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Developed by [http://www.frog.nl Frog Navigation] [http://www.2getthere.nl/ (2getthere)] and built by Connexion (the Dutch Transit Authority), this bus runs driverless through onboard computers and sensors, together with guiding magnets embedded in the designated roadway. However, Phileas does occasionally need to be manually overridden by a driver. Phileas is already in operation in the Netherlands between the airport and an industrial park. | Developed by [http://www.frog.nl Frog Navigation] [http://www.2getthere.nl/ (2getthere)] and built by Connexion (the Dutch Transit Authority), this bus runs driverless through onboard computers and sensors, together with guiding magnets embedded in the designated roadway. However, Phileas does occasionally need to be manually overridden by a driver. Phileas is already in operation in the Netherlands between the airport and an industrial park. | ||
=Egg Shaped Cars | =Egg Shaped Cars= | ||
[[Image:Pivo_1.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Nissan Pivo]] | [[Image:Pivo_1.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Nissan Pivo]] | ||
The egg-shape design always seems sensational, but from its introduction in 1942 has never made its way into mass-production. The design is not aerodynamic (an egg is designed to exit a chicken's body, not to be thrown), has the potential to crack in the wrong places during a collusion, an does not suppoart fast acceleration. | |||
== | ====Oeuf, by Paul Arzen==== | ||
*Designed and built in 1942, the L'Oeuf Electric as an electric car shaped like an egg. It had a plexiglass dome, a large steering wheel, one bench seat, and no table. | |||
One of the stars of the 2005 Tokyo Auto Show, the Nissan Pivo concept is an electric car with drive-by-wire systems and a revolving egg-shaped cabin. See Nissan's [http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/NEWS/2005/_STORY/050930-02-e.html Press Release] for more information. | ====Nissan Pivo==== | ||
[[File:Creme egg car.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Cadbury Creme]] | |||
*One of the stars of the 2005 Tokyo Auto Show, the Nissan Pivo concept is an electric car with drive-by-wire systems and a revolving egg-shaped cabin. See Nissan's [http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/NEWS/2005/_STORY/050930-02-e.html Press Release] for more information. | |||
====Cadbury Creme==== | |||
A Cadbury Creme Egg is a chocolate product produced in the shape of an egg. The product consists of a thick milk chocolate shell, housing a white and yellow fondant filling which mimics the albumen and yolk of a real egg. | A Cadbury Creme Egg is a chocolate product produced in the shape of an egg. The product consists of a thick milk chocolate shell, housing a white and yellow fondant filling which mimics the albumen and yolk of a real egg. | ||