BMW's gorgeous 'Megacity' electric vehicle gets real [Cars]

You know all those awesome concept cars we're always showing you? BMW's 'Megacity' electric vehicle feels a lot like one of those, but the company actually has plans to bring this sleek, weird-wheeled-wonder out as early as 2013.


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Future Car's Body is a Carbon Fiber Battery [Future Cars]

What if you could use carbon fiber as a battery? That's the idea scientists at the Imperial College of London are working on, aiming to build a car out of carbon fiber material that would not only function as a battery, but will be a strong and light substitute for the sheet metal on cars today.

Not only will it save weight and volume in a car, it would eliminate the need for wiring, letting engineers route electricity through the car's carbon fiber structure. The technology could be taken way beyond cars, also built into airplanes, cellphones, or anything that uses batteries. Just imagine a cellphone as thin as a credit card. Brilliant.

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Build your own electric car with the Trexa platform

So you want an electric car, but you're not satisfied with any of your current options. Well, why settle? Just grab one of these Trexa EV platforms and build your own electric car!
Trexa is gunning to be the first electric vehicle devlopment platform, with a battery, driveline and power electronics built-in. You just add the passenger compartment on top. Want a pickup truck or a hot rod? The choice is yours, provided you've got the chops to put it together.

[DVICE via Trexa via Inhabitat]