Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Chevrolet Unveils Chaparral 2X Vision Gran Turismo (VGT) Racing Car Concept
Chevrolet is happy to announce that they have designed Chaparral 2X Vision Gran Tursimo (VGT) concept car, joining others such as Aston Martin and Nissan to provide Gran Turismo fans with ultimate race car. This concept race car has been designed and developed exclusively for PlayStation fans as part of Gran Turismo project, it celebrates the future of automotive design and innovation.
Chaparral 2X Vision Gran Tursimo (VGT) car is inspired by innovative race cars Chaparral Racing which partnered with Chevrolet more than 45 years ago. Gamers can download an online upgrade and start racing with this car when playing Gran Turismo 6, a best selling PlayStation franchise which has been sold more than 72 million copies worldwide since 1998 debut.
Designer : Chevrolet
It’s an ambitious concept racing car that demonstrate Chevrolet’s engineering and design team skills, it challenges the norms and explores futuristic technology. Texas-based Chaparrall Racing has been known for its unconventional, boundary-pushing race cars that challenge motorsports world. They’ve been partnered with Chevrolet Research and Development for more than 45 years, pushing new standard methods and materials used in contemporary racing and production vehicles such composite monocoque chassis, automatic transmission, active aerodynamics, lightweight-alloy powertrain systems.
Chaparral 2X VGT’s concept has been designed with laser beamed-energy propulsion system, a system that is inspired by technology derived from advanced work that targets space travel or future aircraft design. This technology creates shock waves that generate massive thrust in lightweight race car. Together, the 6710kW laser, a pack of lithium-ion batteries, and air-powered generator can produce 900 horsepower worth of thrust, this concept car would be able to reach a top speed of 240-mph in the game with 0-60 acceleration of 1.5 seconds.
Chevrolet Unveils Chaparral 2X Vision Gran Turismo (VGT) Racing Car Concept is originally posted on Tuvie - Modern Industrial Design
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Acme Steel Coke PlantChicago, Illinois The stretch of Southeast...
Acme Steel Coke Plant
Chicago, Illinois
The stretch of Southeast Chicago, Illinois along Lake Michigan was built on steel. In its heyday, roughly 200,000 people were employed along the same stretch by steel mills, or by other industries related to steel production and shipping. Immigrants from Europe flocked to the area, drawn by the promise of grueling put well-paying mill jobs. Today, this industry is no more.
Mills still operate along the lakeshore in northwest Indiana, but the giants of Chicago steel have all closed their doors. Wisconsin Steel folded in 1980 and the Acme Steel Coke Plant, which baked coal into coke (the fuel used to melt iron ore, from which steel is manufactured), closed in 2001. Following Acme’s closure, many former steelworkers, historians and preservationists stepped forward, hoping to prevent the Acme plant from suffering the same fate as the others: dismantlement and demolition.
Ultimately, those who wished to preserve the coke plant lost the site to a salvage company in 2004. The last blast furnace of its kind in the area, used to cook coal, was dismantled along with the sprawling conveyor belt that stretched hundreds of yards across the Calumet River, connecting Acme Coke with Acme Steel. On the bright side, the Acme Steel Mill was preserved and converted into a museum highlighting steel’s role in shaping and building Chicago in the early 1900s. Many documents and pieces of history were scavenged from the coke plant before it was demolished and are now on display at the museum.
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