Articles tagged with: Professor Hiroshi Shimizu
Eliica Goes Vrooooooooming By
Posted in Automobile, Car, Luxury on 16 November 2008
Posted in Automobile, Car, Luxury on 16 November 2008
Too goofy becomes cool! Yep, that is the funda if the Japanese electric car Eliica is anything to go by! Designed by a team of students led by Professor Hiroshi Shimizu at Keio University, Tokyo, the Electric Lithium-Ion Car (ELIICA) prototype has been around since 2003.
The design of the car is absoultely unique. It comprises of eight wheels with the axles one in front of the other. All four tires in the front turn simultaneously to give a good steering radius. Now they are working on giving the same edge to the rear wheels for easy parallel parking.
