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Cars that are no longer similar to anything / Mail.Ru Group Blog / Geektimes

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Last updated: March 21, 2025 2:02 pm
MVB Staff
Published: April 13, 2017
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You can draw any design and give it out as a concept – like it worked a few years ago. Now it’s not enough just to paint the car with wings and announce that in 15 years all transport will become unmanned. How is the future built on communication with IoT in the general ecosystem of a smart city to be reflected in the appearance of the machine? Is now able to at least someone lay the foundations of transport systems of the future or should we be satisfied with cars abstract fantasies of designers, while the real market pioneers (for example, Tesla) are not in a hurry to share their promising developments?

The answers to these questions will be sought in our conceptual-futuristic selection. Most of the presented advanced developments are planned to be implemented serially, without leaving “future cars” in the form of exhibition exhibits.

Motor-car

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Three-wheeled Toyota i-TRIL, in which seats for passengers are located in such a way as to provide fellow travelers with a very good overview. When starting and stopping the electric motor, the rear seats rotate by 90 °, making it easier to land and disembark. The machine is controlled by two joysticks, and the secondary functions are set by voice. In addition, the car on the bends can be bent like a motorcycle.

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The Pendo-Tracto is a three-wheeled vehicle immediately resembling a motorcycle. Pendo-Tracto is driven by a front wheel and can carry up to three people.

Flying car

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A few more years Back was presented prototype AeroMobil, at the moment became almost ready for commercial operation model of a flying car. And then began to pull up other manufacturers. French aviators from Airbus, famous for the whole world with their planes, decided to engage in cars, but not simple, but also able to fly. The machine can autonomously move both on four wheels, and on propellers, represented as a separate drone.

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On the road, the passenger compartment is unfastened from the propellers and attached to the wheeled platform, and, if necessary, installed on railroad autonomous trains. The size of the drone is 5 by 4.4 m. Both the ground and air transport modules are equipped with a full autopilot.

Racing cars

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The designer Thomas Belhazen showed his vision of a miniature sports car. The control of the Osis car varies depending on driving conditions, road and surrounding terrain. The car received completely removable body panels, which are presented in different colors, like removable cases for the phone. Osis reflects the trend towards an attempt to make at least partially a DIY-machine using a lot of replaceable parts.

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Faraday Future FFZERO1 with acceleration from zero to 100 km / h In three seconds. The power unit FFZERO1 includes four electric motors with a total capacity of 1000 liters. from.

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The serial version of the electric car Faraday Future FFZERO1 Concept will be presented in the next two years. Modular architecture allows you to build similar cars with front or rear drive, as well as use the all-wheel drive system.

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The concept of Rinspeed Oasis allows you to grow plants inside – yes, inside there are two chairs, a wooden floor, a front panel With large screens and a flower bed with indoor plants. The garden is under the windshield of the car and is designed to generate fresh air in the car.

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In addition, the car is very “sociable”: it can greet the driver or write to a pedestrian that he can cross the road.

Mercedes-Benz showed the concept of Vision Van – the project of a low-tonnage carrier, in the body of which is installed a clever sorting system Cargo: she chooses and pushes for unloading the right one when the wagon arrives at the address. Delivery of a package weighing up to two kilograms can be controlled from the smartphone eight wheeled drones, the range of which is 10 km. Soon, testing of both the truck and the drones will begin.

UAVs

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Not just drones, but “inhumane”. The Russian company Volgabus has developed a project for the future family of commercial unmanned vehicles. At the heart of their idea of ​​modular transport is a single basic platform. During operation it is possible not only to change the purpose of the machine (for example, from a truck to make a bus), but also to roll up a fully loaded cart for the necessary transport module in return for the one where the battery has sat down.

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MATRYSHKA (as the authors of the project themselves called it) is not just a concept. The first ready-made prototype is now rolled out on the territory of Skolkovo, the second is aimed at testing the ground, and three more machines are at the assembly stage.

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Something similar is being done together “KAMAZ” and “Central Research Automobile and Automotive Institute” NAMI “. The “Shuttle” (the original name with one “t”) is an unmanned minivan for 12 people (including six seats), which should take you to your destination in the city. A large number of such cars can replace the usual public transport. The first prototypes of “Shuttle” are already driving in unmanned mode – for this purpose radar, camera, ultrasonic sensors, central processor are hidden in the body contours. The maximum speed is currently limited to 25 km / h. “Shuttle” can be full or single-drive.

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Volkswagen showed a fully unmanned vehicle Sedric (“self-driving car”), whose appearance on the roads should be expected closer by 2025. The electric batteries that drive Sedric are located in the floor of the electric car. And the windshield Sedric, if desired, can be turned into one large screen. The car also for some reason got a small greenhouse where it is possible to grow plants.

A distant future

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Rolls-Royce showed the concept car With square wheel arches, the output of which in the series is expected not earlier than 2040. Nevertheless, the concept has at least a prototype with interesting details: one door, a vertically rising roof, a sofa in the cabin.

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The luggage is placed in a special compartment on the side of the car, behind the front wheel. Also released is a 360⁰ movie that allows you to visit inside the car with the help of a smartphone and virtual glasses.

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Renault to the Paris Motor Show was not too lazy to build a futuristic two-seater coupe Trezor. The car is equipped with two batteries with independent cooling systems, optimized air intakes with variable geometry.

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Renault Tresor has no doors – the top of the car made of CFRP opens like a cabin For combat aircraft. Renault Tresor will be able to ride in the autonomous mode, hiding the steering wheel inside the panel to provide the driver a beautiful panoramic view.

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The Chinese start-up NIO demonstrated the concept of electric drone EVE, equipped with a comfortable salon, in which you can even sleep. Armchairs inside the car are laid out in full-fledged sofas, there is a folding table and compartments for storing personal belongings – everything is done so that the passengers are completely relaxed and trust the car.

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After all the salon is a 6-seater lounge-zone. Instead of glasses – interactive screens that display information from on-board computers. The Chinese are declaring their readiness to put the car into production by 2020.

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Honda NeuV is a self-governing electric vehicle that defines the emotions of a passenger / driver and, based on the data received, adjusts the driving style. The first prototype of the machine has already been built, but there is no ready software yet.


Cars that are “nothing like”, are increasingly similar to each other. Automakers are trying to surprise not by design (the exterior presented in the review “loaves” is not very impressive), but to make an interesting “vehicle.” The main characteristics are not the speed or range, but the ability to adjust to the character of the owner, provide him with maximum comfort, provide information on the shortest route, meet the increased environmental requirements. It is possible that soon the “car for racing” in certain markets will become the lot of aesthetes, and for a mass buyer the car will finally be reincarnated as an element of a comfortable public infrastructure.

 

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CarsMotor-carFlying carRacing carsMercedes-Benz showed the concept of Vision Van – the project of a low-tonnage carrier, in the body of which is installed a clever sorting system Cargo: she chooses and pushes for unloading the right one when the wagon arrives at the address. Delivery of a package weighing up to two kilograms can be controlled from the smartphone eight wheeled drones, the range of which is 10 km. Soon, testing of both the truck and the drones will begin.UAVsA distant future
MVB Staff
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