Toyota RiN

The RiN concept from Toyota is a vehicle which focuses on making the lives of the driver and passengers, and actually everyone around it, more healthy and stress-free.


The exterior design of the Toyota RiN is intended to blend into the natural environment. The green glass and organic forms of the headlights, taillights and rear side windows are influenced by a type of tall-growing Japanese tree, the Yakusugi.

Access to the Toyota RiN is through sliding doors which feature a lower window pane which allow the the occupants to view nature at ground level. The headlights utilize a light distribution system that take into consideration oncoming pedestrians and vehicles and reduce glare.

The Toyota RiN concept features heated seats which also help maintain good back posture, image displays matched to the drivers mood, an oxygen-level conditioner and a humidifier. The green glass helps reduce the amount of ultraviolet and infrared light entering the cabin.

The biggest downside to the Toyota RiN concept is that the only time it fits in with nature is if you’re driving through the middle of a dense forest. Hardly a common occurrence.


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LITTY – Futuristic Electro Car By Anton Shabramov

This fully electric two-wheel car will manage to solve a lot of problems with the kind of advantages it offers. LITTY comes wedged with a small electric motor that powers the car and is positioned at the back of the chairs. Electricity used for charging the car can be derived from wind farms or solar panels on roof of the car. The cute coupe ranks high on the safety graph. It has laser navigation sensors, which avoids any chances of accident on the road while driving. While moving the car can easily communicate with other vehicles on the road with the help of online satellite navigation, which keeps the driver safe and keeps possibilities of accidents at bay.

The two load-bearing wheels of LITTY fully support the car. The vehicle has been devoid of steering wheels and pedals. They have been replaced by a few buttons and a joystick which literally make it a one hand drive. The eco-friendly coupe will not add any poisonous gases or emissions to the already polluted surroundings. It comes with a pledge to keep the environment clean and green.

The skin of LITTY has been carved out of carbon fiber that is quite strong and solar panels can be fitted on it. The car is not short on the entertainment slot as it has two speakers which will play music of your choice. It also has a touch screen monitor and washer glass button.

LITTY is an environment friendly electro car conceot which can be used both on and off campus. This futuristic vehicle with attractive looks will prove to be blissful in modern times.

Designer: Anton Shabramov
Source:  DesignBuzz.com

DUNO Electric Car By Ben Herron

What if there was an intriguing concept that fused both the forms and advantages of a car and a cycle? It may seem revolutionary to some, while it is quirky for others. However, the truth of the matter is it’s not that far-fetched because vehicle designer Ben Herron has exactly done that with his exclusively unique DUNO concept. The concept, in the designer’s own words, is a part electric car and a part unicycle!


Everything about this petite vehicle has been meticulously planned to the core, starting from the energy efficient and low emission mode of the ride to the flexibly adaptable car features for optimum comfort. Aimed at urban commuters, the distinctive feature that really does stand out is its two detachable unicycles, which actually replace the back wheels.

The car as a whole will conform to a compact form, which makes it easy to spurt through the congested city streets, and also considerably lessens the delirium of our everyday parking woes. And when the situation gets even worse, you can just separate those electric unicycles, and gingerly scoot your way to work. The designer even envisages a complete system where the vehicles can be recharged with an under-car charging component installed at the parking spaces.

The all-electric two-seater will feature a sturdy 80 hp engine, with a range of 100 km. The compactness is rather accentuated upon by the vertical door opening systems. Additionally, the car will also have a reversible interior (where one can switch from right hand drive to left hand drive) and interior indicators in the doors and wheels. At last coming to the other component, i.e. the unicycle, it will incorporate a recharging system powered by pedaling. Moreover, the minimalist form will take up nominal storage space. Therefore, if you want to make an unconventionally appealing ‘green’ statement, this is surely the way to go.
Designer: Ben Herron
Source:  EcoFriend.com
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RUGGED Concept Vehicle By Carlos Arturo Torres

Here is a design that has given local farm transportation an all new look with flashy features and great utility. Especially in a country like Columbia, where agriculture is a primary occupation, this new and advanced transportation model spells revolution. Till lately, the local farm transportation has been extremely expensive and slow and not designed specially for the Columbia topology. Rugged is a design that stands true to its name and performs in the most rugged conditions in absolute grit.


Structured and designed by a Columbian design enthusiast, this new automotive design unlike others has a clear utility function. Carlos Arturo Torres Tovar from Tunja Boyacá, Colombia understands the real needs and demands of the agriculture industry in Columbia and designs precisely to suit them. Needless to say, this design enjoys exceptional success.

Aimed as a simple to use and inexpensive vehicle, the design is based on the tubular technology. Rugged has a bio-diesel powertrain adapted to a 250cc inline-four engine, which makes it come across as a semi-utilitarian car. Even the interiors of this vehicle is carefully designed, keeping in mind the functional needs of the people using it. The seats, the floor, the technology and systems in place are all customized to the specifications that the vehicle caters to.

It is a known fact that the Columbia agriculture industry is going to see a rising trend in the near future. Agriculture and natural resources will likely be its prime economic force. So, quite obviously, a new and path breaking technology had to be introduced to take into account the increasing needs of the industry. And RUGGED does the same…




Designer: Carlos Arturo Torres Tovar
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Lotus Flower Concept Car By Yi Guo

The Chinese are a race known for their extreme knowledge in every field. They excel in whatever they do and they are the leading country today, developed and looking for more development. The recent discovery however, is by Yi GUO, a young boy who is a budding talent in the automobile industry. His creation is inspired by the structure of the lotus flower! The concept of building a car based on the structure of this flower is something only they can do. The purpose of this is to solve lots of parking issues taking into consideration the near future. Lotus flower gains power from electric wheel motor in the back wheel and this structure too is inspired by lotus flower petal. By creating a compact car like this, he is trying to sort traffic jams across the city.


The sole motive behind building this car is to reduce the traffic jams that cause congestion in the city. The plan is not only to make these lotus cars but also to have separate provision for parking them. This means that the parking slots for lotus cars will be different; facing the sun so that the cars get charged. This takes less of space as the car in itself is quite sleek. The initiative is being taken so that there is more space to drive on the roads of crowded places like Shanghai and Beijing.

This concept may turn out to be very expensive as a lot of infrastructure will be needed to make room for lotus parking. Another expense would be of the solar panels that are needed to charge these kind of cars.

To have a vision is one thing and to execute it is another. If Yi GUO feels the need to bring about the concept of the lotus car, it is only keeping in mind the reduction in traffic jams once this hits the market. The lotus shape will just prove beneficial in the near future by consuming less parking space and in turn reducing jams on the roads.
Designer: Yi Guo
Source: EcoFriend.com

Vieria Concept By Gunwoong Kim And Suji Kim

Designers: Gunwoong Kim, Suji Kim
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Apache FM1 Concept Car By Senni Med

At the first instance, it may seem like a wrecked car emerging from a disastrous accident. However, according to the designer, this is the final form (and we must believe him) of the Apache FM1 concept vehicle, a two-seater trike, whose style – in my book – borders on the lines of being bold and bizarre. Inspired by the famous AH-64 Apache helicopter, this conception would definitely make heads turn on the road.


Contrived by designer Senni Med from Morocco, the body comes with front grille bar ornamented with the traditional ‘X’, and a logo representing FuturmeDesign. The polished aluminum surface makes way for the tapering upper part, thus making that conspicuous angle finally culminating at the outwardly bending magnetic wheels.

The blatantly angled curves carry over to the capriciously shaped headlights and the panoramic windscreen. The overall ‘chaos of alignments’ may impart that wickedly aggressive demeanor of the vehicle, but for purists it just may be too much of being bohemian. Still one cannot deny the novelty of a design, which is uniquely inspired by the form of a helicopter.
Designer: Senni Med
Source:  DesignBuzz.com

KIA Naimo Concept

The all new Kia-Naimo, the electric crossover concept by South Korean designers, stole the show single handedly in its world premiere at the 2011 Seoul Motor Show. The masculine touch is the distinguishing feature adding to its huge sale figures.


The electric car has been appropriately fitted with a wrap-around windscreen, an asymmetric sunroof, and the front and rear ends are enmeshed with dot-styled LED heads and positioning-lamps.
After Ray and Pop, Naimo is the third electric car to be launched by Kia in the past year. Their ideas are unique, that’s for sure. Geared with a power output of 110hp and 206 pound-feet of torque, the four seater crossover has an inbuilt Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor, and to top it all, the car can reach a top speed of 93 mph.

Some other good to know information about this compact little Korean machine is; it comes fitted with a twin-pack 27 kWh battery located under the boot, a Lithium Ion Polymer battery which can make the car run at 124 miles on a single charge, the charging time being around 5 hours or so. The battery charging also is a hassle free technique. You can charge your battery with a regular household power outlet, avoiding frequent trips to the garage.

Kia is proud of this contraption as it is the 3rd car to have been introduced in its existing zero emission fleet of hybrid cars and they look forward to many more in the near future. If all companies start producing such kind of cars, it would not take us very long to get rid of the high levels of pollution our earth suffers everyday.
Source:  AutoMotto.com

Raising the Bar – World’s First Wirelessly Powered Tesla Car (video)

It’s been more than 100 years since Nikola Tesla first began playing around with wireless power, and today at CES, Tesla would be proud, as Fulton Innovation unveiled the world’s first wirelessly powered Tesla car.

Fulton is using an electric vehicle to showcase eCoupled’s advanced wireless charging capabilities for large and high-powered devices.
As you can see in the video, the car will be charged without the use of wires, simply by parking the car over an eCoupled-enabled pad on the ground. An accompanying iPhone application monitors the progress of the vehicle’s charging, and can also provide parking garage and fleet operators with a convenient way of monitoring and price-charging vehicles using their charge locations.
We’re getting one step closer to the end of plugging in. Imagine a future of roads, paved with wireless technology.
Check out Fulton’s booth at CES 2011, as they will be providing a glimpse into the future of wireless charging capabilities with more than 20 demonstrations of wireless power integration in various industries, including automotive, consumer electronics, home interiors, packaging, and point-of-sale.

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Seoul seems to be the hot-spot for the recent revelations of innovative car concepts, especially with the grand stage of 2011 Seoul Auto Show. This time, it is the exalted Chevrolet that has unveiled their all new plug-in hybrid. Aptly named as the Mi-Ray (Korean word for future), this certainly advanced car concept is latest in design lineup of General Motors.


The sleek styling of the car is supposedly inspired by Chevrolets’s racing pedigree with examples of cars like 1963 Monza SS. But styling aside, the avant-garde aerodynamic form and the detailed bodywork will be composed of light carbon fiber and carbon reinforced plastic, while the framework will be made of sturdy aluminum.

The interior will exhibit that ostentatious bearing in the form of aluminum, leather and liquid metal surfaces integrated astutely with carbon fiber. And just like in a sci-fi movie, once we press the start button, the instrument section with all its paraphernalia will rise from the steering column.

The classy wheels will be imbued with an amalgamation of aluminum and carbon. They will be propelled by a dual motor of 15-kilowatt (20-horsepower), juiced up by a bantam 1.6-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery. The eco-friendly car is touted to give around 60 mpg of fuel efficiency, though no word has been released on its overall range and charging time. But as General Motors puts it:
“…Mi-ray points to the future of Chevrolets around the globe.”
Source:  EcoFriend.com