Volkswagen unveils the Hover Car concept vehicle
We don’t have a crystal ball, but we have seen the future.
When we launched the "People's Car Project" in China last year, we invited
the public to contribute ideas for future Volkswagen models. We got lots of
great ideas—119,000 in all—but one in particular blew us away. At the Beijing
Auto Show, we unveiled the Hover Car concept vehicle, a wheel-less pod that uses
electromagnetic levitation to float just above the road. The idea came from a
young design student named Wang Jia, whose dream is to help decongest the
roadways in her hometown of Chengdu in China’s Sichuan province.
The Hover Car features a joystick for steering, auto-pilot
function, voice commands and a safety sensor for collision avoidance. And
because the Hover Car operates via magnetic fields, it uses no gas and has zero
emissions.
Plans regarding whether we will produce this car are up in
the air (get it?), but either way, it’s an important step towards a more
sustainable—and fun—future.
source: http://why.vw.com/concept-cars
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