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[–] figaro 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hear me out. If we make the cars significantly lighter and cut holes in the bottom for the feet, we could save significant amounts of energy by allowing the driver to use his own leg strength to push the vehicle along. That could even be some sort of pulley system with chains that would make it easier to force the tires to move.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 8 points 2 years ago

Oh I got a better idea. What if we link up the cars during long distance travel and have just one really powerful high efficiency car at the front pull all the other ones behind it and then every so often it reaches destinations where the other cars detach and go their own separate way.

Of course it will have dedicated routes, and probably specific times when the big car is passing by so there will be a schedule but that can be mitigated by running with a high frequency.

Heck we can even come up with a fun name for the last car in any Car Conga that essentially calls it a butt.

Shame there is nothing like that.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

May I call you Fred?