If you are a sports car fanatic, chances are that you had heard about this very famous and award winning sports car design – The Audi Shark. This sports car concept was designed by Kazim Doku and had just won the top price in the recently concluded 2008 Desire Design Competition in Italy by the Domus Academy. Are you ready for the future? The Audi Shark is a flying vehicle. A two-seater flying car was inspired by the designs of the motorcycle and the airplane combined. With sleek shark-look, the lights are made of transparent tubes, sporty seats and cockpit-like interior design.
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Svepa bike is made up of unique combination of plywood and aluminum giving an elegant and eye-catching look to the bike. This innovative design of Par Blanking from Sweden is a multi purpose bicycle. It can be used as a normal bicycle or used by two people. One person as easily sits on the back seat and other person can stand on the rear footboard. The wheels also differ in size to make a balance. The smart use of a metal framework topped by plywood panels in this bicycle has come up as the most practical design you would have ever seen.
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Vectrix Electric Super Bike is claimed to be the world’s first electric superbike. The original bike design was developed internally in a way to capture the experience of electric vehicle design. The company claims that this bike can come up with the top speed of 200km/h and has enough battery life for 20 flat-out laps of the Vallelunga circuit in Italy. The main strategy behind this concept is that it does not have any unnecessary parts such as exhaust, engine and fuel system. This futuristic looking bike will definitely provide you style, personality and speed.
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If you have the urge to travel and site see in Prato, Italy then here comes this driverless vehicle. This public transport has 6 wheels, electric power source and drive computer. Its speed range is very slow ranging from 5 to 15 km/h. Around 6 people can sit comfortably and 4 to 5 people can stand while traveling. The view would be amazing while traveling because there are glasses on all four sides of this vehicle. The overall concept and design is great but I doubt how far it would fulfill future mobility and public transport needs.
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Story behind this suitcase bike from the designer Gosha Galitsky : Being a big bicycle enthusiast, it always bothered me to see how little cooperation exists between public transport and bicycles. It seems to be a perfect solution for commuting- an alliance between safe intercity transport (such as trains, buses and airplanes) and short-range non polluting bicycles which can zip you through the congested city like a breeze and park in your room or your cubicle at work.However, I only saw this harmony take place in some places in Europe (Italy is especially biker- friendly) and in some areas of the US, mostly on the west coast. All this in spite of rising awareness for environmental issues, growing congestion within city limits and an immense growth in the popularity of cycling for commuting as well as for sport. So I tried to find what was preventing this alliance from happening. After a certain observation and research, I discovered some interesting things. Read the rest of this entry »
