Friday, February 18, 2011

Rinspeed Bamboo Technology beach

Fantasia in power? Do not exaggerate, this Rinspeed Concept Bamboo seems more like déjà vu. French is not random, because ... There was once a Citroen Mehari. In fact, the small car Rinspeed seems a revised copy of brogues plastic founded in 1968. It reflects, however, the concept of all-Italian "spiaggine, those models in" topless "made in the fifties and sixties to use a typical sailor and summer.

Car doors and roofs stripped of metal and covered with canvas and wicker, like the famous Fiat 500 and 600 processed by the Turin coachbuilder Vignale. The spiaggine of the second millennium designed by American Frank M. Rinderknecht of Rinspeed boss (much easier to write and pronounce), however, is quite a wealth of technology.

The Bamboo Concept, which looks at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show 2011, was created in collaboration with the Swiss company specialized in engineering and prototyping and 4erC Esoro. The style of the many decorations are nice and works New York pop artist James Rizzi. The Bamboo is electric, powered by a motor with 54 kW of power built by the German group Frager.

It can travel up to 120 km / h (its weight, not so feathered, just over one thousand pounds) and cover a distance of 105 miles before running out of power. Ideal for short trips in the holiday resort, hotel beach, home to the disco. And to reach the wildest creeks there is an electric bicycle that is charged on the car.

The structure is supported by a steel frame to which they mate horizontal shocks. The car body is made of composite materials. The three-spoke alloy wheels AEZ are 17 "tires are Goodyear" EfficientGrip "on energy savings. For the practical use of Bamboo, Rinspeed has partnered with RWE - Germany's leading company in the distribution of gas and electricity - who has already studied the appropriate stations for charging.

The AT Kearney instead of Dusseldorf has developed a business plan for mass production. Other features of the Concept Bamboo are outside, the roof of the Swiss tecnotex Water-repellent fabric "Skai Caleri Neptun" - which can be transformed into a special mattress from the beach - and the bright colors of the body.

Inside, where there are four people, technology is the host. Bamboo is the ideal car for today's "communicator." The personal messages to people near the car are displayed on the innovative "Identiface." monitor is housed in a special place in the front grille, developed by subsidiary MBtech Daimler in Stuttgart.

Due to its Internet connectivity, Identiface can also see the Facebook pages of the passengers, the news from around the world. The Bamboo will become a new community platform, capable of additional functionality focused on social networks, but also can suggest the best driving behavior.

Bamboo is the name and fact. The bamboo is used for coatings, simple but refined. The rear seats are foldable and inflatable bags in aluminum to be transported on the beach. The dashboard looks like a great bread basket. Under a damper housing the main controls and the futuristic display VDO.

On the right, in the glove compartment, are placed tablet PC and smartphone. The system comes complete with stereo speakers and Harman JBL GreenEdge application "Aha Radio."

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