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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN | Upper Pool Studio | 2011 Semester 2

DUO ECO CAR

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Jiazhen Chen(KEN)

When people enjoy the benefit from automobiles, they are also threating our health and living space. Automobiles have two main problems today: competing urban space with people and produced too much carbon dioxide. Today we have 800 million cars and there will be 4 billion by 2050. All these growth will lead one problem is traffic jam. The traffic jam will stifle economic growth, deliver food and health care. Also one of the biggest car consume in urban is looking for car park.

To solve those two problems, I developed a concept as a small size automobile with Air Engine. Air Engine using compressed air as it energy so it is 100% zero air pollution.

R² means rest and relaxation. R² is a high technology and user-friendly car. It can record user’s preference and driving style. User don’t need use key to enter, just touch the sensor and the doors will open automatically, then the windows will become clear and the interior will lights on. The swivelling seat will moves back and revolves to user. R² doesn’t have rear-view mirrors. User can see everything around the car through the three exterior cameras; therefore user does not need to take their eyes off the road. The engine will turns on when user tough the central screen. User also can set temperature by mobile phone. If the accident happens, R² will stop automatically. In addition, user can move dashboard and control from either the left or the right seat. In order to fit different road rules and also provide user different driving experiences.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Park_Lake_2005-11-06.jpeg

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Brainstorming

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Vehicle Categories

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SWOT

Vehicle PositioningGraphic (two-axis charts)

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Safety Hummer H2 Engine Size: 6.2 liters Combined MPG: 9 BMW X5 Engine Size: 3.0 liters Combined MPG: 22

Jeep Wrangler Engine Size : 3.8-litre Combined MPG: 16 PORSCHE - CAYENNE Engine Size: 4.5 liters Combined MPG: 16

Mazda 3 Engine Size : 2.0-litre Combined MPG: 27

Audi Q7 Engine Size : 3.0-litre Combined MPG: 20

Land rover discovery Engine Size : 4.0-litre Combined MPG: 14

Citroen DS4 Engine Size: 1.6 liters Combined MPG: 45.6

peugeot 207 cc Engine Size: 1.4 liters Combined MPG: 38.7

Chevrolet Camaro Engine Size : 6.2-litre Combined MPG: 19

Inefficient

NISSAN - GT-R Engine Size: 3.8 liters Combined MPG: 17

Efficient

MINI Cooper/Clubman Engine: 1.6-liter I4 Combined MPG: 32*

mazda rx8 Engine Size : 1.3-litre Combined MPG: 18

lamborghini reventon Engine Size : 6.5-litre Combined MPG: 12

Chevrolet sonic Engine Size : 1.4-litre Combined MPG: 40

Chevrolet Spark Engine Size : 1.0-litre Combined MPG: 38.2 Honda Civic Type R Engine Size : 2.0-litre,1998 cc Combined MPG:31

Audi - R8 Engine Size: 5.2 liters Combined MPG: 14

Nissan pao Engine Size : 1.0-litre Combined MPG: 51 Smart Engine Size : 1.5-litre Combined MPG: 37

Spyker C8 Engine Size : 4.2-litre Combined MPG: 15

koenigsegg ccxr Engine Size : 4.7-litre Combined MPG: 11

s3191677 Ken CHEN

vw kombi van Engine Size : 1.7-litre Combined MPG: 30 Maserati MC12 Engine Size :6.0-litre

Unsafety

Twizy Maximum motor output:13 kW (17hp)

VW 1 liter car Engine Size : 1.0-litre Combined MPG: 222!

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Design Scenarios

http://laceydarlene.posterous.com/my-new-york-city-car

Find some like-minded friends make a microcars-team, go for a ride. http://jwproductions.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Scenic-Europe/G0000bJZFrODMWMc/I0000tEgF5cbhLmo

Your car drives through the narrow streets in the downtown area of a retro city on the stone road. The car and background compose a painting. It is the Aesthetics of cars. Feel the ‘taste’ and culture of the car.

Dynamic, young http://twenty-somethingtravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/IMG_0794.jpg http://hollybollyworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/38301776.jpg

Leisure style

http://www.360travelguide.com/Australia/images.asp

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/11/stackable cars solve urban tra/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_sharing

recharging foldable car parking

hang on to parking http://ucdblogs.org/quinnschool/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/giants-causeway.jpg

http://www.polak.ro/multilevel-automatic-car-park-embeded-system.html

http://psipunk.com/lift-car-concept-hang-your-car-in-the-parking-lots/

passion

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Personas

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Element arrangement

Positives Save space; comfort for legs; enough room for cargo

Positives Special layout; comfort space for driver and passenger

Negative

Negative

Small space between driving seat and co-pilot seat

Less communication between driver and passenger

Positives

Lean against seat, good view, big storage

Negative

Small space between driving seat and co-pilot seat; uncomfortable for long driving

Positives Be narrow, saving space Negative small storage; uncomforted for passenger’s legs

air engine

air tank

cargo

vectrix

250cc

Positives Good view and comfortable space for passenger Negative Less communication between driver and passenger; passenger cannot see the front

Human factors

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837mm

Air tank

Air engine

heater

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Packaging

Benchmarkings

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Powertrain

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Rear engine Rear-wheel drive Traction for acceleration is supreme. The rear engine layout s is ideal for micro cars, helping to reduce the length of the vehicle in front of the driver’s feet.

The Di Pietro motor concept is based on a rotary piston. Different from existing rotary engines, the Di Pietro motor uses a simple cylindrical rotary piston (shaft driver) which rolls, without any friction, inside the cylindrical stator. The space between stator and shaft driver is divided in 6 expansion chambers by pivoting dividers. (Joomla, 2010)

The Di Pietro Motor (Rotary Air Engine)

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Interior

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Swirling seat The seat can be rotated.

Easy to entry and out the car, Easy to pick up cargo under the seat.

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Connectivity

Mobile phone control set temperature, vents and music

04:08

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Movable dashboard user can move dashboard and control from either the left or the right seat. In order to fit different road rules and also provide user different driving experiences

R² Air station. To recharge compressed air.

Recharge

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Cargo

( 6’ 1.8 ) m surf

boa

1420

rds

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Parking

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Materials

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Plastic body panels .Recyclable .Less weight .Sustainability

assembly and disassembly

1:10 Scale orthogonal

1440

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1150 1564.4

372

1870 2548

306

1340

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1:5 Model

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Sketchings

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Renderings

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Renderings

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Renderings

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