2006: California.
Drawings on Display at Michelin Challenge Design™
Biography:
Takuro Hiraiwa is a freelance designer from Japan. In addition to his selection as a 2006 Michelin Challenge Design finalist, he received the second prize in the 1999 CarStyling ICDC and honorable mention in the 1999 2nd Mitsubishi Motors International Design Competition.
Description:
Concept vehicle is suitable for land with warm and dry climates like California. With an open top roof, the sport motorbike can be invigorating. It can become a four-wheel motorbike by removing a neck protector and changing a sheet and handle. It can also become a formula car with another variation.
A drive mechanism used an in-wheel motor. By optimizing rotation of four flowers by computer, it is stabilized to perform better in corners and has anti-lock brakes.
A power supply uses a battery and a capacitor. Since a capacitor is lightweight and compact, it charges using the regeneration brake function of a motor at the time of a slowdown, and it uses it conversely at the time of acceleration. It will use the electricity of a battery, stabilizing this and will prolong the life of a battery.
Since an operation system is a drive-by-wire, it has a possibility that not only a handle but the controller which can be operated only on foot will be incorporable. A handicap driver can also experience the same experience as a healthy person.
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