by Francois on April 7, 2012
in vehicles
The Electric vehicle market is slowly but surely shaking off the shackles ugly aesthetics to vehicles and creating vehicles that even gas-lovers envy. Frog Design is bringing its ample experience in the field of motorcycle design to the table with a new concept motorcycle called the eBike 2012.
The no nonsense name of the motorbike doesn’t really do it justice. With the Frog FZ750 Rana in the eighties, Frog had a massive impact on motorbike design. The eBike 2012 continues in this tradition. The most striking feature of the bike is the massive cavity where one expects the gas tank to be. This, and many of the other leaning elements of eBike 2012, is due to cutting out the complex mechanics required for a combustion engine. Why keep this silhouette? The reason was to keep the shape we have gotten used to, not only visually but also physically. The bulge helps riders hug the body when riding at high speeds. The copper coils needed to propel the bike are encased in the hub-less rear wheel, making the transmission of power even more direct. The batteries have been placed at the bottom of the chassis to help lower the center of gravity and thereby improve stability. An unbroken line runs from the rear of the bike to the front and back again, encasing the minimal OLED display panel. All this with fly-by-wire steering, cloud connection and a helmet with heads-up display and retina tracking make a riding experience worthy of the 21st century.
While the eBike is only a concept, the technologies it uses are already available. So the only question left is, when can we get our hands on a working one?
by Ascent on December 28, 2011
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There are just certain things out there that most people would never be able to think of as modern even if they tried. This could be for many reasons but usually it is due to the stigma or other things attached to that object. Often though when that object is able to be released in a way that makes it look really cool and totally fashionable then it ends up being a whole lot better than just the average type of design in the first place. Today we are going to be looking at an example of that with the new Airstream Sterling Concept Trailer.
While a trailer is one of the last things people expect to be fully modern, most people do expect it to at least be comfortable. This trailer is able to bring both together into one and in a very interesting way. Take a look around through the pictures and at all of the features that this thing has inside of it. This would definitely make a cross country trip a whole lot more fun.
by laser on September 12, 2011
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Today we would like to present a wild concept from Jaguar. Its name is Jaguar C-X75. This car is super-fast and can reach a speed of 330 km / hour with a hybrid engine that has 50 kg electric power blocks. The beauty has a very light frame that is made up of carbon. It might sound insane but the vehicle can go from 0 to 100 km/h in only 3 seconds.
Engineers still have to work on the green technology though, as the pure electric mode supports about 50 kilometers. Once the gasoline engine kicks off the CO2 emission is said to be reduced to 99 g/km.
We believe that the Jaguar C-X75 is a nice marriage between ecology and sportiness. Unfortunately, it will be a very rare gem to see on the roads as the production is limited to 250 cars only. The price of this green hybrid rocket is quite shocking: £700.000. Only for billionaires.
If you have entirely too much money, then driving around a boat made of normal materials is just not sufficient. A Malaysian businessman had his boat built out of 100,000 kilograms of gold, platinum and other rare and expensive materials. This Supreme Baia 100 only set him back $4.8 billion too. Only.
Recently, a Romanian designer by the name of Vlad Iorgulescu designed this new concept car for a Design Boom contest. The Renault 4 is a car that was first introduced in 1961, but we have to say that it really looks great the way that Vlad has redesigned it though.
