Toyota PM-01
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Toyota PM-01
I was watching the speed channel and i noticed this interesting concept vehicle. It only sits one person. It's designed to have auto pilot. Set the course and it'll take you there. It's also designed to follow other PM's and meet up with other PM's. the "cabin" tilts back on the highway to make better suited for highway driving. Tilts back up when the person wants to get out or get in. The front wheels are able to turn completely around and point towards the back wires to make parking easier. i dont know what to think of it, just thought i'd share it with you guys tho.
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Re: Toyota PM-01
Originally posted by Woogie
I was watching the speed channel and i noticed this interesting concept vehicle. It only sits one person. It's designed to have auto pilot. Set the course and it'll take you there. It's also designed to follow other PM's and meet up with other PM's. the "cabin" tilts back on the highway to make better suited for highway driving. Tilts back up when the person wants to get out or get in. The front wheels are able to turn completely around and point towards the back wires to make parking easier. i dont know what to think of it, just thought i'd share it with you guys tho.
I was watching the speed channel and i noticed this interesting concept vehicle. It only sits one person. It's designed to have auto pilot. Set the course and it'll take you there. It's also designed to follow other PM's and meet up with other PM's. the "cabin" tilts back on the highway to make better suited for highway driving. Tilts back up when the person wants to get out or get in. The front wheels are able to turn completely around and point towards the back wires to make parking easier. i dont know what to think of it, just thought i'd share it with you guys tho.
To me it looks like an interesting way to transport terminally ill folks that need rest in a hyperbaric chamber mixed with the following:
Last edited by whipimpin; Jul 23, 2004 at 06:46 PM.
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Originally posted by wantAnewLex
They soooo had a segment about this on 5th Gear. Typical cutsie Japanese thing. The car makes happy and sad faces, etc.
Hardcore.
They soooo had a segment about this on 5th Gear. Typical cutsie Japanese thing. The car makes happy and sad faces, etc.
Hardcore.
And then when I'm bleeding to death having been tossed out on the highway - the car starts talking to me, the soon-to-be corpse .... "car is sorry" *frowning lights* ... "oh look another PM! Car is HAPPY!" *happy lights*
No thanks.
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Originally posted by whipimpin
I hope that by "hardcore" you actually mean "dumpy" - I can feel that autopilot/swivel-thing not properly communicating and me dying all the way over here ... on the other side of the world.
And then when I'm bleeding to death having been tossed out on the highway - the car starts talking to me, the soon-to-be corpse .... "car is sorry" *frowning lights* ... "oh look another PM! Car is HAPPY!" *happy lights*
No thanks.
I hope that by "hardcore" you actually mean "dumpy" - I can feel that autopilot/swivel-thing not properly communicating and me dying all the way over here ... on the other side of the world.
And then when I'm bleeding to death having been tossed out on the highway - the car starts talking to me, the soon-to-be corpse .... "car is sorry" *frowning lights* ... "oh look another PM! Car is HAPPY!" *happy lights*
No thanks.
It's ridiculously bizzare. I could see it working well in Asia or some populated European cities, but not here.
It reminds me a Q-Tip.
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PM-01 > SmartCar
...and the SmartCar hits US shores next year. I really hope smaller cars becomes the next and ultimate trend. I will still drive sports coupes as long as I can afford them, but it'd be nice to see the auto industry making a turn in the RIGHT direction.
...and the SmartCar hits US shores next year. I really hope smaller cars becomes the next and ultimate trend. I will still drive sports coupes as long as I can afford them, but it'd be nice to see the auto industry making a turn in the RIGHT direction.
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I think i'd be afraid to drive any of those small cars. The way people drive around here and a small car Vs. a big rig semi. It would be like driving a geo metro. Scary as heck.
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Originally posted by Attila
It's the evolution of the BMW Isetta!!! (Erkel drove one in Family Matters at one point)
Seriously though, very weird car
It's the evolution of the BMW Isetta!!! (Erkel drove one in Family Matters at one point)
Seriously though, very weird car
*waits for comments about the ES250*
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