Atropos : An Aeorodynamic Converting Hybrid Semi Truck

The smallest improvement to the highway freight industry will create a great impact. This highly efficient truck is achieved by the use of a diesel/electric hybrid setup, a converting sleeper cab, and its streamline design. The truck runs with high efficiency through the use of a combustion turbine coupled with an electrical generator. The generator charges the battery reservoir. The combustion turbine utilizes its thermal energy by the use of a steam generator throughout the cooling system, the steam generator also provides an additional amount of cooling, reducing the size of engine ventilation and overall body drag.

The converging sleeper cab sits like a conventional driving cab, but allows for more visibility. The driving cab rotates to allow for a better sleeping position, and reveals a storage compartment for personal storage and a mini dresser. While the cab is in the sleep position the drive pedals are locked out under the cab, due to the rotation, for safety. The seats fold down and together to form a comfortable memory foam mattress.

The cab glass is also ionized and tints or blacks out according to the driver’s needs, the location of the tint will also modify to allow for view on top and not out the sides, or as the driver wishes. The aerodynamic streamline shape was inspired by locomotives and DTM race cars. The fenders sweep up to provide minimal drag, while the hood sleekly rounds to allow air to pass effortlessly, much like an airplane nose. The cab forms a tear drop shape, and covers over the cab-trailer gap, eliminating drag between the cab and trailer. The cab is also bowed at the rear to accommodate the trailer during turns while reducing drag by covering over the sides.

Text from Peter :

Aerodynamic Converting Hybrid Semi. The hybrid truck utilizes its aerodynamics by eliminating the sleeper cab and rounding the body. Long haul truck drivers are the target market. The driving cab rotates to accommodate the driver for sleep and exposes a storage compartment for clothes and possessions. The wheelbase adjusts to provide optimum aerodynamics and ride comfort, while allowing parking to become an easier task. The rear portion of the cab is curved to form the radius of the trailer to allow for turns and additional aerodynamics. The top portion of the cab has an adjustable airfoil to allow air over the top of the trailer, thus reducing even more drag. In the cab the driver experiences a sense of openness and optimal vision, but when he or she needs privacy the Ionized windows will tint or even black out for sleep.

“I set out to create an efficient truck for the vast highway freight market. Even the smallest increase in efficiency creates a huge impact on the overall use of fuel. In the U.S. alone, millions of gallons of diesel are used every year on semi truck transit. Along with its environmental impact the truck must accommodate for its driver at rest and at work. The cab must give the feeling of home while at the same time provide a safe driving environment. Parking the truck without the trailer is also an issue to address. ” states Peter Azzouni.

Cristal Electric Vehicle Features Noiseless Smooth Commuting For Up To 6 Persons

Cristal is an urban mobility vehicle concept that enables 6 persons to commute through city streets as a self driven personal vehicle or as a part of the vehicle convey remotely controlled by the local operator. This electric vehicle features a unique shape, dynamic aesthetics and functional features that will perfectly suit with the future urban society. By integration with several innovative technologies such as platooning, ubiquitous information systems, computer-assisted tourism, etc. this concept can meet the individual urban mobility chain of the passengers. The playful and stylish design of Cristal reduces the inter-dependence of modules by enabling it using like a convoy and makes the most efficient use of road space by minimizing the distance between vehicles. The sliding door makes convenient entrance and out from the vehicle, taking less space outside, and the transparent glass walls give passengers an uninterrupted view of outside. Moreover, the vehicle is equipped with strong communication system that enables users to communicate between passengers of other vehicles.

Manta Amphibious Electric Vehicle

If you live close to a lake or a beach, this vehicle is perfect for you. Manta is a single person amphibious electric vehicle that offers you great speed on land and water. You can turn this 3 wheeler vehicle into a boat for a quick ride. The wheels have been designed as blades and can be turned 90 degrees propel the vehicle while on water. The electric engines are installed individually at the rear wheels. Manta offers a great driving sensation both on land and water.

Future Train with Individual Capsule, But Not for Long Journey !

Train capsule concept is the result when creativity and technology meets, the designer come up with something that is shown in this picture. This is a futuristic train with unique and stylish seating arrangements. There are individual capsules where one person can sit comfortably for one or two hours but if you are going for a long journey, I doubt whether one can stand and roam inside this train and also there are 4 people lounge seating. Even though the capacity of this train to carry people is very less as compared to other trains but its design, graphic work and features like interaction with users, entertainment, significant data collection and customizable interface makes it unique train capsule concept.

Airship One : A Hybrid Between An Airplane and A Semi-Rigid Airship

The solar powered Airship One concept is actually a hybrid between an airplane and a semi-rigid airship, developed with an objective to overcome the unbelievable fuel expense of conventional airlines. The aircraft is just a bit heavier than the air, therefore, it requires reasonably less effort to become airborne and stylishly cruise at 120 mph. Moreover, it features vectored ducted fans that facilitate the ship to hover or cruise. The craft’s semi-rigid structure includes carbon fiber paneling, aluminum-grade airframe and strong PVP fabric. With a large cargo bay that can house two full-trailer containers and a passenger compartment which can easily accommodate 25 passengers, the Airship One offers a quiet, eco-friendly and efficient future to air transport.

Dynamic Domicile Mobile Home Features Utmost Fun and Functionality

The Dynamic Domicile or DD is an innovative mobile home concept specially designed with exciting mobility, habitable flexibility and futuristic design to eliminate the user’s negative connotations that they often experience with existing mobile homes. The design comprises four key ideas; futuristic architectural design for next generation use, implementing avant-grade materials in a non-conventional way, re-imagining a functional transport infrastructure and a dynamic transforming flexibility.

The design features a constant primary structure of the mobile unit and separate compartments for living sleeping and cooking, with the alternative to get attached with the primary structure. The translucent man-made fabric body is durable, soft, flexible and water resistant, provides privacy and shelter by getting stretched on opening the primary structure. When the mobile home reaches its destination, it can get access to the self-sufficient and resourceful Zip-City infrastructure system to get power, data, sewage, water, surveillance cameras and monitors.

OEX_B Vehicle Brings Stunning Overland Expedition for Future Travelers

The OEX_B concept vehicle has been designed for ultimate future overland expeditions focusing on improved visibility of the passengers to create an innovative sightseeing vehicle solution. The vehicle features a large porthole with road side facing panoramic seats and a hatch on the rear end of the vehicle that opens for the passengers to observe behind the vehicle. Moreover, it contains a built-in binocular on the lateral extendible balcony that allows the passengers to see distant things and take photos of them. The vehicle is powered with a series-hybrid system supported by a diesel generator which makes it powerful enough to efficiently perform in different drive terrain. Moreover, a flower like retractable solar panel generates alternative power for the vehicle’s functioning.

ForFreedom Caravan With Aerodynamic Design For Urban Couple

ForFreedom Caravan is an expanding living unit especially designed for urban couple in the need of a short break. The flowing caravan form is aimed at creating stability and fuel economy. Due to its compact size, this caravan is easy to handle and connect to your car. Take a look at the interior. It has been designed for easy personalization with modern style to easily adapt to its owner lifestyle. It might look small from the outside, but is actually pretty spacious inside.
Some detail explanation from Robert:

For efficient heating, the walls are made of sandwiched fibre glass with closed cell insulation.

• Compact size
• Modern furnishing
• Choice of interior and exterior colour scheme
• Flush fitting hob with cover
• Internal electric heating with solar panel on the rear section to provide a more environmentally friendly alternative to standard caravans
• 30L electric oven and grill
• 50L water tank
• 60L capacity fridge
• Standard size bathroom
• Discrete storage solutions, including large rear storage which can also be accessed from outside for convenience during transport.

At arrival this compact living unit opens up with the aid of a sliding chassis and pivot on the one side to dramatically increase the size of the living space. Through the use of an adjustable canopy a private lounge area is created with a panoramic view of the surroundings.

Size

• Length when connected- 7.2 metres
• Caravan Height from floor- 2.6 metres
• Caravan Width at widest point- 2.3 metres
• Caravan Width at narrowest point- 2 metres
• Interior Height- 1.9 metres
• 2 seated car
• Car length- 2.66 metres
• Car width- 1.72 metres

Halo Intersceptor Alone Can Offer Land, Water And Air Travel For Complete Future Transportation

Maybe you own a super car, a personal jet, and a great sea boat, are you satisfied yet? Considering the special maintenance and difficulty of taking all of them wherever you go, you always must have envisioned a transportation alternative that can act as all three.

Halo Intersceptor is a hybrid vehicle concept that can make your dream come true with the ability to transform a car, a private airplane and a yacht by coupling with various attachments. This multi-functional vehicle concept aims to become an icon of next generation extreme sports, fun leisure, and stunning business travel. Car, helicopter, airplane or motor cruise, whatever the form is, the appearance of Halo Intersceptor can certainly attain the attention of anyone around.

Evo-Mobil Is Not Just Another Concept Car

Do you see a car here? I don’t. But then again, Ora-ïto didn’t design another concept car, but rather a genetic transformation. After more than 3 years of collaboration with Citroën, he has come up with a future car that reunites more than 400 years of history, a reflection on the evolution of the mobility and the legendary know-how of Citroën. No one can describe Evo-Mobil better Ora-ïto himself, you can read his description below.

The ge­net­ic trans­for­ma­tion is a fact re­sult­ing from er­rors of copies dur­ing the cel­lu­lar di­vi­sion. When they are caused by in­ter­ven­tions, they be­come ex­treme­ly rare. The monu­men­tal sculp­ture cre­at­ed by Ora-ïto is the cross­ing of two ty­polo­gies, a ma­chine of the past and a cur­rent car, a sub­tle his­toric and so­ci­o­log­i­cal tes­ti­mony on the func­tio­n­al mo­bil­i­ty of the XVI Th cen­tu­ry mixed to the mod­ern world.

On the edge of the hy­poth­e­sis and the con­tem­po­rary art, this hy­brid ob­ject is based on the ful­fill­ment of child’s dream with an ob­vi­ous com­mit­ment for the ecol­o­gy. In the vo­cab­u­lary of Ora-ïto, we find a re­al as­ser­tion ex­press­ing and re­al­iz­ing the imag­i­na­tion.

This cre­a­tion be­comes by def­i­ni­tion a vi­sion in op­po­si­tion with the ag­gres­sive uni­verse of the car in­dus­try. In­spired by the first Cit­roën car and based on his de­sign­er’s com­pe­tences, Ora-ïto won­ders about the er­go­nomics of the in­te­ri­or of the first mo­bile mo­d­ule. He has worked on the codes, the DNA and the phi­lo­so­phy of this in­dus­try to mod­ern­ize it with the pos­si­bil­i­ties and the ex­ist­ing tech­nolo­gies. As­so­ci­at­ed to the re­search and in­no­va­tion de­part­ment of the dy­nas­tic Cit­roën, he has de­vel­oped a sur­pris­ing and un­ex­pect­ed sculp­ture join­ing all the pa­ram­e­ters and the tech­nolo­gies ap­pro­pri­ate for the uni­verse car man­u­fac­tur­ers, part­n­er of the in­ter­na­tio­n­al fair of con­tem­po­rary art of Paris (FI­AC).

Bap­tized “Evo­mo­bil” he cre­ates a mono­typ­ic kind, which pos­sess­es on­ly sin­gle spe­cie. The term “ge­net­ic trans­for­ma­tion” is used to in­di­cate an ir­re­v­ersi­ble mod­i­fi­ca­tion of the ge­net­ic and hered­i­tary in­for­ma­tion. If the trans­for­ma­tion ar­rives up to cells then, it is passed on to the de­s­cen­dants of the mu­tant in­di­vi­d­u­al. This change can get a se­lec­tive ad­van­tage. This is the base of the pro­cess of the evo­lu­tion.

Ora-ïto has na­t­u­ral­ly imagined others mo­d­ules to join the ini­tial pro­ject. A cont­i­nu­i­ty of the imag­i­na­tion al­low­ing to mul­ti­p­ly new ac­tions and us­es of “Evo­mo­bil” as car op­tions. He has named this “plugs” which are in­de­pen­dent and can be con­nect­ed on the front and the back of the ve­hi­cle. In case, sev­er­al ge­net­ic trans­for­ma­tions com­bine, we can say they share a com­mon an­ces­tral ge­net­ic pool. Ev­ery pod is orig­i­nal and unique as a sculp­ture that al­lies the dream to the for­mal, the past to the tech­nol­o­gy. The idea to work sev­er­al en­ti­ties al­lows all the “ge­net­ic trans­for­ma­tions “ to spread an uni­ver­sal mes­sage on the evo­lu­tion of the mo­bil­i­ty and gives to the car in­dus­try new di­rec­tions nev­er in­vesti­gat­ed