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| Library > 2000 > September |
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Cars get smart |
01/09/2000 |
| Trends in the development of new automotive technologies for the next 20 year |
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Lean and green |
01/09/2000 |
| If the planet is to survive unscathed, engineers are going to have to solve what are turning out to be some exceptionally difficult problems |
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Plastic parts shine in style |
01/09/2000 |
| Body and interior components for cars can be moulded in brilliant colour effects. Some even glow in the dark. |
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Andy Green’s Bloodhound Project diary
The thing about setting a land speed record is that speeding up is only half of the problem. Once you've gone flashing through the timing lights of the measured mile at over 1000mph you are faced with stopping a heavy, very high speed vehicle in a limited distance (about 5½ miles on our chosen track on Hakskeen Pan in South Africa). 5½ miles sounds like a long way, but if you're doing a mile every 3½ seconds, it doesn't seem that far at all!
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