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Perfect Aerodynamics And Colossal Efficiency In Volkswagen XL1. The visionary goal of Volkswagen, stated at the beginning of 2000, was to bring a production car to the market that would be practical in everyday use with fuel consumption of one litre per 100 km.

Perfect Aerodynamics And Colossal Efficiency In Volkswagen XL1

And recently Volkswagen has unveiled the XL1 2014, a car of the future, built for today. Bugatti EB.LA In The Jean Bugatti Prospective Style. The designer’s (Marian Hilgers from University of Pforzheim) idea behind this vehicle was to imagine the Bugatti Veyron of today with the innovative vision of Jean Bugatti.

Bugatti EB.LA In The Jean Bugatti Prospective Style

The Bugatti EB.LA is 4.62 meters long, 1.2 meters tall, and almost 2 meters wide having the side wings to provide the downforce to the vehicle while letting it remain very light. The Amazing Self-Parking Car. Futuristic & Smart Fiat Eye For A Single Rider. The concept Fiat Eye personal vehicle by Dinard Da Mata has elliptical wheels making the tires rotate in synchronized treadmill rotation that allows around the axis turns and other irregular moves.

Futuristic & Smart Fiat Eye For A Single Rider

The smart car is balanced gyroscopically and provided with the technology monitoring the surrounding situation and adapting its balance accordingly. Its navigation mechanisms are placed ergonomically. What’s also important, the Fiat Eye is eco-friendly as it has electric propulsion. Via: tuvie.com. Tokyo Motor Show 2013: Toyota Concept Cars – FV2, FCV Concept. OCE (One Common Energy) Electric Car Concept. This new car concept which was a participant at the Michellin challenge design 2009 is one that is modern in functions yet contemporary in design.

OCE (One Common Energy) Electric Car Concept

The car runs on the new energy system known as OCE or One Common Energy wherein the complete system runs on the same type of smart battery. The system consists of a battery, CPU with customized interface for user communication and function which in itself can replace the need for the regular battery, engine and other control systems found in today’s cars. The car has been designed by Korean born Yongbang Ho. (Click the image for bigger view) Peugeot EX1 Concept - французский электромобиль, покоривший Нюрбургринг. Французская компания Peugeot в 2010 году показала миру свой великолепнейший концепт - Peugeot EX1 Concept, на который возлагались огромные надежды.

Peugeot EX1 Concept - французский электромобиль, покоривший Нюрбургринг

Сама модель автомобиля была разработана к 200-летию марки Peugeot. Стоит отметить, что этот автомобиль сейчас претендует на звание самого быстрого электромобиля в мире. А всё потому, что французам наконец-таки удалось создать быстрый автомобиль, который способен побивать рекорды. Why Concept Cars Are Going Nowhere - Creditplus. Another year of international car shows spells another round of scantily-clad girls stripping the covers away to reveal motoring’s gorgeous, pouting future.

Why Concept Cars Are Going Nowhere - Creditplus

Festooned in swathes of dry ice and heralded by pumping muzak, auto makers spend millions each year on these forward-looking statements. Empty Statements But while there are concept cars that indicate serious intent and direction, the show halls are also a dumping ground for empty statements – clever ideas that promise breakthroughs in green technology, performance and practicality yet more often than not, ideas destined to remain as static as the models on show.

In the absence of real cars actually scheduled to sell, concept cars make great space fillers – proof that the design department is doing something for its swish studios and fat pay cheques. Студент разработал концептуальный электромобиль (5 фото + видео) 22-летний студент тайванского университета разработал очень интересный концептуальный одноместный автомобиль, чем заинтересовал немецких ученых.

Студент разработал концептуальный электромобиль (5 фото + видео)

По идее, Insecta Concept должен приводиться в действие четырьмя электродвигателями, которые также смогут еще и изменять дорожный просвет и жесткость подвески. Естественно, этот концепт на всегда останется концептом, но в действии его можно увидеть на видео далее. TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: Mazda’s Futuristic KAAN Racer. Infiniti Emerg-E concept gets unveiled before Geneva, is it the 'green' supercar you've been waiting for? Despite parent company Nissan's penchant for forward-thinking electric mobility, its luxury division, Infiniti, hasn't gotten much love from us thus far, chiefly due to its reluctance to play in the EV and plug-in hybrid spaces that we cover.

Infiniti Emerg-E concept gets unveiled before Geneva, is it the 'green' supercar you've been waiting for?

That friends, will change at the upcoming Geneva Auto Show with the unveiling of the absolutely gorgeous Emerg-E concept. We don't have much more info on offer other than a bevy of official shots, but with looks like that, how could we not keep a watchful eye out for its March debut? You'll find another snap of its interior after the break, and those with more time (and privacy) ought to peep the upcoming E-tron and i8 competitor over at Autoblog. Comments. Gorgeous Mercedes-Benz Electric Concept Could Be Spiderman's New Ride. Designed for the grueling 24-hour LeMans car race, Mercedes-Benz’s newest electric concept is far from conventional.

Gorgeous Mercedes-Benz Electric Concept Could Be Spiderman's New Ride

Built by Turkish born, Milan based designer Ozgun Culam, the race car looks like it belongs more on the set of the next Spiderman movie than on the track. (You just have to change the orange paint job to the appropriate red.) Time to forget about the Batwing. The Bugatti Gangloff Concept. Image: Bentleys of the future design concepts, size: 1024 x 570, type: gif, posted on: February 1, 2010, 4:45 pm - MotorAuthority. Flying Cars: Audi Calamaro Flying Concept Car Takes Future Design Competitions To Higher Level. Green Solution Of Your Transport Problems. Just think of some brand new green solution of the numerous present-day transport problems!

Green Solution Of Your Transport Problems

The Folding Electric Vehicle is a compact and speedy means of transportation, that can easily solve your problems, like traffic jams, little parking space. This green technology could even substitute cars and public transport! Via: yankodesign.com. Land Airbus The Future Of The City. Virtually Real BMW Pario 3.0. BMW Pario 3.o is a virtual reality private vehicle created by BMW and Intel-Works India to travel from the seaside city to the recreation ocean islands. Sportscar Concept By Giampiero Sbrizzi Turns Vibrations Into Energy. Inspired by music, Giampiero Sbrizzi has presented a Pininfarina Chords Concept, a future sportscar, that features similar vibration strings system, which is produced by musical instruments. Due to the innovative technology (Mini Energy Harvest) developed at MIT this car transforms any low frequency vibrations coming from those strings into energy.

Re-skin Your Bike. The main idea behind the MOOBY bike concept designed by Madella Simone is to enable the rider to easily re-skin your ride with personalized graphics.This single-speed bike rethinks the structure of the urban commuter as a paneled, modular system. Tronatic Everia Concept Car. A French design studio that specializes in 2D and 3D visualization, Tronatic Production, has recently presented their vision of a French muscle car. The concept is actually an improved Atmos project, already built as a full scale prototype. Flashy Futuristic Bike. Wincycle001 bike is a t flashy futuristic bike with a stunning design, apparently inspired by Tron Legacy movie. Younes Jmoula created this bike as part of a challenge in facebook together with his colleagues.

The main highlights of this Tron style bike are super light and effects.Via:tuvie.com. Recycled Materials Only For A Supercar Concept By Peugeot. Financial strait caused fewer outlandish concept cars being put on the market by the automotive design studios. Designing a vehicle for the 2012 Paris Auto Show the French automaker Peugeot has fully explored the possibilities of new materials. Their new supercar concept called the Onyx seems just a flight of fancy and will never get into production. Shaped using raw materials innovatively, this supercar was designed by enthusiasts who have drawn their inspiration from the world of racing.

Unlike most supercars, having showy paint jobs, the exterior of the Onyx is carbon fiber painted matte black; its copper panels are uncoated and are thus subject to a patina. Extreme Aerodynamics Due To Unique Roof Surface. Mithos Electromagnetic Vehicle: Supercar Of The Future. Tiago Miguel Inacio, a Portuguese designer envisioned his version of a supercar of the future – Mithos Electromagnetic Vehicle. Looking like a futuristic Batmobile the vehicle is to run a 1.5 MW electric motor which turns into 2,011 horsepower. Its body is to withstand crashes (being created out of a yet undiscovered H-fiber) and to have a shape memory feature to remedy itself from scratches and alike. Bugatti EB.LA In The Jean Bugatti Prospective Style. Mazda MX-5 Iai Elegant And Sporty.