For nearly 100 years, auto makers around the world have been creating exciting concept cars for what their vision is of the future of the passenger car. Unfortunately, we never really lived up to those expectations. Even some of the ground-breaking features seen in concept cars in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, still haven't been seen in a commercially released vehicle to date.
This infographic from TitleMax.com showcases 18 of the most exciting that will hopefully one day become a reality.
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Swiss automobile visionary Frank M. Rinderknecht is the brain behind the Rinspeed Oasis Concept Car, above, unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last month.
A self-driving electric car for two packed with every high-tech feature imaginable, the speedster comes with an integrated garden plot behind the windshield with enough space "for growing radishes or even little Bonsai trees". Designed like a living room, the bionic armchairs swivel to allow passengers to get in and out of the car comfortably, and the windscreen doubles up as a giant 5K monitor for virtual and augmented realities.
The Rinspeed Oasis Concept Car is a self-driving electric car for two packed with every high-tech feature imaginable.If you prefer to let the car drive you, the steering wheel can be folded down and a keyboard pops up so that you can catch up on your emails and literally have an office on wheels. But, wait a minute...have you spotted the unusual passenger on board? Placed directly in the centre of the steering wheel is a Carl F. Bucherer Manero Flyback watch.
Large, glazed areas provide the Rinspeed Oasis Concept Car with ample views while the interior is decorated like a mini living room in cool white tones.An unusual mix of "next gen" techie gadgets alongside a traditional, mechanical watch, the red gold Manero Flyback chronograph faces the person in the driver's seat and keeps its rotor wound thanks to their steering motions.
However, well beyond being a publicity opportunity for Carl F.Bucherer, there are many parallels between these two objects. Watches were, after all, the first accessories to be packed full of functional technology, just like the Oasis car.
Housed in a classic round 43mm rose gold case with a champagne-colour dial, Carl F. Bucherer's Manero Flyback is a sophisticated piece of technology featuring a flyback function (€17,900).Housed in a classic 43mm round rose gold case with a handsome champagne-colour dial, the Manero is a sophisticated piece of technology featuring a flyback function allowing for the measurement of multiple time intervals in quick succession.
Like a stopwatch on your wrist, the flyback feature means that you can take a new timing without stopping and having to reset the chronograph hand, losing valuable seconds between timings.
If the battery on the Oasis gets low, the driver can order a supplementary battery pack, which is delivered by a robotic platform at a convened spot.Capable of reaching speeds of 130 km/hour, the downside of the Oasis Concept Car, or of any contemporary technological product for that matter, is the power supply. If the battery on the car gets low, the driver can order a supplementary battery pack, which is delivered by a robotic platform at a convened spot. But what if the robot malfunctions? And what if the control panel doesn't detect the failure...what if...
Whereas electronic devices depend on external sources of power, a mechanical watch like Carl F. Bucherer's Manero Flyback has the upper hand because it keep ticking to infinity and beyond (€17,900).And this is where good old mechanical watchmaking has the upper hand because whereas electronic devices are prone to glitches and their power supply can fail (and don't forget what happened to the astronauts on the 1970 Apollo 13 "Houston, we've had a problem" mission, who were literally saved by their Omega Speedmaster watches) a mechanical watch will keep ticking to infinity and beyond.
The all-electric Renault Trezor Concept that debuted at the 2016 Paris Motor Show was just voted as the Most Beautiful Concept Car of 2016 by the Festival Automobile International.
"The jury decided this award should go to the TreZor because of the extreme beauty, sensuality, and elegance it exudes," sais Rémi Depoix, president of the Festival Automobile International, in a press release. "It is the epitome of a concept car and we were notably won over by the cohesion of its overall design and the attention that has been paid to the details. It is a fine creative work which, we hope, will inspire Renault's future roadgoing models."
The lines of the Renault TREZOR are warm, sensuous and refined, while its assertive front end incorporates signature C-shaped lights. In terms of their styling, Renault's upcoming models will draw their inspiration from the TREZOR's DNA as their forms become even more fluid and mature.
The TREZOR's interior design, meanwhile, places the emphasis on driving enjoyment and features a large enveloping touchscreen display that reinforces the cockpit feel. This customisable, connected interface juxtaposes warming, prestige materials like wood and leather. The interiors of upcoming Renault models will take their inspiration from these increasingly refined styling trends and connected technologies.
Standing just 1,080mm tall, the Trezor invites occupants to straddle the side of its body as they climb in. This style of entry is a throwback to the world of classic racing cars, where in drivers felt as one with their machines. The sporting and sensual manner of entry is accentuated by the red leather trim for the upper part of the pillar. It looks almost like a saddle, so you might be mounting a steed just as easily as getting into a car. Ingress isfacilitated by automatically reclining headrests.
The Trezor provides another surprise when you climb in, with a dashboard made from red wood that incorporates a luggage compartment at the front of the vehicle. Made-to-measure cases are held in place by leather straps and remind how travel can be an art form.
The Trezor's motor derives from the Renault e.dams, two-time winner of the Formula E Teams' world title. With a maximum power of 260kW (350hp) and peak torque of 380Nm, it provides acceleration from stand still to 62mph (0-100 km/h) in less than four seconds.
Read more about Renault Trezor here.
Feb 6, 2017Editorial Staff
Even a quick glance at the vehicle reveals some interesting designs. Citroen has always separated itself from competitors through baffling yet attractive design quirks, and the Citroen C-Aircross is no exception. On the exterior, it features a thin grille that's embedded with LEDs, some stylized fake exhaust ports along the side runners, and geometrical rims. On the interior, the car looks even more futuristic, with a heads-up display replacing the dashboard and deep bucket seats.
Mercedes-Benz F015 Luxury in Motion concept, 2015 Consumer Electronics Show
Enlarge PhotoUber has made little secret of its desire to launch self-driving taxi fleets all over the globe.
Uber is currently spending up big to develop the technology but it won't limit its popular ride-sharing network to its own self-driving cars only. Instead, Uber will allow other firms including automakers to introduce and operate their own self-driving cars on the network.
And the first to sign up is Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler. Uber and Daimler announced an agreement on Tuesday for the intended supply and operation of self-driving Mercedes cars on Uber's network. Daimler is the first automaker to sign up, though we're sure it won't be the last.
The benefit for Uber is that it won't have to invest in the costly and complex production of cars to build up its network, something made clear by CEO Travis Kalanick.
"Auto manufacturers like Daimler are crucial to our strategy because Uber has no experience making cars—and in fact, making cars is really hard," Kalanick said in a statement. "This became very clear to me after I visited an auto manufacturing plant and saw how much effort goes into designing, testing and building cars."
The touted benefits of self-driving cars are reduced accidents, fewer cars clogging up parking spots and low-cost, reliable transport for all.
What isn't clear is when the technology will be ready for prime time. Many automakers are promising to have self-driving cars that can handle most situations on their own ready by the start of the next decade. That deadline is likely to be pushed back but it is clear self-driving cars are coming. Let's just hope that cars that still require a human driver aren't run off the road for good.
Pictured main is Mercedes' F015 concept car from 2015. It previews the automaker's vision of a future where driving is optional.
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Are flying cars just "one to three years" away? Probably not. But that's the claim being made today by Uber's latest hire—a man who promises that flying cars are just around the corner. Just two more years, guys!
A story from Bloomberg landed in my inbox this morning proclaiming that Uber had hired a former NASA engineer, Mark Moore, to spearhead the company's flying car initiative. Flying cars have been the perennial dream of futurists for well over a century now. But they always seem to be just two years away.
"These air taxis will only need ranges of between 50 to 100 miles, and Moore thinks that they can be at least partially recharged while passengers are boarding or exiting the aircraft," the Bloomberg piece proclaims.
"He also predicts we'll see several well-engineered flying cars in the next one to three years and that there will be human pilots, at least managing the onboard computers, for the foreseeable future."
Emphasis mine, of course. Because we've heard this before. Every six months or so the tech and auto press seem to get amnesia and parrot the latest from people developing flying cars. It's always just two years away. At this point it's like a cultish chant: Just two more years, just two more years.
Take a look at the promises for flying cars from the past decade, if you don't believe me:
And, of course, there are countless other examples. But let's just say I'm not holding my breath. In fact, back in 2015, I promised to literally eat the sun if the AeroMobil was released by 2017. I guess I'll give them until the end of the year.
The Bloomberg article is a great little ad for Uber. It's cool that some people are still dreaming big. But if you step back for a moment and recognize what it would take to actually make flying cars happen, you know that we're a lot farther than two years (sorry, "one to three years") away from seeing them commonly zipping around in the skies.
Nobody knows what the future holds, and here's hoping that Uber can make this whole flying car thing work out. But two years is a very ambitious goal, given the current state of VTOL technology.
And let's just say that the current business climate in the United States doesn't give many business leaders hope that we're going to see any kind of demand for luxuries like a flying car. If we survive the Trump regime at all I'd consider us lucky at this point.
If you have grown tired of constant traffic jams, giving up driving and hoping on taxis and ride sharing cars won't help you get out of the gridlock. Trains like subways sound like a good idea, except that you have to rub shoulders with many. Not exactly the ideal solution, is it? What you need is a transport that zips overhead, up in the sky, you know, a flying taxi of sort. But the flying taxi of the future won't be Korben Dallas' kind of flying yellow cab; it would be more of an aircraft-ish transportation like the Airbus Group Project Vahana Flying Car Concept.
As you can see in the picture above, Vahana is clearly not a car; it is a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft that's basically embodies the best of both worlds: the speed and range of an aeroplane, and the vertical and landing ability of a helicopter. The latter is what makes this VTOL suitable for tight urban landscapes where runaways will not be available. We are not sure about the downwash issue and if Vahana would be zipping in between skyscrapers like Hollywood movies often depict, or way above the skyline.
Whatever it is, you can't deny Vahana is one heck of a cool concept, but as cool as it looks, do not hold your breath for it to happen anytime soon. According to a report, it would be 10 years into the future before we start seeing such vehicle plying the sky above and also, it won't be yours to acquire as the plan is to make Vahana into an air taxi of sort, or a ride-sharing service, if you will.
So am I excited? Well, lets just say that I am still waiting for Korben Dallas' kind of flying yellow cab to be realized. Come'on aerospace industry, we seriously need a revolutionary propulsion system, or at least an anti-gravity technology to make it happen.
via Robb Report.
Additional information and images via Fast Company.
We knew the Renault Trezor concept was a stunner when it rolled on stage at the Paris Motor Show in September. But now it is officially "the Most Beautiful Concept Car of 2016," according to the pros at the 32nd Festival Automobile International at the Hôtel des Invalides, coincidentally, also in Paris.
If French nationalism swayed this vote, we can live with it, because the Trezor is a legitimately awesome concept, from its low, crouching stance to its Bono's sunglasses-grade red-tinted canopy and all-electric drive system.
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"The jury decided this award should go to the TREZOR because of the extreme beauty, sensuality and elegance it exudes," explained Rémi Depoix, president of the Festival Automobile International.
"It is the epitome of a concept car and we were notably won over by the cohesion of its overall design and the attention that has been paid to the details. It is a fine creative work which, we hope, will inspire Renault's future roadgoing models."
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Indeed, all future cars should look exactly like this. Science says so, because the Trezor's 0.22 coefficient of drag means that it is more aerodynamic efficient than even the Tesla Model S, with its 0.24 score.
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But such decisions shouldn't all be entirely rational. The heart also says that the Trezor's red-tinted class and red leather upholstery are also obviously crucial ingredients for all future cars, if we are to turn the tide against the incoming flood of un-involving driverless autonomous cars.
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Vive la France!
