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Splinter Update: Students making progress on wooden supercar

The world's greenest supercar project is progressing nicely. The last time we checked in with Joe Harmon and his team of woodsmen craftsmen from North Carolina State University, the all-wooden car's hand-laid bodywork had been mated with the chassis, which was awaiting installation of the twin-supercharged, 32-valve Cadillac-sourced V8 engine and six-speed rear-mounted transaxle from a modern Chevrolet Corvette. Those 600 ponies will be funneled to the rear wheels, which have center hubs made from pressed and laminated wood, naturally. ... Read more →

Splinter wooden supercar in the fles... wood John Neff

Click above for high-res gallery of the Splinter Wooden Supercar You may remember our post on the Splinter wooden supercar late last year. At the time, the grad students behind the project being led ...

Grad students create Splinter, the wooden supercar Jonathon Ramsey

click above image for more renderings of the Splinter supercar We're not sure what sort of beneficial impact one would get from making a supercar out of wood composites, but if there is one, the ...

Japanese furniture company creates "wooden supercar" John Neff

click image for photo gallery While it's certainly true that the cost of raw materials like steel and aluminum is going up, we hope automakers never follow the lead of this Japanese furniture company ...

Splinter Update: Students making progress on wooden supercar 10 months ago on Autoblog

The world's greenest supercar project is progressing nicely. The last time we checked in with Joe Harmon and his team of woodsmen craftsmen from North Carolina State University, the all-wooden car's hand-laid bodywork had been mated with the chassis, which was awaiting installation of the ...

Splinter wooden supercar in the fles... wood 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the Splinter Wooden Supercar You may remember our post on the Splinter wooden supercar late last year. At the time, the grad students behind the project being led by Joe Harmon only had renderings of what the Gaia-approved exotic would look like. They deserve ...

Grad students create Splinter, the wooden supercar 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above image for more renderings of the Splinter supercar We're not sure what sort of beneficial impact one would get from making a supercar out of wood composites, but if there is one, the students behind the Splinter supercar will find out. The Splinter will be a 600-hp, 2,500-pound goer ...

Japanese furniture company creates "wooden supercar" 2 years ago on Autoblog

click image for photo gallery While it's certainly true that the cost of raw materials like steel and aluminum is going up, we hope automakers never follow the lead of this Japanese furniture company and start building cars out of wood. Liberally billed as a "wooden supercar", the organic auto is ...






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