Or should I say Human Powered Car... the greenies wet dream.
A bi-motion transmission converts oscillatory motion (rowing action) into rotational motion, turning the wheels fast enough to allow the HumanCar and a determined crew to keep up with urban traffic. To steer, occupants lean left or right, motorcycle-style, which actuates the steering mechanism and turns the front wheels. Greenwood is currently accepting pre-orders on the production model, which will be priced somewhere between $5,000 and $17,000. Eat your Wheaties, commuters: This is really a muscle car.
Power: human
Top Speed: 30 mph cruising / 50+ mph downhill (est.)
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Good grief, this will do wonders for traffic. :rolleyes:
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linkNow picture that going up the steepest hill in your town. Think how hard it is to pedal up that hill on your bike using the strongest muscles you have(legs). Now toss in another 200 lbs of car.
Yo! TAXI!
Whaah!?!? Where's my jet pack and flying car!!???!!
Plus if it turns by leaning, what happens if you try to sneak one off and wind up in a ditch?
$17,000? That can buy you a LOT of cab rides. Or even a nice used car. Sorry wacky inventors, keep at it!
Where's Fred Flintstone when you need him?
It's going to be great in a Wisconsin winter, or a rain storm anywhere.
Back to the drawing board guys.
I dunno, if an enclosure were added, the operators might warm it up faster than an engine could.
Arriving [late] at work exhausted and drenched in sweat...
what is this I don't even
Hmmm. So, seeing as it's just me and the wife, we'd have to borrow two people every time we wanted to go somewhere. That would be quite awkward...going over to the neighbor asking to borrow the two strongest children. :headshake
Yeah. That'll be a big hit. Wait and see.
(Don't step in that puddle of sarcasm & ridicule)
It's all fun and games until you get run over by an 18-wheeler.
It's going to be great in /snip/ a rain storm anywhere.
Well, it does have the rowing motion covered. Maybe it floats? An amphibi-car?
I was surprised when I watched the YouTube video, at the rate of speed he seemed to obtain, with only his own rowing.
8-12 mph (just a guess since no speed is shown), doesn't seem bad with just one rower (and he's no athlete in his prime).
OK, drag race, 1/4 mile, for pink slips. Souped up Sedgeway vs. Human Powered Car with 2 rowers!
:)
My brother had a kiddie car like this in 1960(ish)
It will never catch on in LA. It takes two hands to row. How are you supposed to hold the gun?
Don't they need a seat for the coxswain?
How about a guy with a drum?
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Seriously,
No seatbelts, No rollbar. Too big for a bike path and not street legal to play in traffic. Where do they expect this to be used?