The c,mm,n: a quite uncommon car

The c,mm,n (pronounced 'common') is being billed as an 'open source' car. It's also green, but let's get back to that later. What of the open-source stuff? The geeks in the office tell me this means 'that you can adapt it, like Wikipedia', but I was still a little baffled by how this definition could be related to motoring. Isn't most open-source software free for a start?

[Via Gizmodo]

A bit of research reveals that the car is adaptable on many levels, including what you want it to run on. By default, it runs on hydrogen, hence the greenness. But in theory you could make it run on whatever fuel you prefer, which is good thinking considering we're in the midst of a raging storm on the ethics and green benefits of biofuels. When you buy one of these beauties, you'll also get the plans to the cars inner workings. I'm not sure this will be helpful to anyone without a mechanics degree, but it'll certainly keep some car geeks happy...