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Race Car Made With Veggies And Powered By Chocolate

Posted by samzenpus on from the mad-lib-motors dept.

IS4110 writes "A new racing car made with potatoes and carrots and powered with chocolate waste has been developed by the Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre of the University of Warwicks in the UK. The university's vehicle, called WorldFirst F3 project, has a steering wheel made of curran, a material derived from carrots, that is expected to replace glass fiber and carbon fiber. It also has a racing seat made of SoyFoam, a soybean oil-based, flexible foam material. Wing mirrors incorporate materials derived from potato starch, a bib made from flax fiber, and lubricants based on plant oils."

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  1. Future headline by orclevegam · · Score: 5, Funny

    Race called on account of rabbit attack.

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  2. Re:Curran not made entirely from carrots (yet) by negRo_slim · · Score: 4, Funny

    The inventors are working to increase the percentage of carrot based material

    That's fine and all but I still think a meat based race car would prove to be far more impressive.

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  3. Re:All this work??? by orclevegam · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, like, my XBox Funion Edition(TM) red ringed, so I ate it. I can't get it repaired now, but it was delicious.

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  4. Re:Curran not made entirely from carrots (yet) by ookabooka · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's fine and all but I still think a meat based race car would prove to be far more impressive.

    It's called the Kentucky derby.

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