The Cannabis car

[mpt]

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/08/24/canadian-cannabis-car/

Well, Hemp but cool still.

 

[Doug_G]

There may be some additional info in the CBC article:

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/23/cannabis-hemp-electric-car-kestrel-motive.html

 

[Jaff]

Not a bad looking vehicle...who owns it, Cheech or Chong? :biggrin::wink:

 

[kgb]

You know they're thinking, "Sh*t! We were only joking, but we should have patented that idea."

 

[mt2]

I got two images from the article.
1) The odd cosmic redundancy of teenagers clambaking in the thing.
2) Firefighters rendered useless with a zone-high from a car fire.

 

[domenick]

Well, I like it. Light weight (1874 lbs), three door hatch, seats four. Canadian. Just hope it's esthetically pleasing. I do like the bit they've shown so far.
http://green.autoblog.com/2010/08/20/going-to-pot-motive-to-unveil-cannabis-composite-kestrel-w-vid/
http://green.autoblog.com/2010/09/02/motive-doesnt-bogart-cannabis-car-info-passes-more-us-more-det/

 

[eledille]

I read an article several years ago that said that newer Mercedes models contained quite a bit of hemp, about 100 kg. I'm not 100% certain, but I believe they were talking about production models. Hemp-reinforced plastic was said to be easy to work with, cheaper, stronger and more environmentally friendly than fiberglass.

 

[eledille]

I couldn't find the article, but I found several others - Henry Ford used hemp body panels in his cars in 1941!

http://www.hemp.com/hemp-university/uses-of-hemp/hemp-plastics/

 

[Cestevenson]

An updated story on the Kestrel. The Worlds Made Entirely From HEMP | Collective-Evolution The material is strong, lightweight and renewable.

Ford thrived industrial hemp for car bodies in the 1930s. Guess that was the basis of the better idea from Ford.