Building cars haven’t really evolved since Henry Fords days

Interesting on future automaking:

Gordon Murray believes there is a better way. He calls it iStream, for Stabilized Tube-Reinforced Exoframe Advanced Manufacturing. It replaces stamped steel with a composite monocoque bonded to a tubular steel frame and plastic bodywork. The result is a factory that requires 80 percent less capital investment and 60 percent less energy, while yielding cars that are 20 to 25 percent lighter — and far more fuel-efficient — yet just as safe as the cars we drive now.

It’s a radical proposal, one easily discounted if you don’t know Murray’s background.

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