Posts Tagged ‘torque’
Best-looking Xmas tree display & how to get it home
Donated by the Forestry Commission, the £400 tree was taken 15 miles from the New Forest to skate park designer Mr Howe’s six-bedroom home in Bournemouth, Dorset
There, it was cut into three carefully measured sections to create a Christmas illusion that has passersby in the street doing double takes.
With a little help from Mr Howe’s friends, the lower parts of the tree were passed through doors and windows. Finally a borrowed crane was used to place the top tier on to a little roof turret.
With careful alignment, the Howe Christmas tree appears to be bursting through the roof.
The whole operation, including decorating the branches with 200 baubles and 2,000 LED lights, took five days.
Factory Five electric ’33 Ford will debut at 2009 SEMA Show
Based on the award-winning Factory Five ’33 Hot Rod…the battery electric vehicle (EV) is powered by UQM technologies electric drive and A123 Systems high-power lithium-ion batteries. It produces 300+ HP and over 660ft/lbs of torque in a 2400lb car and delivers a range of 100+ miles and 0-60 acceleration in an estimated 4 seconds!
The vehicle was designed by Factory Five Racing using SolidWorks CAD software in partnership with HP. The electric drive system and batteries were custom installed by the team of experts at Amp=D.
This critter will be making its electric debut at the 2009 SEMA Show.
Rock on, rock on!
