• Super Mario-inspired hybrid electric cart by Facundo Elias

  • race_02.jpgSo you’ve spent the better half of your early days playing the Super Mario game leading the jolly good Italian plumber around obstacles and you simply can’t seize to imagine yourself driving one of those lovable karts, right? Well, these karts are now closer to reality, in fact so close, that designer Facundo Elias has chiseled out his own replicas of the little modes of transport Mario has been using all along. Sporting an internal combustion 160cc 4-stroke engine with an overhead valve, 5.5hp @3,600 rpm, this kart’s a hybrid, with the engine powered additionally by variable voltage DC power using 4 batteries connected parallel, with each battery packing 12V 110 amps.


    Taking 6 hours to recharge with a 220V outlet, the batteries generate a 1 hour range each, making this an ideal way to get around, for a video game a character and you!
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    Posted in Topics:Transport, Tags: on December 20, 2011