The first thing that strikes you about the BMW i8 is the way it looks. It's really the kind of car you expect at any second to transform into a humanoid-like robot and shoot laser beams. In fact, the laser emitters are on display even when it's not transformed, neatly hidden at the back of the car, used as rear lights.
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It seems that the new Chinese owners of Fisker, parts giant Wanxiang, have discovered some 250 "bugs" that need tending to before the Karma is worthy for production yet again. It could have been some of these problems that caused the fires and general niggles that were reported on the first cars to come out.
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What will they think of next to make our cars more efficient? Well, it seems that one hot topic right now is morphing car skins that reduce drag. This basically means imperfections would be created and the surface texture altered on the go, through the use of clever new materials and techniques.
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