Koenigsegg

[Civrules]

From a purely scientific, technological, and perhaps artistic point of view, you have to really be in awe for what this tiny Swedish hypercar manufacturer has been able to accomplish. They make all the other big boys like Ferrari, Lamborghini, and even Porsche look like they're asleep at the wheel.

You just begin to see every other car in a different light.

This isn't so much about cars even. It is inspiring to know what one man with a powerful vision can accomplish. Really it's a story about innovation and the human spirit.

Now obviously no one knows what the future holds, and they may drop the ball like any other (there is no “too big to fail” or “too good to fail”), but as it stands now, it is pretty inspirational stuff.

Now they're building and testing a car that has one horsepower (at the rear wheels) for every kg of weight. That's 1,360 hp for 1,360 kg. Their less powerful Agera R has already broken a few world records.

If I lived in Sweden, I'd definitely stop by.

 

[Phrossack]

Got any links?

This may be off-topic, but I see cars fundamentally as problems, not solutions. Even if we could make driving safer, effortless, and more efficient through automating it, even if all our cars ran on hydrogen or renewably-generated electricity or something other than fossil fuels, we'll still need to rip apart ecosystems for highways and raw materials. Moreover, cars encourage hideously inefficient things like suburbia, a way of life completely built around the automobile. It takes up a huge amount of space, spreads out communities, and makes everything you need be somewhere else. In a city, stores and other things you need are never far away, but in suburbia, there's quite a lot of wasteful travel involved. Travel by foot or bicycle isn't really an option in suburbia, which raises costs of transportation and encourages a sedentary lifestyle.

 

[Civrules]

Here's a good one that addresses a lot about what you said. But again, by watching it you understand that cars that are on the road today have a huge capacity to be extremely efficient by using these guys' technology. And he shows you that. But I don't think cars are the problem. I think the problem is how companies go about building cars.

When I said that they make other guys look like they're asleep at the wheel, I really mean it.


Link to video.

Having a 1.3L 3 cilinder engine producing 300hp isn't a bad deal, and it is very doable. The problem is that we've been conditioned to think that just because everything else around is so massive and inefficient, it can't be done, or that if it was possible "someone" would do it. So we see that somoene is doing it.

This video is one in a series you can find on that youtube channel.


Link to video.

 

[Hygro]

first time i saw the koenigsegg doors open I was like waaaah? Nice to know they're still doing things.

 

[Core Imposter]

What I want is a cart that has sails that can harness both wind and a solar power motor. With pedal backup.

 

[Hygro]

That sounds dope. I want one too.

google yields this http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=945

seems like it exists Core Imposter

 

[Core Imposter]

That sounds dope. I want one too.

google yields this http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=945

seems like it exists Core Imposter

I am so getting one of those.

 

[Kozmos]

Waste of engineering talent and resources on toys for super-rich.

 

[Civrules]

Waste of engineering talent and resources on toys for super-rich.

I suppose he should be more responsible by making toys for the super-poor.

 

[Hygro]

Waste of engineering talent and resources on toys for super-rich.

to make a supercar you must economize greatly. You learn how to build better cars by doing so, which ultimately benefits everyone.

 

[Phrossack]

to make a supercar you must economize greatly. You learn how to build better cars by doing so, which ultimately benefits everyone.

I dunno about that. Cars are pretty harmful by their very nature, regardless of how energy-efficient or clean they are, as I said earlier.

 

[Hygro]

I dunno about that. Cars are pretty harmful by their very nature, regardless of how energy-efficient or clean they are, as I said earlier.

Within the context that it's worth having lots of cars. There are obvious problems with that assumption.

 

[Tee Kay]

I dunno about that. Cars are pretty harmful by their very nature, regardless of how energy-efficient or clean they are, as I said earlier.

Mistake #1 of the environmental movement: thinking that the masses will willingly abandon cheap and easy mobility

 

[Phrossack]

Mistake #1 of the environmental movement: thinking that the masses will willingly abandon cheap and easy mobility

I don't think that, no. It really sucks. Public transportation needs to be made cheaper and more convenient, yes, but part of the problem is that public transportation is inherently inconvenient in suburbia. Which was designed around cars. And which now makes cars convenient. It's quite a pickle.

 

[Tee Kay]

I don't think that, no. It really sucks. Public transportation needs to be made cheaper and more convenient, yes, but part of the problem is that public transportation is inherently inconvenient in suburbia. Which was designed around cars. And which now makes cars convenient. It's quite a pickle.

Most people like big houses I'm afraid.

 

[Yoda Power]

Koenigsegg might make good cars, but they're so damn ugly compared to most other super cars around.

 

[LamaGT]

I dunno about that. Cars are pretty harmful by their very nature, regardless of how energy-efficient or clean they are, as I said earlier.

By that logic, we'd be better off going back to the stone age.

 

[classical_hero]

Waste of engineering talent and resources on toys for super-rich.

Eventually technology will become cheaper, but it costs money to develop such technology. Most of us now can afford flat screen tvs, but when they first were out most people couldn't afford them, but now we can.

 

[Phrossack]

By that logic, we'd be better off going back to the stone age.

Nonsense. I'm just saying that cars demand a huge amount of infrastructure and resources and encourage unhealthy, socially isolated, harmful, and inefficient lifestyles (suburbia). A more urban lifestyle encourages the use of healthier, less harmful, less wasteful transportation like walking, cycling, and mass transit. You're strawmanning.

 

[classical_hero]

Nonsense. I'm just saying that cars demand a huge amount of infrastructure and resources and encourage unhealthy, socially isolated, harmful, and inefficient lifestyles (suburbia). A more urban lifestyle encourages the use of healthier, less harmful, less wasteful transportation like walking, cycling, and mass transit. You're strawmanning.

Judging from that humans require a lot of infrastructure so exist, so should we eliminate ourselves?