Every country has its hallmark taxi cab - America’s got its yellow Checker, Chevy Caprice or Ford Crown Victoria, Germany has its beige Mercedes-Benz diesels, and if you’ve frequented England (especially London), you can’t have missed the oddity that is the Black Cab (LTI TXII). However, a group of Finnish design students think that the modern taxi cab ought to be something different, a purpose-designed vehicle that takes into consideration the driver as well as the passenger. What they’ve come up with is an innovative design project called the CityCab, which was shown for the first time at this year’s Paris auto show. Full Article
Wow. Wonder what kind of mileage the Prius would get if it had that lighter carbon fiber frame. And would we still need the BT plate to stiffen up the frame?
