won’t self-driving cars be great…

The amphibious car has long been around, but here’s an amphibious car that can also drive underwater!

When you see one of these cars it looks really unsafe, but check out these crash test videos!

A Silicon Valley-based startup, Magnetic Air Cars,  claims to be inventing nothing less than the future of transportation:

According to the company: A battery starts a magnetic motor… which in turn drives a small but powerful on-board air compressor. The air flow is then tubocharged and multiplied to where the resulting horse-pressure™ smoothly powers the car to incredible speeds… without ever getting hot and without ever having to be stopped for external recharging or refueling.

It seems plausable that magnetic forces could be harnessed.

[previous air cars on sharkride are here.]

[link to more pictures]

I just visited the showroom of the new Tesla dealership in Menlo Park on this historic opening day. Only four vehicles have been delivered, and the waiting list for is over a year long.

The battery cooling system and the air conditioner are under the hood.

The trunk looks like it can (barely) fit a bag of golf clubs.

Larry and Sergey’s vehicles are in the background.

a rotating cabin is an interesting idea. I still like the idea of having an interchangeable cabin on a standard platform, so one day I can drive an SUV, and the next day, I can drive a convertible.   

check out this video of the $80k plug-in, high performance hybrid.