MERCEDES BENZ VISION AVTR 2020
ONCEPT Part 2 OF THE ‘CURRENT’ AGE ‘sense’ obstacles and traffic disruptions; that allows for permanent connectivity to the worldwide web; that enables a car’s software to be updated over the air; and that allows for a level of autonomy that is remarkable and growing ever more sophisticated. Looking back at the history of the electrified vehicle, it is remarkable how things have turned out. 120 years ago, battery-powered vehicles were common in every nation that was beginning to produce motorised vehicles. That period of popularity was short as the potential of the internal combustion engine was realised and it wasn’t until the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s – and thanks to issues such as oil crises as well as environmental concerns – that clever people across the
planet began to entertain the potential of electric power once more and hybrids such as the Prius, and all-electric vehicles such as the Tesla Roadster began to appear. Leap forward 15 years and the current (excuse the pun) automotive world is a different place indeed. Given the huge number of electric concepts that have appeared over the past decade, it is, once again, a difficult task to choose 10 such vehicles to be on our list. As we have said before, such a list is subjective. However, here at Motor Trader we’ve given it a go once again and picked out some of the concepts that we think are important either for their technology or their design, or that just resonate with us. We hope you enjoy the list. October 2020 Motor Trader | 19