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Japanese textile maker Toray Industries is on the road to mass producing carbon fiber cars, bringing us ever closer to the day when the lightweight automobiles are on the market for more than just really rich racing enthusiasts. The company said it's developed a new carbon fiber processing method that molds auto platforms in 10 minutes. That's two and a half hours shorter than what current methods allow.
Toray's carbon fiber produces a platform that's 50 percent lighter than steel but 1.5 times safer in a collision, and the shorter molding process will allow it to make enough parts for roughly 30,000 vehicles a year. Though the ten minutes is still longer than the five or six needed for regular sheet metal and carbon fiber is still ten times more expensive to buy, Toray says the new method will cut manufacturing costs drastically.
So when can you look forward to buying a carbon fiber car that doesn't cost as much as your house? About four to five years, the company estimated. Well, I guess that gives you some time to save up. [
Traditional motorcycles are OK, but this is the future. We need future things. And the $82,350 glass/kevlar/carbon/steel MonoTracer bike certainly feels like it's from the Utopian, roundmobile world to come. Featuring a fully enclosed cabin for less drag and less pebbles in the face, the MonoTracer's 130hp BMW engine goes 0-60 in 5.6 seconds and hits speeds up to 155mph. We're not exactly sure what you'll do at stoplights, but apparently there are little training wheels that pop out for parking...a solution that's admittedly not much more suave than toppling over at every stop. [
If Coda's claims are true, their Self Inflating Tires in development now seem like an inevitable future for car owners. The simple mechanism works with classic principles of a 
We know almost nothing about this car found in Bali other than it looks like the real life manifestation of some early 90s Hot Wheel/Captain Planet after school special. Ed note: that show would have totally rocked. Here's a bonus shot:
Snakes? Masks? Sure! But the most eye-catching feature is that the ground effects are suffering from a melting effect, and even the wheels appear to be sinking into the pavement (though they might just need a visit to the air pump). Bravo, faceless inventor. Now go park this next to a haughty Prius owner and see a yup piss their diligently pressed Banana Republic pants. [
Not so long ago we showed you an absolutely wicked 4-wheel motorcycle, the 
Note to automakers: cars of the future are meant to be fierce. Sure, they may get the equivalent of 100mpg through electric efficiency, but they'd better look like they can decapitate onlookers during the morning commute. This new solar vehicle (that's still missing a sexy name) may be by the makers of champion solar race cars, but it looks like a jerky golf cart. Then again, any car capable of 44mph speeds for three hours at a time—that runs on nothing but the sun—has our ears perked.
Designed for the streets of Taiwan, the car uses a airplane-grade Nomex honeycomb body that makes it just 550lbs with seats. The light weight brings efficiency, so much so, in fact, that the developers claim that the car just needs a few hours of sunlight to recharge its batteries for another 3 hours of driving. But we'll admit it—with a solar panel that tiny on top of the car, we can't help but be a little skeptical about that figure.
Then again, for its groundbreakingly low $24,600 price tag, we'll be willing to give