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Switzerland sit back and enjoy the ride with rinspeed s self driving car
Rinspeed is a Swiss automobile manufacturer and tuning designer. It specialises in restoring classic cars, and tuning and modifying modern cars such as Porsches and Subarus. Since 1991, they have also designed exotic concept and special vehicles for the Geneva Motor Show and other car shows each year, but do not enter into production.
Contents
- Switzerland sit back and enjoy the ride with rinspeed s self driving car
- Autonomous rinspeed oasis for ces 2017
- sQuba
- Splash
- iChange
- UC
- Budii
- Oasis
- Modified tuned cars
- Other concept cars
- References
Rinspeed was founded in 1979 by Frank Rinderknecht.
Autonomous rinspeed oasis for ces 2017
sQuba
Built around a Lotus Elise, the Rinspeed sQuba is a concept car that can 'fly' underwater and has zero emissions. It debuted at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, 30 years after its inspiration: the movie The Spy Who Loved Me. The sQuba was featured in the first episode of 14th season of UK motoring show Fifth Gear.
Splash
The Rinspeed Splash is a concept amphibian vehicle with hydrofoil design capable of 45 knots on water or nearly 200 km/h on land. Propelled by a 750 cc two cylinder turbo-charged engine burning natural gas which supplies 140 hp (100 kW) at 7000 rpm and weighing just 825 kg, this strange-looking vehicle can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 5.9 seconds. It premiered at the 2004 Geneva Motor Show. The Splash was featured in an episode of Top Gear. In 2006 it set a record for crossing the English Channel in a hydrofoil car, making the journey in 3 hours 14 minutes.
iChange
The iChange is a concept car that changes shape and configuration based on the amount of passengers inside, up to three. It was unveiled in 2009 Geneva Motor Show. The car features are controlled by an Apple iPhone and is powered by a 150 kW electric motor. The iChange has a 0–100 km/h (62 mph) speed of slightly over 4 seconds, and hit a top speed of 136 mph (219 km/h).
UC
The Rinspeed UC is a micro concept electric car that was presented at the Geneva Motor Show 2010. The name UC stands for "Urban Commuter" or "You see". It is a 2.5 metres long micro vehicle, operated with a central joystick. The electric motor delivers 124 Nm of torque. The concept car can reach a top speed of 110 km/h, and on-board batteries enable the car a capable of 120 km range in one charge.
Budii
Buddi concept displayed at 2015 Geneva motor show is worked around the future possibilities of self driven cars. Budii displays experiments to include vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) radio-based communications, radar and motion sensing systems including advanced camera monitoring. It is also equipped with telescoping laser scanner on the roof called TrackView which can be raised by 70 centimeters and delivers a precise 3D perspective by combining data from all the various sensors to map the surrounding terrain.
Oasis
Announced late in 2016 and first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2017, the Rinspeeed Oasis concept car takes Rinspeed's 2015 Budii and 2016 Etos concept cars farther, integrating state-of-the art autonomous vehicle technologies, social media, and Mobility as a Service into a compact car described as a "living room" on wheels. It also features floor to ceiling glass doors, a battery-electric engine, retractable steering wheel, solar panels integrated into the roof, and an augmented reality display. An unusual feature, for a car, is the dash-mounted garden with sensors to advise the user when to feed the plants. It was also shown at the Detroit Motor Show. Partners on the project included Kostal (electronics), Harman (electronic controls) among a wide range of other firms.