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Friday, June 28, 2013

Future Technology – Car Design Concepts

Number Ten – Organically grown cars:

Biome, the fresh Mercedes-Benz concept, could merit an entire Top ten feature itself. We`ll limit ourselves to highlights, like its bio-fiber cloth assets. The plan calls for panels harvested from organically-grown, genetically-modified trees. Cool stuff in theory, but even our horticultural illiterate imaginations question the ramp-up time and sheer volume needed for total production without depletion. Our guess is by 2050, adaptation could include trim chunks and limited assets panels on existing models for better weight distribution and a lowered center of gravity.

OLED technology is presently an expensive tech with unique applications, but as with most technology, the cost goes down exponentially with time. The Kia Pop concept takes a unique treatment to the dashboard with a semitransparent OLED panel that gives a better range of vision (obviously – you can see through it) than other dashboards. This is the kind of technology that is usually exhibited on halo models very first and then trickles down to mass-produced compacts and sedans. Given the rapid improvement in OLED technology, we wouldn`t be astonished to see this tech in fresh cars by 2015.

This seems the result of a Mercedes designer with Seinfeld on the brain. Kramer and Newman`s idea of the homeless pulling rickshaws has evolved into the Maybach DRS concept for individual transportation. We should very likely be grateful it wasn`t based on "The Contest" scene. Anyway, this "urban sombrero" seems like a nice blend of individual city transportation and isolation. On the other arm, it would be a two-wheeled coffin if a taxi ran a crimson light and T-boned you. While corporate lawyers fret over this, don`t expect to see one before 2075.

Honda`s Air concept is not the only air-powered idea out there, but its vegetable-based figure panels give fresh meaning to “organic design.” Diminished weight would be a major benefit, especially when combined with other weight-saving features like airless urethane tires and glass-reinforced seating panels. These would be excellent technologies to see on any Honda or Acura model, just most likely not on the Air itself (too bad, because it looks like it`d be a blast to drive and the division despairingly needs a sports car). If Honda can refine the practice for optimal strength and form retention, we`d expect to see at least limited production use among existing vehicles by 2030.

Jaguar`s C-X75 super-car concept, like the marque`s current lineup, is stunning. What sets this car apart from the rest of the brand — and most other automobiles — is revolution in design. An electrical motor is at each wheel, drawing from a central lithium-ion battery pack. The C-X75`s party lumps are twin gas turbines. Summon their power and Jaguar claims Trio.4-second 0-60 mph blasts and a two hundred five mph top end. If they can find a way to dissipate the turbines` massive warmth without melting cars behind the C-X75 in traffic, we`d love this car or a green version of the XK to employ this tech by 2025.

Another future vehicle tech highlight of the spacey-but-cool Mercedes Biome is not what it has, but what it doesn’t have: nasty emissions. In this case, all it spews back into the atmosphere is unspoiled oxygen. It`s almost as if the trees used in the car`s bod panel construction live on. As hopeful as we are — and as much as they`d dig it in Los Angeles — we can`t imagine it in production Benzes before 2050.

The world is total of odd couples, incomprehensible pairings that somehow seem to work. Toyota believes enough in such matches that they`re putting their name on it: the Nori (Japanese for seaweed). And unlike Audi’s unintended French double-entendre with the E-tron, Toyota`s naming is deliberate. Seaweed is used in the conjoined carbon fiber bod/chassis, which is also embedded with solar panels. The combined bod and chassis format is exceptionally strong and light, and with the addition of the solar cells, actually generates supplemental power. We doubt the Nori will be parked next to Corollas in dealer showrooms, but we bet a derivative of this technology could reach future Prius models by 2020.

Future vehicle tech suggests tomorrow`s electrical vehicles will feature numerous motors, even one at each wheel. Concepts like Jaguar`s aforementioned C-X75 have this, but the Nissan iV is unique. Look beyond the spider silk and ivy composite assets (hence, the iV name) and witness the concentric hub-less motors in each wheel. This patented Nissan technology also treats steering and suspension duties. Weight and moving parts are cut down in the process — very good things indeed. The two thousand thirty five street-date mentioned in the vehicle description seems plausible for the feature, even if the iV itself does not.

Tech NEWS and REVIEWS: Future Technology – Car Design Concepts

Tech NEWS and REVIEWS

Friday, June 28, 2013

Future Technology – Car Design Concepts

Number Ten – Organically grown cars:

Biome, the fresh Mercedes-Benz concept, could merit an entire Top ten feature itself. We`ll limit ourselves to highlights, like its bio-fiber cloth bod. The plan calls for panels harvested from organically-grown, genetically-modified trees. Cool stuff in theory, but even our horticultural illiterate imaginations question the ramp-up time and sheer volume needed for utter production without depletion. Our guess is by 2050, adaptation could include trim lumps and limited figure panels on existing models for better weight distribution and a lowered center of gravity.

OLED technology is presently an expensive tech with unique applications, but as with most technology, the cost goes down exponentially with time. The Kia Pop concept takes a unique treatment to the dashboard with a semi-transparent OLED panel that gives a better range of vision (obviously – you can see through it) than other dashboards. This is the kind of technology that is usually exhibited on halo models very first and then trickles down to mass-produced compacts and sedans. Given the rapid improvement in OLED technology, we wouldn`t be astonished to see this tech in fresh cars by 2015.

This seems the result of a Mercedes designer with Seinfeld on the brain. Kramer and Newman`s idea of the homeless pulling rickshaws has evolved into the Maybach DRS concept for private transportation. We should very likely be grateful it wasn`t based on "The Contest" scene. Anyway, this "urban sombrero" seems like a nice blend of private city transportation and isolation. On the other palm, it would be a two-wheeled coffin if a taxi ran a crimson light and T-boned you. While corporate lawyers fret over this, don`t expect to see one before 2075.

Honda`s Air concept is not the only air-powered idea out there, but its vegetable-based bod panels give fresh meaning to “organic design.” Diminished weight would be a major benefit, especially when combined with other weight-saving features like airless urethane tires and glass-reinforced seating panels. These would be fine technologies to see on any Honda or Acura model, just most likely not on the Air itself (too bad, because it looks like it`d be a blast to drive and the division despairingly needs a sports car). If Honda can refine the practice for optimal strength and form retention, we`d expect to see at least limited production use among existing vehicles by 2030.

Jaguar`s C-X75 super-car concept, like the marque`s current lineup, is stunning. What sets this car apart from the rest of the brand — and most other automobiles — is revolution in design. An electrical motor is at each wheel, drawing from a central lithium-ion battery pack. The C-X75`s party lumps are twin gas turbines. Summon their power and Jaguar claims Three.4-second 0-60 mph blasts and a two hundred five mph top end. If they can find a way to dissipate the turbines` massive warmth without melting cars behind the C-X75 in traffic, we`d love this car or a green version of the XK to employ this tech by 2025.

Another future vehicle tech highlight of the spacey-but-cool Mercedes Biome is not what it has, but what it doesn’t have: nasty emissions. In this case, all it spews back into the atmosphere is unspoiled oxygen. It`s almost as if the trees used in the car`s assets panel construction live on. As hopeful as we are — and as much as they`d dig it in Los Angeles — we can`t imagine it in production Benzes before 2050.

The world is total of odd couples, incomprehensible pairings that somehow seem to work. Toyota believes enough in such matches that they`re putting their name on it: the Nori (Japanese for seaweed). And unlike Audi’s unintended French double-entendre with the E-tron, Toyota`s naming is deliberate. Seaweed is used in the conjoined carbon fiber figure/chassis, which is also embedded with solar panels. The combined figure and chassis format is amazingly strong and light, and with the addition of the solar cells, actually generates supplemental power. We doubt the Nori will be parked next to Corollas in dealer showrooms, but we bet a derivative of this technology could reach future Prius models by 2020.

Future vehicle tech suggests tomorrow`s electrified vehicles will feature numerous motors, even one at each wheel. Concepts like Jaguar`s aforementioned C-X75 have this, but the Nissan iV is unique. Look beyond the spider silk and ivy composite figure (hence, the iV name) and witness the concentric hub-less motors in each wheel. This patented Nissan technology also treats steering and suspension duties. Weight and moving parts are cut down in the process — very good things indeed. The two thousand thirty five street-date mentioned in the vehicle description seems plausible for the feature, even if the iV itself does not.

Tech NEWS and REVIEWS: Future Technology – Car Design Concepts

Tech NEWS and REVIEWS

Friday, June 28, 2013

Future Technology – Car Design Concepts

Tech NEWS and REVIEWS

Friday, June 28, 2013

Future Technology – Car Design Concepts

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