Meo Auto-Pet By Bolun Yang

Designer Bolun Yang has devised a new future personal transportation concept for 2030. Dubbed as Meo, the auto pet has been envisioned as an excellent play-around thing. Small and compact in shape Meo is a perfect accompaniment for shoppers, and early morning or evening walkers. It has a front door which can be lifted to get on and off and place luggage.
The interior is furnished with magnetic suspension chair, invisible LED display, and 3-D display technology. In fact the users can also use Meo as a toy car in a gaming mode to compete with their friends using the roof top ear controllers. Once the engines come to a halt the auto pet enters an interactive mode making faces on the front light area and shining and singing.

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Bentley Incense GT By Hyunjoon Park

he Bentley Incense GT is the brainchild of auto designer Hyunjoon Park and has been inspired by the thick plume of smoke emanating from aromatic sticks. The vehicle, which has been designed for the year 2030, aims to change the brand image of Bentley with a zero-emission electric engine.
The Incense GT’s shape reflects its aerodynamic form, which enhances the vehicle’s efficiency. The use of an electric engine has also allowed the designer to abandon the conventional large grille. Other changes include round headlights with a glass cover. The designer hasn’t estimated the performance specifications but the vehicle’s aerodynamic form should allow for some decent numbers.

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Lamborghini Minotauro by Andrei Avarvarii

Designer Andrei Avarvarii has a vision for a smooth, voluptuous Lamborghini, the very opposite of the very sharp, origami-style of the Lamborghini Reventon. The challenge in creating this new Lamborghini “Minotauro” lies in not only staying within the strong identity system of the Lambo line, but also in making the vehicle electric! The challenge of course isn’t creating an electric car. We’ve had electric cars for years now. Nay! The challenge lies in convincing the consumer that not only is it cool to drive an electric car, it’s doubly cool to drive an electric supercar!

 Equipped with four asynchronous motors that divide the power 70% to the rear and 30% to the front axle. The car’s electricity is supplied by a Li-Tec flatcell battery pack located in the rear, doubled by a KERS system in the front. In the back, where the gigantic engine would normally be, there’s a third seat for the person who goes along for the ride, yelling and screaming because you’re going so extremely fast. Access to this back seat is provided by the extra-long “Lambo door” on the passenger side. Triangular shaped air extakes in the back serve as cooling for the battery. As an added bonus, they also channel the sound of the electric motors behind them, blasting it like subwoofers.

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Nissan Townpod

In the future, our working and living lifestyle will evolve with the opportunities afforded by the digital age. A new generation of entrepreneur will be born, these new professionals prefer to work for themselves from their own homes. The lines between business and social lives are no longer existed, so their transportation must follow.
Nissan Townpod combines casual and business in one stylish and futuristic vehicle. Townpod provides a simple platform for any kind of users, be they a musician with their kit, or an architect carrying drawings to a client, or an interior designer, this vehicle can adapt the interior according to the user’s needs.
While Nissan Townpod has been created with the world’s entrepreneurs in mind, its appeal is likely to go beyond this expanding demographic to new families building their first home or retirees turning a hobby into a business. In other words, anybody who appreciates the customizable utility of its van-like abilities coupled with a chic and stylish cockpit designed with the future and not just today, in mind.

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Volvo Air Motion Canyon Carver

Yet another entrant to the LA Auto Show design challenge is the Volvo Air Motion Canyon Carver that is powered by air turbines harnessing power of wind and converting it to electric energy, and all this is done floating 1,000 feet high in the air. The vehicle weights less than a formula-1 racing car (made out of carbon fiber material) and to achieve this thousands of fewer components are used the credit for which goes to a powerful compressed air motor that eliminates the need for a heavy internal combustion engine. This motor cools down under intense driving load thereby shedding-off another important component that is a cooling system.

 To compress the air needed for the air tank, Air Replenishment sites are used that too are powered by air turbines. Talking about the looks Volvo Air Motion has a beautifully carved Scandinavian body from ultra light carbon fiber which looks more like a clam shell.

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Honda Air

Modern roller-coaster rides give you the trill of a lifetime making you experience G-forces a fighter jet pilot would experience. Well, Honda Air coastal cruiser concept based on roller-coaster and skydiving wing-suits powered by compressed air and pneumatic regulator system pines for the same thrill quotient for its riders. Not only that, Air has turbo vacuums and external air-flow to regenerate tank pressure for extra thrust for close to 100 miles. To minimize weight to just under 800 lbs overall mass a hub-less wheel drive system, glass reinforced seating panels, urethane tire composition and skeletal sub-frame components are used.
Overall design and look of Honda Air paves way for futuristic cruiser cars that have the perfect combo of style, ride elation and most importantly zero-emission properties combined with ample power under the hood to set you heart beat racing

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Cadillac Aera

At the Los Angeles Auto show, Cadillac launched the Cadillac Aera (Aero + Era) that takes the brand’s philosophy of art and science to a new horizon. The specimen of Cadillac’s elegant design as well as ultra-light weight approach, Aera is a 2+2 touring coupe that weighs 1000 pounds and has a spectacular range of 1000 miles before one need to refuel tank. All these features are achieved without compromising with size, capacity and safety whatsoever.
Cadillac Aera provides best possible efficiency with minimum parts and its highly advanced structure utilizes a 3D lattice, mono-formed frame. Its structure is formed from the unique, alloy-utilizing, semi-solid freeform manufacturing that plays pivotal role in making a naturally strong, extremely lightweight frame. All major body parts, including interior components, are essentially grown into a single part lattice structure.

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Dacia Shift 2012 By Liviu Tudoran

One of the many designers who have started thinking about the future scenario wherein the space in the cities will be cramped, Liviu Tudoran has envisioned the Shift concept. The Compact, sleek yet aggressive vehicle is designed for the crowded city of Bucharest and is aimed for the younger generation (18-25years). The two-seater all electric vehicle is propelled by the lithium-ion batteries and is a small car that not only helps avoid the urban crowd but occupies less space on the road. Shift concept is made in the style and design of the new Dacia identity, and some of the car’s shapes are inspired by the famous architecture buildings. The electric engine is mounted at the front and hydrogen storage tanks are located with the rear wheels. The emission free two-seater electric car will be launched in 2012.

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Nissan Torii

Visualizing the future of a family car, Italian designer Jorge Andres Pinilla Fonseca has come up with a car concept called the “Nissan Torii” that features wire driven technology to replace traditional mechanical control systems with electronic control systems, allowing extra space and better controls to the rider. Inspired by the Japanese metaphor of the “temple gate” that purifies human souls, the Torii moves on four spheres, equipped with lithium-ion batteries and GPS, to ensure a safe and sustainable ride. Developed for the year 2030, the futuristic vehicle also includes air filters behind the screen lamps to purify the air.

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Chevrolet Volt

While highlighting its three green vehicle models at the Shanghai Expo, General Motors announced that it considers Korea as a follow-up market for the world’s first mass-produced plug-in electric vehicle Chevrolet Volt. You could see the carmaker releasing the Volt in the U.S. next month.

The T-shaped Chevrolet Volt is a 4-seater, and it relies on electricity for gathering the needed energy. The other two vehicles include the Equinox, which uses a next-generation fuel cell system, and the EN-V, which is a two-seater electric concept car. GM featured these demos at its Pavilion at the World Expo 2010 Shanghai, which has as its slogan “Drive to 2030.”

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