> Will the Ford F-Series ever be topped?
joelja
joelja
This has been on the road since 2006...
The length of the competition lap in 1983 was 20,832M you can still do a flying lap if you rent the whole course; otherwise it’s 20,600m. that’s an average of 201kph for a 6:11. so presuming this thing has the most to gain in the corners it seems likely to eclipse it by enough not to matter.
I’m sure ferrari have a pile of crate motors for a car they last made in 1992 of which there are 1311 instances total, just laying around for some wackadoo dino project.
full circle to darpa grand challenge is more like
someone let all those 45 degree v-twin owners know.
Oh, the Boeing 27207 certainty enjoy a great deal of government subsidy and funding. It just was unceremoniously cancelled before becoming an even bigger more expensive boondoggle then other two.
> the truth was the carmakers just hadn’t yet figured out the complex problem of making a high-power engine that wouldn’t spew hydrocarbons into the air like an open hydrant in a ‘70s movie that took place in New York in the summer.
> Eliminating the rule would expose automakers to a patchwork of efficiency regulations if Trump regulators, as expected, impose weaker standards than California’s in upcoming model years.
So long as you don’t minding riding in a chassis inhabited by the soul of your dead mother who is now a giant purple robot, it sounds fine.
>On most five-speed cars, the fourth gear is direct drive, aka its gear ratio is 1:1, >with the fifth gear being an overdrive, with a ratio of something like 0.8:1. >That’s the cruising gear
There’s also 1 gear which appears to work fine in plenty of applications
At some point you’re competing with electric traction motors in a diesel eletric system or a series hybrid and those don’t require more than one gear ratio.
then there’s the mercedes m256 which is supercharged but belt free, also has a turbo, and is a hybrid.
The Cobalt supply chain has been commercially relevant since about the 3rd millienium BC. which is not as long as tin or copper but it’s a while.
You want to insure your cobalt is free of child labor you buy it from a nickle miner in Canada Russia or Australia...