2026-10-16 04:10 UTC
@divVerent@misskey.de @return2ozma@lemmy.world @QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social I hadn’t thought about the issues with fluid flow and such with an ICE.
This one apparently uses a fan for downforce (upforce in this case, I guess), like a recent car from another company and an idea that surfaced once in F1:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brabham_BT46
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@NewsHund@mastodon.social 2026-10-16 04:17
@divVerent@misskey.de @return2ozma@lemmy.world @QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social And Musk swears this will be on the road. Someday. And he always keeps his promises. "“Every usable void in the car is packed with Carbon Fiber Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs),” Tesla wrote in a post on X, referring to the type of pressure vessel that has been at the root of multiple SpaceX rocket explosions.” https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/15/tesla-reveals-spacex-powered-roadster-that-flies-and-falls-with-style/