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LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept

LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
LA Design Challenge (2010): Maybach DRS Concept
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At the 2010 LA Design Challenge Maybach has presented the DRS Concept, a futuristic electric version of the traditional human powered rickshaw. The two-wheeler vehicle has large wheels with self-balancing system and an organic structure.
Конкурс студий автомобильного дизайна LA Design Challehnge расширяет свои границы. На это раз в нем приняли участие гости из Японии — студия Mercedes-Benz Research and Development Japan. Они продемонстрировали весьма интересное представление о дальнейшем развитии знаменитого бренда Maybach.

Концепт Maybach DRS (“Den-Riki-Sha”), представленный на конкурс — это ни что иное, как электрический рикша, то есть, альтернатива традиционному для Японии обычному виду транспорта — велорикше. Конструкция концепта легка и воздушна, колеса вращают встроенные электромоторы, под полом прячутся аккумуляторные батареи. При желании можно вращать педали, пополняя тем самым заряд. И причем тут Maybach? Оказывается, производиться электрический рикша “Den-Riki-Sha” будет по уникальной биотехнологии, где кузов будет не изготавливаться, а рождаться с помощью закодированной в ДНК информации. Разумеется, всё это очень сложно, дорого и престижно, а потому доступно будет лишь избранным мира сего.

Дизайнеры японской студии Mercedes уверены, что в недалеком будущем автомобильная культура радикально изменится. Она будет развиваться в тесной связи с природой, архитектурой, инфраструктурой городов. Разнообразие средств передвижения будет расти вместе с открытиями новых источников энергии, появлением альтернативных технологий производства, разработкой революционных систем привода и т.д.


The Maybach eRikscha – The Luxury Model for Tomorrow's Urban Mobility

Maybach unveils its draft for an electrically driven luxury rickshaw at the Los Angeles Design Challenge
Maybach DRS – "Den-Riki-Sha" – combining ultralight design with a uniquely luxurious exterior and interior
The world's first naturally manufactured luxury vehicle

Stuttgart/Los Angeles. As it presents its draft design for an electrically powered luxury rickshaw, Stuttgart's Maybach Manufaktur automotive hand-finishing section is exploring radical new avenues for the urban mobility of tomorrow as part of the Los Angeles Design Challenge. The Maybach DRS – "Den-Riki-Sha" (= electrically driven rickshaw) – blends the very latest automotive technology, luxurious comfort, and the highest safety levels with the needs of an environmentally aware world and the traditional values of the classic "Jin-Riki-Sha" (human-powered rickshaw). The futuristic four-seater is created through metamorphosis from a DNA cocoon, making it the world's first naturally manufactured vehicle. The rickshaw was developed by the designers at the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios in Tokyo – participating in the Los Angeles Design Challenge for the first time.

The design competition had invited international automotive design studios to draw up their vision of a car that weighs 1,000 American pounds (around 454 kilogrammes) (kerb weight). The remit was to create a four-seater small car that is safe and comfortable, offering good handling and first-class design. "This was a major challenge – in particular for a brand such as Maybach, whose luxury has thus far manifested itself not least in the vehicles' size. This is why, when building the Maybach DRS, we combined the European concept of luxury with the Asian feel for optimum use of space, so we were able to create a vehicle which blends both in an intelligent manner. Thereby we have shortly undermatched the weight limit", explained Holger Hutzenlaub, who heads the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios in Tokyo.

The amalgamation of organic intelligence and biomechanical engineering artistry

Breathtaking looks, polished luxury, and technical brilliance characterise the ambitious development of the Maybach DRS. The design is reminiscent of a butterfly's cocoon, light and elegant as it floats between two oversized wheels. The rickshaw is made in a unique, natural production process. Through a complex and perfect metamorphosis a finished vehicle is developed from a DNA cocoon: Organic intelligence blends with advanced biomechanical engineering. The result is a futuristic combination of an ultralight structure and an unparalleled luxury exterior and interior – for a limited number of exclusive vehicles.

The vehicle frame consists of carbon fibres and organic composite materials, whilst the doors and windows are made of injection-moulded polycarbonate and the panoramic roof of flexible organic composite materials. The Maybach DRS is powered by two 20 kW electric motors which are positioned in the wheel hubs and are self-balancing. The energy required is produced by a lithium-ion battery in the tail end. An on-board computer ensures optimum control, communicating with the metropolis's transport infrastructure, and thus guaranteeing a smooth, luxurious ride through the city. In order to increase the vehicle's range, the human/electric hybrid also allows additional pedal force, which is produced by the driver.

Totally true to the grand Maybach tradition of luxurious mobility, the Maybach DRS – "Den-Riki-Sha" – is carrying forward this heritage, paying homage to the roads of tomorrow.
Quelle: blogocar.net; LA Design Challenge
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