David Miguel Moreira Goncalves has designed this concpt. It is a four wheels capsule vehicle which will lean and with GPS, sensors, Lidar, radar...Cool?! Called Scarab, the specs at below.
-The vehicle is composed of interchangeable modules that can be customized.
-Powerpack module composed of a permanent battery plus 3 options for the main energy pack (battery, biofuel ICE or a fuel cell).
-4 wheel drive through electric brushless in-wheel motors with directdrive.
-Wheels with regenerative braking through EW Brakes.
-Drive by wire and tactile HUD embedded in the Lexan canopy.
-Structural elements in Carbon-Aramid composite.
-Embedded sensors, Lidar, radar, transponders, GPS. These serve to exchange information with the system, with other drivers and to have precise location data.
-Renting of the vehicle or modules that allows for a private/public/mixed utilization and transport access for people with less financial resources.
-DoesnĄ¯t need new infrastructures.
-Is backward compatible with current transport systems and uses current day technologies. |
