Thursday, December 23, 2010

BMW hires Jeff Koons design next paragraph art car

If you are familiar with contemporary art, then you will know that Jeff Koons, he is an art superstar. Says the artist Jeff Koons is probably attracted controversy in the art world's most famous works of Jeff Koons Michael Jackson 3 ? gold leaf sculpture and chimpanzee, Bubbles leaf sculpture. Some of his works and even sold over 25 million U.S. dollars of the price, if you go to the Moderne Kunst in Berlin to play, must go to visit Koons and his ex-wife la Cicciolina sexy sculpture.
BMW seems to be taking note of his reputation, and has been invited to design their Art Car Koons. This is the 35th BMW Art Car project. It is not known Koons on the idea of this project (or even BMW do not know), but he designed the car will "debut later this year." Ironically, we have the appearance of speculation Koons would be like designing a car, the performance is. Regardless of how the final product, Koons will no doubt because the design of the BMW Art Car artists and contemporary trends among the ranks of artists like Andy Warhol as well, David Hockney, Jean Nihuo Zacharia, Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, and Alexander Calder.

Lovely energy-saving roadster Protoscar Lampo 2

News from the front of the Geneva Motor Show, this car lovely yellow convertible with clean energy, electricity, and Lampo 1 as, Lampo 2 is also based on common Kappa platform, in design, and made a breakthrough, using a classic car retro design, but the wheel is quite perfect, full of modern atmosphere, the former face of the deep hidden headlights, the interior is all black with texture, together with the changing color of the minor, with a sense of movement, Lampo 2 power assembly from BRUSA company, formed by two electric motors, one each front and rear axles in order to achieve all-wheel drive.
This group of motor output of 408 horsepower and 640 can Nm of torque values increased by 50% compared with Lampo, which can make it in 5 seconds to accelerate from standstill to 100km / h, top speed of about 200km / h. In addition, Lampo 2 revolutionized the charge mode, and 10 minutes DC fast charging can guarantee the mileage of 100 km, more close to practical. In addition, the car home in the single-phase 3.3 kilowatts of electricity, 6.6 kilowatts PLC single-phase power, 9.9 kilowatts under the conditions of three-phase industrial AC charging can be completed.

Switzerland Rinspeed releases concept car UC which takes aim at production

February 17, the Swiss design company Rinspeed has released their annual Geneva a concept car details. This is an electric car, unlike two years ago, the Lotus Elise-based design Squba amphibious concept car, the car's design combines the Fiat 500 and Smart ForTwo.
  This compact electric vehicle code UC, aims to bring small and flexible urban transport. Rinspeed there has been procured from the LiTec lithium-ion battery (LiTec is a joint venture between Evonik and the Daimler Group company), a charge of driving under the car 65 miles to the mileage. Smart design absorbs UC pioneered the concept of horizontal parking, crowded cities can easily find your own parking space.
In addition, Rinspeed has developed a train loading system, allowing UC easy to train up and down to allow the driver to easily inter-city travel. Also, most European trains are electric, so not only in city driving UC are green, the intercity travel can also be kept green.

Porsche released 918 Spyder concept car

Time in Geneva was held the evening of March 1, "Night of the public" group activities, released a brand new Porsche 918 Spyder concept car. New car used plug-in hybrid power system, economic performance in the power and performance are amazing.
According to information released by Porsche, is still in the conceptual stage of the 918 Spyder powered by a V8 gasoline engine, this engine can only output as much as 500 horsepower, coupled with a total output of 218 horsepower electric motor as an auxiliary power system of three , the new car will have a power output of 718 horsepower. At the same time, 918 Spyder of hundred kilometers only 3L, carbon dioxide emissions per kilometer 70g (official data). Gearbox PDK dual clutch gear 7.
Lithium batteries with liquid-cooled 918 Spyder, the assembly of brake energy recovery system, according to different driving conditions, the electric motor and gasoline engine a total of 4 combinations (or independent) mode. Porsche 918's test scores at the Nurburgring is 7 minutes and 30 seconds - more than the famous Carrera GT models. Porsche said that, 918 Spyder will be in volume production. Detailed information we will continue to pay attention.

BMW design director huo Eaton Clayton: continue BMW innervation and elegant

BMW design director Gordon Hoey g: BMW after the two dynamic and very elegant features will continue, DNA
Reporter: We know you do automotive design twenty years, do you think the development of the international future of automotive design trends?
Guests: We are standing in front of this car is a concept car of our future is our vision 2020, there are two more important places, one is its lightweight design. Another is the aerodynamic design.
Reporter: Do you think the next decade, the development of China's automotive design trends?
Guests: Because after all, I work for BMW, so I say the idea of BMW. For China, Chinese customers really like the design of BMW cars now. Including the car, we combine the concept of car design, will be applied to future products strategy. For example, the engine is highly efficient hybrid engines, also will be introduced to the world of product design. So I think BMW is still the design DNA of the two dynamic and very elegant properties, characteristics, since these features will be adopted.

Peugeot cars design director: national culture is the creative source

Moderator: Now found in the Mercedes-Benz, BMW and PSA Peugeot Citroen overall design of the bias is more philosophical, there is a soft steel, which have a new definition, like fashion, every 10 years, new fashion, new genre?
Gilles VIDAL: You said the trend, fashion trends, have various fields, fashion Ye Hao, furniture Ye Hao, every 10 or 20 years of green design concepts, such as the 80's, we compared the automotive industry appear rough line line design, maybe you just mentioned the automotive industry into the emerging trends in steel soft phase, many car manufacturers are now the biggest challenge to this level of technological development, when we all have to develop such pedestrian protection technology, so there are many technical aspects restrictions, to take such an approach, the back of some of the technical program and a number of much the same layout as all of us for the most important, different feeling only shape, personality, this time to make all the difference. We just said a lot of technology to this point, many functions, like, almost, and technology solutions inside the same, only different shapes to make all manufacturers must have their own ideas, there must be other people in different places in order to stand out in the market, this is the biggest challenge.

Mass launched concept taxi

Volkswagen plans to launch one million by 2020, electric cars, and now the electric prototype vehicle has been officially unveiled, the public gave it a resounding name of "Milan taxi concept car."
Volkswagen has released a German electric (EV) concept car taxi "concept car taxi in Milan (Milano Taxi concept)", this car is the Volkswagen UP launched the classic series, the car size is 3.73 × length 1.60 × width 1.66 high m, body weight is 1500kg.
 
The maximum output power of electric motor 85kW (115 hp), and its lithium-ion rechargeable battery with a capacity of 45kWh, endurance distance of 300km (186 miles). It is noteworthy that the car only 1 hour, can be filled into 80% of the electricity. The car's maximum speed currently is 120km (74mph).
The car is currently still only at the conceptual stage, the public is planned for 2013 will this electric (EV) mass production of a taxi and took the lead pilot in the German home market use.

Mass want to accept the Italian famous design company

Over the past few years, the Italian design company, such as the great Pininfarina, Bertone and Italdesgin is not regarded as a good time. Before the two companies have plunged into economic difficulties. After a company has to survive. However Italdesign, Giorgetto Giugiaro this in 1968 by a company incorporated in the Volkswagen Group may be able to help maintain healthy functioning.
Speaking of the origin with the public, this design company and the public has a long relationship, first-generation Golf is still cool and by the Giugiaro design. In the past three decades, Italdesign is also responsible for a variety of design concepts of the Volkswagen Group's models. Giorgetto Giugiaro and his son Fabrizio is currently wholly owned by the company's equity, but reported to the general public may be ready to acquire the majority stake in the Italian design company. If the public is not yet confirmed whether they will undertake after the acquisition to customers outside the public project, it is unclear whether the 71-year-old plans to retire Giugiaro.

New electric car design-Nido evs

Italian design company Nido official release of their electric vehicle prototypes, which means that they open for electric cars and hybrid vehicles designed a new modular platform. 2004 Nido Nido city electric vehicle concept car is an upgraded version, Smart ForTwo has a lot of similar design.
Nido platform designed entirely by , including the shape and the internal structure of this platform, can design a variety of different models, including the two-seater, four models, as well as pickup and van van. Although this prototype iron pipes used steel frame chassis, but the production car will use more lightweight aluminum space frame structure.
This prototype uses a 30KW Nido permanent magnet motor drive the rear wheels, the future, other derivative models will also include a hybrid front-engine cars, or pre-arrangement of the motor. Unlike other companies, is currently developing electric vehicles, opted to use a higher energy density, but the work has a high temperature nickel - salt (Ni-NaCl) Zebra batteries. Despite 21.2 kwh electricity, but the battery is only 181 kg total weight. In addition Zebra batteries can also completely recyclable, does not contain hazardous materials. Nido said to have 138 km of mileage, from 0 to 100km / h as long as 6.7 seconds.

Jieda Coupe design is nearly the same as NCC concept car

Volkswagen Jetta Coupe models now patented design drawings leaked from the Trademark Office, this model of the design world's attention a lot of fans can finally let the thirst.
Although details are limited, the car looks with the public concept of the new compact NCC Coupe (2010 North American International Auto Show debut) are identical. Relative to the concept car, Volkswagen Jetta Coupe has a redesigned grille, lower intake and under the dual exhaust system.
Like the redesigned Jetta in 2011, the engine choice may include: 103 hp 1.2 liters of TSI, 158-horsepower 1.4-liter TSI, 168 hp 2.5 liters, 197 hp 2.0-liter TSI. In the diesel, is expected to carry 103-horsepower TDI BlueMotion 1.6 liters and 138 hp 2.0-liter TDI engine.