Buckminster Fuller
We are thinking of buying a car. My wife wants to buy this. I am trying to talk her into buying this.
The late Buckminster Fuller, a man well ahead of his time, invented the"Dymaxion".
A 3 wheeled car that seated 11 people and got
... this kills me... 30+ miles to the GALLON!
IN 1934!!
I shit you not. Follow this link to see footage of the car.
It's development was scuttled, when people died in a crash. It later turned out that the auto was not to be blamed for the disaster, but investors had pulled out. It had a fairly radical design of three wheels, which turns out to be an extremely efficient design for vehicles.
The body frame grew as did the leaf springs that suported it, giving what Bucky called "a ride never equaled" on rough roads. He told me that he once drove the Dymaxion fast across a freight yard at 90 degrees to the tracks, and hardly felt the bumps."
Any trouble believing that the auto manufactures inimical actions have stymied the progress of automobiles?
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