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Review Of GM's HyWire Hydrogen Concept Car
SanLouBlues writes "Autoweek has a detailed review of a test drive in GM's HyWire concept (second item). The gas and brakes are both on the steering wheel which may be placed on either the left or the right with little effort. Overall some very positive marks for such a radical car."
Yeah, I really don't like the interface in the prototype. Fortunately, it's skinnable also. So you can have a car with pedals. Part of the review says that it'll be a better car without pedals because the steering wheel will have a better range of motion. However, if you are handicapped and missing legs or something this would provide a great deal of independence I'd think.
I was pretty impressed with the performance specs. 97+ MPH out of 130ish horespower is not bad. When they can pull 200 HP out of it and have 4 wheel drive (more for safe delivery of power than offroad, think Audi Quattro not Land Rover) and you'll have something I'll want to buy. Oh, and 250-300 mile range would be good also.
Begs the question of "how do you measure fuel economy". MPG (or L/100Km) is a bit off, unless you measure the capacity at STP. I think we need to go to a straightforward percentage (how many joules were liberated and how much forward momentum/sec was generated).