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Time Travel In A Tube: Aspen Transportation Conference Examines Innovative Mobility Options -- PART 1 of 4.

Advanced Materials & Composites News,  December, 2000  by McConnell, Vicki P.

Tags: Aspen Technology Inc., transportation

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Imagining the future of transportation could mean a light-weight, high-strength carbon fiber composite Hypercar (hybrid electric vehicle powered by an engine or a fuel cell), or roto-molded polyethylene-bodied Th!nk EV pulled up to the curb. It could mean a fiberglass RUF electric car with a triangular vent in its front bumper that allows the driver to convoy with similar cars on an electric guideway, recharging the vehicle[superscript one]s downsized battery pack during the automated, unencumbered trip past congested highway traffic.

The Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) system may ...

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