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If your Easter Sunday needs some unnecessary livening up, why not do what i did and add some jeopardy by searching for a battery-powered egg?
This is what I was after.
Meet the Electric Egg.
Meet the Electric Egg.
Designed by industrial designer Paul Arzens for his personal use, the Electric Egg was a 400kg masterpiece of hand-beaten aluminium and plexiglass.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about it was that it was built in occupied Paris in 1942.
I& #39;ve read things that suggest he drove around in it to annoy Nazis, but given it was built using (presumably) strategic materials I have my doubts that it was entirely unsanctioned.
I& #39;ve read things that suggest he drove around in it to annoy Nazis, but given it was built using (presumably) strategic materials I have my doubts that it was entirely unsanctioned.
I& #39;m not sure how theft-proof it was though. At just 90kg with the batteries removed, this thing was disturbingly easy to tow.
Probably just as well - the range was a meagre 67 miles.
Probably just as well - the range was a meagre 67 miles.
Post war Arzens& #39; most notable work was designing locomotives. For many years the Arzen-styled CC7107 was the fastest electric locomotive in the world.
The locomotives are lovely, but it& #39;s the Electric Egg that captures my imagination. For some reason Arzens never built a second one.
Perhaps it& #39;s because the French consider one egg as un oeuf...
Perhaps it& #39;s because the French consider one egg as un oeuf...
PS: Fans of quirky small cars might like this thread from when I was just starting to write this sort of stuff. I& #39;ve fixed the typo in the final post, but apologies for not remedying the lack of pretty pictures... https://twitter.com/Canocola/status/1084072578082369537?s=20">https://twitter.com/Canocola/...
