Jan
20
Human-Powered Velomobiles – The Future People's 'Zeppelin' & 'Cyclone' Vehicles Push the Boundaries (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) The Zeppelin and the Cyclone are a pair of prototype human-powered vehicles, designed by The Future People, that were displayed at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. These vehicles are undoubtedly…
It doesn’t push *any* boundaries. It’s an artist conception without any grounding in real-world use, and apparently without much effort in researching what has already been tried since the 1940’s. This is why Europe is at least twenty years ahead in velomobile development – including social tandems! For example, the Zeppelin fails because the windscreen would be useless in the rain and especially at night in the rain. Too heavy, too big, too slow compared to what has been around for a couple of years in Europe (see DuoQuest for example).
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