There's no complex curves in the body, and everything can be built in the sort of outdoor workshops that are so common in Suame Magazine. A simple press and cutting tools should be enough for all panels.
All the glass is simple and flat, and the light units can be taken from salvage vehicles, as can the seating, instrument cluster, controls, and many other accessories.
In fact, as much as possible is designed to be taken from salvaged vehicles. Which may mean that future "production" models of the Turtle 1 will vary a good bit in looks and dimensions, with the cars just fitting to a general set of design parameters. The truck is never really intended for volume production as is normally understood, but a baseline design for these workshops to build to, with a set of well-defined standards, seems like a very workable model.
The first Turtle 1 has been
sent to Holland for evaluation, and based on those results, more detailed plans for further production will be developed.
Personally, I find this end of the automotive spectrum more exciting than the expensive supercar side — anyone with enough money to throw around can build something like a Veyron, but making something that can really change lives and function in such demanding enviroments is genuinely exciting.
You can
support the project here, and you can also daydream, like me, about getting one here in the States to use as a work pickup, because I think these things are really cool.
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