Volkswagen People's Car Project, Hover Car - The flying two-seater
The People's Car Project is an initiative launched by VW in China to design the new people's car, an open-source project where citizens can submit ideas to VW’s R&D in China.
This is the case of Jia Wang who thought of a solution for traffic congestion in the city of Chengdu with a small urban vehicle, spherical, connected that can be parked everywhere (even in the air!) with a simplified operation allowing everyone to take the wheel.
The video is completely in Chinese, but still watch it -
If we have a Chinese Engineer here reading this, please help us understand what is he saying in this video.
This is the case of Jia Wang who thought of a solution for traffic congestion in the city of Chengdu with a small urban vehicle, spherical, connected that can be parked everywhere (even in the air!) with a simplified operation allowing everyone to take the wheel.
The video is completely in Chinese, but still watch it -
If we have a Chinese Engineer here reading this, please help us understand what is he saying in this video.
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Kaustubh KatdareThat car isn't real. At least sub-titles should have been in English. But I don't see the car being practical. With the doors opening sideways, there's no way to park this car in dense parking zones. -
Ramani Aswath
The doors could as well swivel in their own vertical plane, minimising the problem you raised.The_Big_KThat car isn't real. At least sub-titles should have been in English. But I don't see the car being practical. With the doors opening sideways, there's no way to park this car in dense parking zones. -
Kaustubh Katdare
Wouldn't that make entry bit difficult for the 'healthy' people?bioramaniThe doors could as well swivel in their own vertical plane, minimising the problem you raised. -
Ramani Aswath
If they turn the scale at 55kg as I do, no problem I guess.The_Big_KWouldn't that make entry bit difficult for the 'healthy' people?
I feel that with very highly elastic (>400%) elastomers already available we should perhaps make the 'doors' like stretch skins. -
Ankita KatdareI also thought that it is fake at first. But then it is just a concept.
We might not see it being practical in another 15 years. Will they follow the concept of mag-levs? (This question might not be right here.)
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