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A visually light, heavy-duty tool

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The Torq rejects the idea that a powerful product can’t look elegant (ever seen an elegant drill machine?). The Torq explores a simple aesthetic with pleasant looking design details, and binds them together with a fun product experience.

Completely 3D printed from steel, the matte black Torq cracks walnuts with ease. Just place them in the concavity marked by the design detail and twist the key down. Like a vice grip, it slowly begins exerting pressure on the nut, finally cracking it (without bursting it open like other nutcrackers). What I find truly remarkable about the Torq is its production process. 3D printing isn’t the most ideal process for parts that withstand load or stress, but the Torq does so with ease. Its 3D printed nature also enables it to be thinner and lighter than a cast metal product… besides I see the 3D printed lines as a textural detail in themselves!

P.S. If you’ve seen an elegant drill machine, drop us a line!

Designers: Josh Owen & OTHR.

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Epic’s Torq Roadster three-wheeled EV gets taken on a test drive (video)

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Epic Torq Roadster threewheeled EV gets taken on a test drive video

While the Tesla Roadster did a great job of satisfying our jones for an electric vehicle with great performance and no roof, it was a bit pricey and is now out of production. Into that void steps the three-wheeled Torq Roadster from Epic EV, a team also responsible for that electric-engined DeLorean prototype we saw a couple of years ago. This video shows Translogic's Bradley Hasemeyer behind the wheel of the track-friendly (but also street legal, licensed as a motorcyle) vehicle and talking to the people who built it. It's not quite as fast as the Tesla Roadster, but it's still capable of 0 - 60 in about four seconds and a top speed of 110mph.

You'll notice a Samsung tablet mounted on the dash, and many of the components are sourced from Volkswagen. Unlike most of the daily driver-aimed electric vehicles we're familiar with that are very locked down, founder Chris Anthony claims its design allows owners to tweak and tune many features. Its DC motor means there's no regenerative braking, but he claims it's cheaper and allows owners to rewind the armature or upgrade the brushes. The first Torq Roadster was delivered earlier this month to a former Tesla exec and you can read about his experiences on BoostedGroup. Those of us who haven't paid the $65,000 base price can check it out in the video, which is embedded after the break.

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Via: Autoblog

Source: Translogic, TorqEV

Inhabitat’s Week in Green: TORQ Roadster, quantum-dot solar cells and an invisibility cloak

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Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.

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This week, Team Inhabitat traveled to Mountain View, Calif., to get a look at the 100 percent sun-powered Solar Impulse airplane before it embarks on its first flight across the United States. Inhabitat editors also braved the crowds at the 2013 New York International Auto Show to report on the hottest new hybrids and electric cars. Some of the green cars unveiled at this year's show were the compact Mercedes-Benz 2014 B-Class Electric Drive and BMW's sexy new Active Tourer plug-in hybrid. The Tesla Model S was named the 2013 World Green Car of the Year, beating out the Renault Zoe and the Volvo V60. And speaking of new auto unveils, Epic EV unveiled its new all-electric TORQ Roadster, which looks like a roofless Batmobile and can go from 0-60 MPH in just four seconds.

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