The Future World Auto Show - 2019
As on the move professionals, what will the future hold when it comes to transportation?
As the saying goes, the future is now. We'll be exploring the vision of the future that engineers, product managers, designers and artists have shaped - and are currently shaping in this and upcoming editions of The Future World Auto Show.
Stranded in Park? Peeling out in Reverse? Feeling a sense of Neutral desperation? The Future World Auto Show invites you to change gear and take a Virtual Drive in...
The Audi Shark Hovercraft... There are paddles on the back of the shark which provides balance and control at high speeds, while the front headlights and back tail lights are designed specifically to fit the Audi brand. For more information: https://www.groundzeroweb.com/audi-concept-car-shark-future-automobile/ Special Musical Guest: John Williams - Jaws Theme Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9QTSyLwd4w
Meet The Chevrolet FNR Concept. It's auto design gone wild. Steering wheels? Who needs them? For more information: https://www.topspeed.com/cars/chevrolet/2015-chevrolet-fnr-ar168931.html Special Musical Guest: Sammy Hagar - Heavy Metal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHt4eFd_2Co This should be the star of the next Terminator movie.
The VW Uniblock is actually a modular 3 cars in 1. For more information: https://motorcove.com/2014/03/04/volkswagon-uniblock-modular-concept-car/ Special Musical Guest: Johnny Cash: One Piece at a Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws-_syszg84 Lego block inspired vehicles? interesting.
Step into The Quaranta. Access to the Quaranta's cabin is “step-in” via an upper door incorporating the side ones. At the touch of an electric on/off button, the door opens upward in a downwind direction, regulated by proximity sensors. The door is hinged to the hood pillar and is aligned with a second upper rear door, for access to the engine compartment and boot. Bellissimo! For more information: https://www.italdesign.it/project/quaranta/ Special Musical Guest: Justin Timberlake Can't Stop the Feeling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dptqCpxAIGE
It's MONO, a single-driver electric vehicle which can reduce its size in heavy traffic jams. This pod-shaped vehicle's key feature is its ability to reduce its footprint from numerous perspectives. For more information: https://capellossiiv.blogspot.com/2013/10/mono-single-person-electric-car-by.html Special Musical Guest: Frank Sinatra - High Hopes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJVewWbeBiY Looks like a modern-day cannon.
The Cadillac World Thorium Fuel Concept is a design study for a futuristic vehicle powered by a nuclear powertrain and built to last 100 years without any maintenance. For more information: https://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2009/01/20-cadillac-world-thorium-fuel-concept/ Special Musical Guest: C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) ft. Freedom Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaTGrV58wec 100 years with no maintenance? I hope it has a great sound system :-)
The Chanel Fiole Concept is for all you fashionistas! For more information: https://lnkd.in/dKcvt7M Special Musical Guest: Madonna Vogue https://lnkd.in/d2pkPQa Strike a pose!
Beauty is not a clean sheet of paper. Nagare’s motion-influenced surface texture compliments its dynamic attributes. For more information: https://www.topspeed.com/cars/mazda/2007-mazda-nagare-ar16857.html Special Musical Guest: Paul Oakenfold Ready Steady Go (Korean Style) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAHxAD6X-Ng This car had me look up the definition of "homonymous"
It's... The Rolls Royce Apparition... It's something vintage, where the drivers are at the front exposed outside and the passengers are inside the cabin, just like a carriage with horses. For more information:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEdREKbx_jw Special Musical Guest The Rawhide Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKC8pSFg1Vw 'Keep them doggies movin.'
When it comes to the GM EN-V, The EN-V's most significant feature is autonomous operation. The EN-V can detect and avoid obstacles – including other vehicles – park themselves and come to you when called by phone. For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EN-V Special Musical Guest: Gene Wilder - Pure Imagination https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-uV72pQKI If this car comes to you when called by phone, make sure that you don't get your signals crossed.
Don't be mousey, take a VIRTUAL DRIVE in The Apple iCar Concept! We're hearing a lot of rumors about this one! For more information: https://www.macworld.co.uk/news/apple/apple-car-3425394/ Special Musical Guest: Adele - Rumor Has It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1p6Xbqrbx0 Let's hope this buzz doesn't stop.
The Mini Next 100 Concept Before we delve into any of the technical novelties of the concept Mini, we have to talk about this thing’s design. It’s impossible to miss the striking transparency of its front and spartan minimalism of its interior. Where other cars have instrument clusters, this Mini has a single bar, which accommodates just two components: the steering wheel, which can slide across between passengers, and that iconic round speedometer. For more information: https://lnkd.in/eeVnivh Special Musical Guest: Kraftwerk - Autobahn - https://lnkd.in/eEUi-fX With an "INSPIRE ME" button on the dash, what's not to like?
The Bricklin SV-1 was basically made of the same materials used to make your... SHOWER? For more information: https://jalopnik.com/the-ten-weirdest-materials-ever-used-to-make-cars-1659609432 Special Musical Guest: Boston - More Than a Feeling - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94
The Volkswagen T-Rug, an all-electric off-roader is definitely possible for a number of reasons, among them instant torque thanks to electric motors mounted at both front and rear axles. Sufficient ride height can easily be achieved and its lower center of gravity, due to its floor-mounted battery pack, will help keep the vehicle planted in various off-road conditions." - Jay Traugott, CarBuzz - For more information: https://carbuzz.com/news/land-rover-defender-will-face-strong-competition Special Musical Guest: Eagles - Take it to the Limit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl9gZSIZqmQ
It's a "hole" new ballgame... Take an open-air drive in The Mercedes Benz all-electric Vision Golf Cart Concept. For more information: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/07/mercedes-golf-cartToday's Special Musical Guest: Dean Martin - Ain't That a Kick in the Head? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb4P-MZMzJs
The P-Eco Concept. Powered by an electric engine, the compact car features multiple chords that vibrate at a high frequency to produce electric energy, as soon as the vehicle sets in motion, to charge its battery, which increases the mileage (per battery charge) of the vehicle by a fair margin. For more information: https://lnkd.in/e8KEdi4 Special Musical Guest: Evelyn Thomas - High Energy https://lnkd.in/e26Z8TT
The Splinter - The World's First Wooden Supercar! The Splinter's designer Joe Harmon credits The Splinter to his lifelong love of automobiles and his desire to use wood in ways that would push its perceived limitations. “It has been a dream of mine to design and build my own car since I was a kid. Wood provided an additional challenge that we thought might move the project into an interesting direction.” Wood is our only naturally renewable building material. Wood takes an extraordinarily small amount of energy to produce and is totally biodegradable. For more information: https://lnkd.in/e2bRi3h Special Musical Guests: Lyle Lovett & His Large Band w Randy Newman - You′ve Got A Friend In Me https://lnkd.in/eA5TEfE
It's called the Faraday Future FFZERO1 The car was announced to have 1,000 hp (750 kW), a top speed over 200 mph (320 km/h), and a 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) time under 3 seconds. It has a glass roof, and a race car style head and neck support system, with oxygen and water feeds to the driver's helmet. It also has four electric motors, one for each wheel, and it's a single seater. Special Musical Guest: One Republic - Future Looks Good https://lnkd.in/ef-JzHw
The eRingo Cycle Cycle Concept. In a rather unique system, the two-seater concept has steering wheels for both passengers, allowing either to take control. As one driver puts the steering wheel into action, the other becomes automatically disabled. For more information: https://mohammadghezel.artstation.com/projects/51dw Today's Special Musical Guest: Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lncr2g9XJHU
The Peugot Metromorph concept is designed to face the ever-growing issues of metropolitan cities. When the user is home the vehicle becomes a balcony thus addressing parking restraints and real estate value. For more information:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO-yonpKjq4 Special Musical Guest: Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z66wVo7uNw
The AIRPod is a compressed-air vehicle in development by Motor Development International . The AIRPod is planned to be produced in three different configurations that will vary the number of seats and amount of cargo storage while keeping the same basic chassis. It is designed as an zero-emission urban vehicle. For More Information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwkyvhzdPnM Special Musical Guest: Phil Collins - In The Air https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkADj0TPrJA
The Smart Forjeremy is based on the current production version of the smart fortwo electric drive. With its 55 kW electric motor the smart fortwo electric drive accelerates from 0 - 60 km/h in 4.8 seconds, and with a maximum speed of 125 km/h driving pleasure is also guaranteed on urban motorways. The 17.6 kWh lithium-ion battery enables the urban two-seater to travel approximately 145 kilometres in city traffic without producing any local emissions. An electrifying encounter between the internationally renowned fashion designer Jeremy Scott and the smart fortwo electric drive has produced a fascinating smart fortwo. An electric car, ready for lift-off into a new era of mobility – full of lightness and joie de vivre.
The unique smart forjeremy has wings – a familiar trademark of the American star designer. The wings light up like igniting rockets to form avant-garde rear lights. “For me, wings mean freedom, a sense of weightlessness. Because of this, I definitely wanted to have them for the smart electric drive in order to convey the way it frees the environment of noxious emissions and symbolises the new lightness of mobility”, explains Jeremy Scott, who, in addition to his fashion collections, also creates unique costumes for pop stars such as Lady Ga Ga, Madonna, Katy Perry and Rihanna. For more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFZRhRR241I Special Musical Guest: Lady Gaga Applause https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pco91kroVgQ
I hope you enjoyed this inaugural Future World Auto Show. What's your vision of the future? Which vehicle(s) do you like the most? Leave your comments below.
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5 年Thanks Alan. I'll be curious to see which of these concepts actually make it fruition.? Was hoping to see this one, (https://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/30/forgotten-concept-2001-vw-microbus/), but it was obviously filed into the annals of concept car history. . .? IT was nice to see the Supra make a comeback, thanks in a large part to BMW. The only downside, is there is no M/T offering. Shame. OR how about the new Rivian R1T, that one, I believe has some serious potential! The real question, is what will my grandchildren drive (BTW, I don't have any, yet), or will they?
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5 年Hi Alan, what about this model powered by hydrogen? :) You've presented many?interesting concepts,?but they still look like today's cars. When I think about vehicles in a distant future, I envision pods and vacuum tubs and flying cars because people could live in skyscrapers higher than we can imagine now. What about submersible cars and the possibility that people could live in underwater cities that many futurists predict? Maybe I look too far ahead in the future. :))