Tag Archives: car design
3R-C Concept
Honda to Unveil the Electric 3R-C Concept in Geneva : TreeHugger Next week ushers in the Geneva auto show, and based on last year’s momentum and the previews thus far, it’s going to be bubbling with alternative vehicles. Honda has … Continue reading
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Nissan’s electric cars
The past and the future of Nissan’s electric cars: from 1947 to iPhone apps — Autoblog Green Nissan has made a big splash in the electric car world with its recent Leaf unveiling, but let’s not forget that the company … Continue reading
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Small car for the future
Moville – A Green Drop In Ocean Of Futuristic Automobiles – The Design blog Design contests aim to squeeze the best out of grey cells of creative thinkers who dare to give shape to their visions of a reliable future. … Continue reading
Car Sharing
Car Sharing – was the theme of a project last year. One of the outcomes from the project was this descripter – of the car sharing system – where the city was described as being composed of three zones. This … Continue reading
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Car design in India
Automotive design gets ready for a greater role in India The initial flow of companies setting up design centres has led to as many as 15 institutes introducing courses in automotive or transportation design in the country. Auto design is … Continue reading
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Bobby Benz
Now Everyone Can Drive A Mercedes…Well, Almost. | Mark’s Technology News It’s not just adults that appreciate fine automobile design and that’s something Mercedes seems to have caught on to. Their latest creation is a limited edition, tot-sized, ride-on version … Continue reading
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The future for GM is in these words
Fueling the Future | The American Prospect More broadly, we should then ensure that, within a decade, every new car sold in America can run on flexible fuel. We can advance this goal by offering manufacturers a $100 tax credit … Continue reading
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Edwin’s Muscle Car
This is Edwin’s Car Design for car sharing. The model is coming along really nicely. Note the brake disc and shoe assembly. Making the 1:10 Scale Model of the HSV Encore « Edwin Conan
Car Design for Car Sharing
Click on the image – to go to the blog – where you will get more details. In the blogs if you click on the images you will see the enlarged image. John, Nathan, Aaron – (the image is from … Continue reading
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What will the car of the future look like?
Imagine this: Sometime in the future – private ownership of cars may be curtailed. Car will then be shared but not owned. This will fundamentally change the way companies think of and develop cars. Cars will not be seen as … Continue reading
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Volkswagen 2028
Volkswagen 2028 > Volkswagen Company > Volkswagen Company > Volkswagen Australia The cars of the future: innovations are coming Cars won’t be able to fly in the year 2028, but we’ll experience vehicles that communicate with traffic lights and other … Continue reading
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To Design A Car for Car sharing
Sometime in the future – private ownership of cars may be curtailed. Such is the proposition for this project. Car will then be shared but not owned. This will fundamentally change the way companies think of and develop cars. Cars … Continue reading
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Nissan Denki Electric Cube – NY Auto Show
The CUBE Nissan Denki(Electric) more about “Nissan Denki Electric Cube – NY Auto …“, posted with vodpod
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Cars that avoid collisions
YouTube – World Tech Update n this week’s show: We take Nissan’s high-tech cars for a spin, Steve Jobs grills employees over MobileMe, riding Toyota’s robotic transporter, new rules for gadgets at U.S. ports and news on upco…
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Petrol Prices and Social divide
Social gap widens from outer to inner Melbourne | theage.com.au SUBURBIA is bearing the brunt of rising fuel prices and extreme mortgage stress, a major study of Australian cities has found. Governments must step in to provide outer suburbs with … Continue reading
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Retrofitting Hybrids
I like this as I think it is a welcome boost to reusing old cars – and my favourite Austin Chummy from 1929 – with an electric wheel. Strap-On Hybrid Kit Coming This Fall | Sustainable Life Media July 25, … Continue reading
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Share your car
Press Release Car sharing is becoming popular with the advent of high fuel prices and local people are being invited to join a car-sharing scheme set up by Kirklees Council. As well as reduce travel costs, the scheme will help … Continue reading
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Model T Car Design Project
Designing the Model T for the Future – NYTimes.com AS part of its celebration of the centennial of the Model T, the Ford Motor Company commissioned a group of transportation design students at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit … Continue reading
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The way Cars are Designed
I am going back in to teach UG classes after a semester of work exclusively with post grad. I am beginning to feel the energy of this enterprise and am quite excited. Undergraduate teaching in design consists of setting up … Continue reading
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Cars for Car Sharing
The Melbourne ICARUS Project began with the objective of looking at – A Car specifically Designed for Car Sharing in Melbourne. See what I wrote before I went in to see Monique Conheady the CEO of Flexicar. And what she … Continue reading
