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Robocar 2057: 8 visions of the future
Car designers show off their ideas for the ultimate robot-controlled cars of the future in the Los Angeles Auto Show's 'Design Challenge' contest......
Car designers show off their ideas for the ultimate robot-controlled cars of the future in the Los Angeles Auto Show's 'Design Challenge' contest......
Toyota Biomobile Mecha
As creator of the popular Prius hybrid car, Toyota has learned the public relations value of "green" products. The Biomobile Mecha would take things to another level in more ways than one.
Instead of adding pollution to the air, the Biomobile would use pollution as fuel in a process that, Toyota says, "restores balance to our atmosphere."
The Biomobile is designed for a future world in which scarce real estate has pushed vertical design to extremes. That would include cars as well as buildings.
The Biomobile could expand and contract in every dimension, enabling it to shrink to fit into tight spaces or expand to serve as a comfortable temporary dwelling.
As creator of the popular Prius hybrid car, Toyota has learned the public relations value of "green" products. The Biomobile Mecha would take things to another level in more ways than one.
Instead of adding pollution to the air, the Biomobile would use pollution as fuel in a process that, Toyota says, "restores balance to our atmosphere."
The Biomobile is designed for a future world in which scarce real estate has pushed vertical design to extremes. That would include cars as well as buildings.
The Biomobile could expand and contract in every dimension, enabling it to shrink to fit into tight spaces or expand to serve as a comfortable temporary dwelling.
Honda 14
Honda designers have come up with a clever way to get around "High Occupancy Vehicle" lane restrictions that they expect will still be around in 50 years.
The Honda 14, or One to the Power of Four, is Honda's concept for a solar powered hybrid robotic vehicle. It would allow commuters to use restricted HOV lanes, but as the vehicle nears its final destination, it would transform into four smaller cars to take occupants to their final destinations.
Molecular engineering would allow the individual vehicles to reshape depending on whether they were separated or combined into one or two.
Honda designers have come up with a clever way to get around "High Occupancy Vehicle" lane restrictions that they expect will still be around in 50 years.
The Honda 14, or One to the Power of Four, is Honda's concept for a solar powered hybrid robotic vehicle. It would allow commuters to use restricted HOV lanes, but as the vehicle nears its final destination, it would transform into four smaller cars to take occupants to their final destinations.
Molecular engineering would allow the individual vehicles to reshape depending on whether they were separated or combined into one or two.
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