This future mobility concept uses a magnetic plate to have an electric car scaling vertical walls

Trois is a mobility concept that envisions two-person electric vehicles scaling vertical walls and traversing the underside of bridges to imagine a world without automobile pollution and traffic.

There was a time when self-driving cars seemed so far outside our realm of reality that they weren’t taken seriously, but Elon Musk wasn’t about to go down without a fight. Enter Tesla, the actualization of the futuristic cars we imagined way back when in grade school.

Designer: WookZoon Kwon

With their sight set on revolutionizing the automobile industry even further, student designer WookZoon Kwon conceptualized Trois, a mobility concept that sees two-person vehicles not only driving off-road but scaling vertical walls and the underside of bridges as well.

Created using the design language of French automobile manufacturer Renault, Trois is named after the French word for ‘three,’ in a nod to the three main driving modes it offers: ground, bridge, and wall. Keeping with the theme of three’s, Trois is shaped like a curved triangle.

Drivers can access the vehicle’s interior through a set of circular wing doors that reveal the car’s spherical seating compartments. The seats are also connected by a pillar and hinge mechanism that maintains the seat’s upright position even when traversing bridges’ undersides and scaling vertical city walls.

When the car is driving on the road, its positioning remains the same as current car models. Through a system of magnetic docking stations, Kwon ideated Trois so that only the vehicle’s exterior shell rotates when transitioning between different driving modes.

Embedded magnetic hubs attach to the magnetic modules on docking stations, allowing the car to secure a fastened grip on vertical surfaces and suspend in midair underneath bridges.

The docking station operates similarly to a wheelchair lift, sending the car up to the underside of a bridge or a nearby vertical wall. From there, the car attaches itself to the surface and moves forward like it’s on a conveyor belt.

While it can be hard to imagine such a new way of driving our cars, Trois seems to usher in a new wave of mobility concepts that will inevitably take shape in coming years.

The triangular shape of Trois allows it to transition between its tree driving modes.

Even the steering wheel keeps a triangular shape to keep up with the theme of three’s.

The dashboard hosts the conventional array of gear systems and information screens.

Trois was designed in the language of Renault to embrace a clean, yet minimal look.

The vehicle’s wheels operate the same way as a conventional car’s wheels.

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Bentley Limousine gets a sleek transparent roof to be your ride for life’s momentous events

Bentley takes pride in being one of the few manufacturers that hand-make their cars. But you probably already know that. So can you hazard a guess what in store for their future customers? Bentley plans to make the transition to plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles in 5 years from now. And finally, switch to battery electrics only by 2030. All this will happen while combining stunning design, exceptional craftsmanship, and thrilling performance, aligning with their century-old company policy.

With Bentley heading into new winds, the British marque will have new challenges maintaining its design heritage. It currently uses aluminum for its body panels which are painstakingly crafted by hand. And with it, the new materials will bring in new challenges. But we’re here to see what a future Bentley will look like, let the experts at Bentley figure out the technicalities of the manufacturing process. The concept behind this design, named Monument, is to rethink what defines an expensive automotive product. This clientele expects from this brand something unconventional, prestigious, and of course, the highest-end luxury market positioning. That is the reinterpretation of what could be a British limousine, a more relevant transition from classical tri-box segment towards new autonomous shuttles architecture.

As the luxury automotive market has evolved, we got rid of cheesy elements. Chrome has started to seem more flashy than expensive. Complex patterns that were made to justify the high price will no longer be needed in the future. Bentley is already a zero-emissions company at its Crewe factory and plans to be end-to-end carbon neutral by 2020. However, there will be multiple challenges to manufacture the new breed of vehicles. With large surfaces, fewer unique parts, and the ability to counter greenhouse emissions, this car will be a mechanical jewel. Aesthetically, this will be enhanced by its emphasized design lines.

The rear of the car is designed as a flat cut-out for aero efficiency. This will ensure a longer range with a single charge. The designer of this concept, Alexis Poncelet doesn’t seem to think the red LED stripes will survive the future trends. In the Monument, the tail light module works as a gauge that follows the braking intensity. This is in line with its semi-autonomous abilities and will help communicate with other cars on the road in a smart and elegant way. Honestly, these lights are the coolest things I’ve seen in a while.

Monument’s DNA is a dense and ghostly mass that merges walls and curvatures. The traditional shoulder topic is transferred into an evolutive side reflection that guides all the mass around rear occupants as a limo would. In its element, the Monument revises what our version of an iconic car should be like, carrying forward all the class and elegance of a limousine while giving it a futuristic look that will suit

Designer: Alexis Poncelet

This hydrogen fuel based pod is the vehicle of choice for a green future!

We all once believed flying cars would be the future for the auto industry. Then cars started driving themselves, so that future was left up to the designers to decide. But never has the future weighed so heavily above us than it has in 2020. Globally, designers are utilizing this moment to construct what they believe the future of the auto industry will and, in some cases, should look like, including Moscow-based, Nikita Konopatov who recently conceptualized a hydrogen-fueled car for the future, called Future Center Europe. The fuel-cell vehicle design would move on two cylindrical barrels with a bubbled body, an image representative of molecular hydrogen combustion. The decision to construct a new automobile fueled by hydrogen is both feasible and deliberate. With the frequency of road transportation decreasing, and therefore air pollution, as a result of travel restrictions due to the pandemic, many of us have consciously shifted toward greener alternatives. Fuel cell vehicles indicate one green alternative since the electric vehicles use generators to turn hydrogen into electricity, providing energy.

Hydrogen fuel is produced once hydrogen reacts with oxygen to make water. Since hydrogen is an energy carrier, which means it transmits energy from a primary source, such as solar energy or coal, it can be used as fuel for cars. Extracting hydrogen from compounds can be tricky, but it is possible through electrolysis, which is the most popular, ecological, and efficient option. Konopatov describes his design as “atypical,” but it is also so utopian, it discredits any possibility of a future doomsday. With columnar wheels and panoramic windows, this design could inspire sci-fi anime or become one. Who wouldn’t take a drive? On paper, this design points out our seemingly new reality and how we interact with it. Globally, we’re embracing simplicity, sprucing up our own corner of the world, and modifying our lens for alternative living in order to meet it halfway. Similarly, Nikita Konopatov’s fuel cell vehicle nods towards a simpler, albeit faraway future world, where cars might not fly, but breathe like us.

Designer: Nikita Konopatov