Future cars designs that could revolutionise the vehicle industry
Future Cars Designs That Could Revolutionise The Vehicle Industry
Tesla Cybertruck
The Cybertruck is built mostly to be resilient. It uses Ultra-Hard 30X Cold-Rolled stainless-steel structural skin to harden the frame of the car. That's a complicated way of saying that the frame of the car is seriously strong. It is also what causes the car's pointy futuristic design, as the cold-rolled metal loses a lot of its flexibility and formability.
Despite a now infamous video of the Cybertruck windows being easily destroyed by Musk at the Cybertruck reveal, Tesla is claiming that the car's strength extends to the windows. Ultra-strong glass and polymer-layered composite will supposedly absorb and redirect force keeping your windows safe.
Tesla is also claiming that the Cybertruck will be able to tow over 6,350 Kilograms - roughly the weight of the average African bush elephant. That's a lot of impressive stats but with all of its many delays, it could well succeed in achieving them all... now we just have to see if it will come out in 2023 or be pushed back again.
BMW iX Flow
This is possible thanks to a colour-swapping e-ink ‘paint. What that essentially means is that this car is covered in a giant e-reader display with millions of microcapsules filled with paint. In each of these capsules, there are negatively charged white pigments and positively charged black pigments. When an electrical field is changed, the chosen pigment rises to the surface to change the colour of the car.
It doesn't even have to be the entire car that changes colour. BMW showed it off with racing stripes, patches of different colours all over and seamless switches from white to black across the entire car.
While this feels like a car pulled straight from a James Bond movie, it is only a concept right now. Whether BMW will actually bring this technology out is yet to be seen. There would also be questions over how well the millions of microcapsules would fair in a real-world environment.
Meta Materials HUD
A HUD would mean the driver's eyes wouldn't have to adjust to different brightnesses when switching from the road to the instruments in the car and would, in theory, improve a driver's reaction time by always looking at the road. However, like a lot of car technology, this is still a long way away and would likely need a lot of approval before it could be implanted effectively into cars.
Hyundai Elevate
With these legs, the car would even be able to climb and 'walk' around where wheels aren't helpful. “When a tsunami or earthquake strikes, current rescue vehicles can only transport first responders to the edges of the debris. They have to travel the rest of the way on foot. 'Elevate' can drive into place and climb directly over debris from a flood or pieces of collapsed buildings,” said John Suh, Vice President and Head of Hyundai Cradle.
Canoo pickup
This means you can have a smaller car for speeding around the city or, extend out the top and the back for maximum storage on a trip. It has hidden drawers, extra plugs, solar panels and integrated lighting across the outside of the car - nothing particularly advanced but modular features on a car is a great idea we rarely see.
DS X E-Tense
The interior features lots of elaborate designs, bright colours and overall, the kind of stylising that feels futuristic. Obviously, like a lot of other concept cars, most of this technology doesn't exist yet. Instead, DS is looking to highlight where cars could go in the future.
Audi AI: Trail
The seats are detachable style hammocks which can be removed and used on camping trips and allow you to clean easier. There is also the weirder suggestion in this concept of drones that follow the car and light up the route ahead. It does all feel very futuristic but whether Audi's AI: Trail is a functional model for the future of cars, we're not so sure.
Cadillac InterSpace
The car would feature fully autonomous capability - a feature many car manufacturers have aimed for but none have fully managed - allowing the driver to focus on the scenery or personal tasks. Cadillac aims to take entertainment a step further in this car, using Augmented Reality engagement to keep passengers engaged.
The car goes as far as to feature tyres that reduce sound wave resonance for a quieter and more comfortable journey. Like a lot of the cars on this list, this is very much a concept and therefore Cadillac is only really predicting where cars could go. However, all of this technology does exist - augmented reality, self-driving features, sound mitigation - it's just a case of developing it effectively into vehicles and doing it safely.
Sony Vision-S 02
The car would feature over 40 sensors to continuously monitor safety issues outside the car, also aiding the passenger in self-driving situations (popularised by Tesla). Sony would also make the change over to digital mirrors, combining cameras and displays. Something Sony's concept looks to add that hasn't been seen much in new cars is the use of Time of Flight cameras to measure facial expressions, gestures and fatigue. This aims to assist with temperature control and warnings around sleep or breaks when driving.
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