Small Motor Design

A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power sources to move the vehicle. The term most commonly refers to hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), which combine an internal combustion engine and one or more electric motors.

Concept Cars
Phantom Corsair

Phantom CorsairThe Phantom Corsair is a vehicle prototype from 1938. It's a six-passenger coupe that was designed by Rust Heinz, an affiliate of the H. J. Heinz family, and Pasadenas Maurice Schwartz, California based Bohman & Schwartz Coachbuilding Company. The design was an exit from recent auto design and it probably did away with many features, common at the time, that were finally deserted by main line designers.

Production

Heinz intended to put the Phantom Corsair, which cost roughly $24,000 to produce in 1938 (roughly $300,000 in 2005 greenbacks) into limited production at a projected selling cost of $12,500. Heinz's death, at once after the auto was finished, finished those plans.
The utterly unique 1938 Phantom Corsair now lives in the nation's vehicle Museum (The Harrah Collection) in Reno, Nevada. The complete story of this automobile, as well as studio pictures, appears in the October 2006 version of Classic and Sports Vehicle mag.

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Volvo YCC

Volvo YccThe Volvo YCC was an idea automobile presented in 2004 with the stated target of meeting the particular desires of female drivers.
To do so, Volvo assembled a design team completely made of girls, a little time in the autumn of 2001. It was regarded as a major exercise in ergonomics from the point of view of a female driver.

People who were concerned in the many stages of the project were: Maria Widell Christiansen, Eva-Lisa Andersson, Elna Holmberg, Maria Uggla, Camilla Palmertz, Cynthia Charwick, Anna Rosn, Lena Ekelund and Tatiana Butovitsch Temm. On the outside the auto looked, at first impression, like a softly futuristic 4 seat coupe. On closer inspection one could see that there wasn't any hood, that is, no access panel allowing access to the auto's engine.

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Pontiac Club De Mer

The Pontiac Club de Mer was a purpose-built, idea auto that was revealed at the General Motors Motorama in 1956 to celebrate GM's dedication to high tech design. The invention of GM engineer-designer, Harley Earl (Paul Gillian was also concerned being the Pontiac Studio head at the time), the "de Mer" was a 2 door sport Dragster that incorporated cutting edge discovery styling like a sleek, low-profile body encasing an enormous powerplant, a design trend used widely in LSR (land speed record) trials at Bonneville Salt Terraces in Utah in the 1950s.
One Club de Mer prototype was made and exposed, with another -scale model, in Miami, Florida. As per GM's "kill order", it was ditched in 1958. Only the model exists today, which was the property of Joseph Bortz of Highland Park, IL. Till it was sold to noted auto collector Ron Pratt at the 2007 Barrett Jackson Classic Vehicle Auction for $75,000.

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Ford Synus

Ford SynusThe Ford SYNus is an idea car produced by Ford Motor Company and made by Spanish designer Jose Paris and Joe Baker. The SYNus debuted at the 2005 northern US Global car Show. The surprising name, which is related "sin-you-ehs", comes from the words synthesis (synthesis from the difficult exterior to the soft interior) and US stands for Urban Sanctuary. Its name is a homophone of sinewy, meaning curving, or stylish. There are two sides of the name that were allegedly not considered by Ford: if mispronounced (on a newscast or in conversation), the name may read as "sinus." And if folk decide to shorten the name, you finish up with "SYN" (or "sin”). Both misinterpreted versions of the name would have negative connotations.

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Ford Nucleon

Ford NucleonFord has started many extraordinary discoveries and changes in the car industry. One being the introduction of Ford Nucleon. The second is a nuclear-powered idea auto revealed by Ford Motor Company in the year 1958. Related auto draws power from a tiny nuclear reactor found within the trunk. The small version of which can be viewed at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, MI.

The most impressive project of Ford is the Nucleon. It was called automobile-of-the-future due to its excellent qualities and unique design features. It's a silent auto with swish hi-tech look, 0 dangerous emissions, and awesome fuel mileage. The most bizarre about this automobile is that it's got a pint-size atomic fission reactor in its trunk. Nucleon has a power capsule found at the rear portion between the twin booms. The capsule holds the radioactive core that controls power by recognizing the performance needs as well as the distance went by the auto.

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