WOW VW Hover Car -Concept?
BEIJING, China June 4, 2012 Car Project's People in the ENS Volkswagen launched last year led to the creation of a hover car floating above the road using electromagnetic levitation.
The project has allowed Internet users in China to publish their ideas on 119,000 cars of the future for over ideas submitted by 33 million visitors to the site of the popular car project over the past 11 months, the manufacturer German automaker has selected three to develop and construct as concept vehicles.
The Hover Car, the car music and Smart Key were unveiled last month at the Beijing International Auto Show The two seater zero emission Hover car looks like a brilliant flying ring as it hovers just above the ground, move forward or backward, left or right.
The Hover Car could in future travel along electromagnetic road networks The same method of propulsion is already used by maglev trains in China, Japan, Germany, California and elsewhere.
Wang Jia's parents try Hover VW Concept Car image of the video.
The Hover Car Concept was presented by Wang Jia Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Creative ideas car people project gives us valuable insight into the wishes of Chinese drivers, said Simon Loasby, Head of Design at Volkswagen Group China.
The trend is towards safe cars that can easily navigate overcrowded roads and have a personal design, emotional and exciting, he said the car music expresses the wish of many Chinese for individual automotive design equipped with LEDs organic, the exterior color of the vehicle changes with the choice of music the driver the car is a means of expression and a fashion statement for young drivers.
The Smart Key, also developed as part of the popular car project takes the trend towards stronger integration of online technologies in vehicles.
This vehicle has a high resolution touch screen that keeps the driver updated on the fuel situation, climate conditions and the safety car via the 3G network The driver can monitor the vehicle from the point of view of the eye of a bird by satellite transmission in real time the people of the Car project in China marks the beginning of a new era in automotive design, said Luca de Meo, Director of marketing, Volkswagen Group and the Volkswagen passenger Car brand .
We are no longer just to build cars, but also with customers and at the same time launch a national dialogue that gives us a deep insight into the design preferences, needs and requirements of Chinese customers, Meo said.
Due to the high demand and the exceptional quality of the contributions, Volkswagen said that people of the car project, which was initially scheduled to run for one year, was extended indefinitely.
Volkswagen said a new phase of the project will be launched in the coming months At that time, users will be able to submit their ideas of design, customization and connectivity for future mobility, and will also be able to make suggestions environmental first, the projects will be evaluated by the entire community of users in a second step, the experts will assess the concepts and award prizes to the winners.
In a long-term context the findings of the project because people will influence Volkswagen's product strategy, de Meo said.
The design of our models will, however, continue to reflect the tradition of the Volkswagen brand, said Meo If at some point in the future, we need to produce a popular vehicle project car, it will be a combination of views and customers the tradition of the brand.
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