Articles tagged with: Vehicles
Chic Solar Powered Bus Stop to Replace Cars?
Posted in Luxury on 23 May 2009

solar-power-bus-stop-ipod Chic Solar Powered Bus Stop to Replace Cars?

While Americans have begun to use cars more than ever, here is a new design by the students of MIT which might change that very ‘ungreen’ habit of people to use cars and avoid public transportation. The students have designed the EyeStop which is an amazingly chic bus stop that is aimed at getting the Americans back at the bus stops.

Passengers can now wait for the bus and engage themselves through televised entertainment, news, weather service, solar powered experience, interactive web tools, eboard where they can put up ads, and much more. It is even being touted as a future community gathering space.

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LEXUS SC430 Shi-crystal Vehicle Goes Bling
Posted in Car on 18 December 2008

12 LEXUS SC430 Shi-crystal Vehicle Goes Bling

LEXUS has always proven the idea that the associated products for the elite and the super elite and no one lesser than that. The LEXUS SC430 Shi-crystal vehicle looks almost like a dream. The car comes with Swarovski crystals all arranged in a unique pattern which results in the mind blowing vehicle that we can see in the image.

As many as 300,000 crystals have been used to adorn this particular vehicle and its fit for any damsel from the fairy tales we have always read. However, the car is packed with the latest Japanese technology which only proves the fact that it’s not just the crystals but also technology which makes this car truly awesome.

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Explore Antarctica Via Lotus Concept Ice Vehicle
Posted in Automobile, Concept on 16 August 2008

Lotus Concept Ice Vehicle

With technology infusing life to every corner of the inhabitable zones, now it is marking its entry to the dilapidated corners of the orb. And credit for this goes to its futuristic feats likewise the Concept Ice Vehicle from Lotus. Against your expectations of facilitating leisure and entertaining activities, the latest ice automobile from Lotus is developed to make a trip to Antarctica during the Moon Regan TransAntarctic Expedition. Aimed at exploring the region, it is made up of tough material to endure the sternness of polar surroundings. The neat walk doesn’t leave the footprints behind as the CIV runs on biofuel. It is an ideal vehicle for the region suffering the worst brunt of global warming.

The Ice Vehicle sports three skids and is 4.5 meters long and 4.5 meters wide with an autonomous suspension. It is also en suite with ice piercing radar that can perceive crevasses. The spear foot beneath the cockpit is thought to aid brake pedal on icy topography. With such potential concepts evolving, there arises a hope for Eskimos to park ice vehicles out side their igloos.

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Via AutoBlog / ZeroCustoms

Jorge Cross’s Futuristic Amphibious Vehicle
Posted in Art, Automobile, Car, Concept, Designer on 28 June 2008

Amphibious Vehicle
Amphibious concepts are a near reality now and thanks to the creative spark within designers who think wild to unveil out-of-the-box creations. Whilst Amphibious PC concept created a buzz around blogosphere with little clue that it would soon the chased by a concept of a graceful amphibious coupe recalling the age of science fiction. But registering an exception is this revolutionary amphibious vehicle design for the year 2030 by Jorge Cross. Riding on three-wheels, the sedan narrows a single ball at its obverse that revolves 90° to divulge a propeller or tire, considering your mode of travel on land or water.

Its elegant carcass design was a revision for Cross on the hypothesis of hydrodynamics and how they impact anautomobile’s contour. Jorge Cross is a student at the University of Monterrey in Nuevo León, Mexico.
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Pedal Power: Four-Wheeled Rail Rider Or Trailcart ATV
Posted in Automobile, Car, Eco-friendly on 3 June 2008

Trailcart ATV

I just go crazy with the thought of riding a two-stroke carbon-spewer on rough woods, slashing up the lawn and terrifying the natural world but wonder if there is any meticulous way to travel. Whilst electric ATVs are a great step towards this trend, here comes a second option of pedal power, worth a try. Called the “Trailcart,” it is a human-powered four-wheeler with enduring four-wheel drive. True it doesn’t have that much of torque as an ATV powered by an engine but for sure it would be a wise oprion with obvious benefit: the manufacturers are working out ways to maintain its weight under 50 kilograms, making it comfortable enough to lift over impediments that it might not otherwise clear.

For now the Trailcart isn’t available for sale but you can clean your hands over “Rail Runner” by paying off just $2,000. The pedal-driven rail runner is capable of traveling along abandoned railway lines.

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Trailcart ATV

Trailcart ATV

Trailcart ATV

Via BoingBoing/ TreeHugger