 +0000

“zero emission hydrogen-powered motor”

Please.

Sure the *motor* emits no carbon, but what about the big, old, dirty, coal-fired power plant that generated the electricity to make the hydrogen for the fuel cell?

Why do people think hydrogen is a clean fuel? It would be more accurate to call this car “coal-powered”.

Doesn’t sound so clean now does it?

By: Robert Pruitt

Robert Pruitt — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:54:45 +0000

My first suggestion is to take the hydrogen engine and replace with a nice V12.

By: amir

amir — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:08:18 +0000

Looks friggin amazing … would love to own one ….

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:27:09 +0000

mitsubishi

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:39:33 +0000

Is it just me or does that look like a wooden shoe?