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Filed under: Concept Cars , Etc. , Videos , Lotus , UK Click above for high-res gallery of the Lotus Concept Ice Vehicle We can forget all about the price of gas when we get news like this. Sure, we'll probably never ride in the Concept Ice Vehicle (CIV), but just knowing that folks at Lotus are working on things like this while we sleep... well, it's like finding out that there is a Santa Claus. The CIV was developed to aid research for the Moon Regan TransAntarctic Expedition . The biofuel powered, propeller-driven trike on skids is 4.5 meters long and 4.5 meters wide with an independent suspension all around. It also has an ice penetrating radar to detect crevasses and is light enough for a man to pull it across difficult terrain, which basically makes it an Elise for explorers. It also appears to have a spiked "foot" under the cockpit, perhaps for stopping on icy terrain. The CIV will lead the way for two other, heavier support vehicles as the explorers make their...
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