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Re:Lamborghini Unveils a Self-Healing Electric Supercar Concept by d--b on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @10:19AM (#15653232)
> Lamborghini also intends to make the supercapacitors out of carbon fiber panels that can be used to form the body of the car—so the Terzo Millennio draws energy from its own body. In other words: the car itself is the battery.

So does that mean that if you happen to have an accident, there is a chance that a good chunk of your battery gets short circuited? That sounds somewhat dangerous...

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Re:Lamborghini Unveils a Self-Healing Electric Supercar Concept by usaphp on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @11:05AM (#15653735)
> That sounds somewhat dangerous...

Good to see Lamborghini going back to their roots )

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Re:Lamborghini Unveils a Self-Healing Electric Supercar Concept by mtgx on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @01:44PM (#15655552)
That car is like fire! ... literally.
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Re:Lamborghini Unveils a Self-Healing Electric Supercar Concept by hwillis on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @12:31PM (#15654629)
Something on the order of 300 Wh/1-2 MJ, yeah. It would cause a large fire or a small explosion. That's around equivalent to a couple hand grenades.
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Re:Lamborghini Unveils a Self-Healing Electric Supercar Concept by sp332 on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @10:37AM (#15653448)
Yeah, and I bet that carbon fiber burns real nice.
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Re:Lamborghini Unveils a Self-Healing Electric Supercar Concept by virmundi on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @11:37AM (#15654035)
Don’t forget that it’s functionally equivalent to asbestos when it come to inducing cancer in the lungs. It doesn’t break down. Little carbon fibers just sit there and disturb the lung lining.
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Re:Lamborghini Unveils a Self-Healing Electric Supercar Concept by wastedhours on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @11:48AM (#15654146)
Yep, buy a container of carbon nanotubes and you can't move for warnings about wearing a mask and wearing gloves. 5g of SWNTs, and about 5kg of paper with warnings on :)
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