F1 designer unveils electric car (BBC)

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An electric car created by the McLaren F1 'supercar' road car designer Gordon Murray has been unveiled.

Three prototypes of the T.27 model will be developed over the next 16 months.

The manufacturing process, called iStream, has received £9m of investment, half of which came from the government's Technology Strategy Board.

iStream plants can be just one fifth of the size of a conventional car factory, as the cars are not made from stamped steel.
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"It's a very radical approach to manufacturing," he told the BBC. "Usually you talk about high value, or low carbon, or resource efficient manufacturing - this ticks all those boxes."
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8344532.stm

[Nederland]

1. Is this the final design?

Please tell me it's just a platform for testing the drive chassis...

[phantom power]

2. Based on their description of the manufacturing technique...

that may be the real deal.