For the body of the concept car EDAG light open source EDAG has opened new paths for the first time in automotive engineering, used ASA.TEC 's innovative fiber basalt, a lightweight, stable and -- All - 100% recyclable material. Propulsion is provided by intelligent electrical systems on the wheels, which not only have a high degree of efficiency for the power of lithium-ion batteries on the road, but also provide much more creative for the vehicle scope package. Moreover, with its innovative concept of light, light car EDAG Open Source is one of the first vehicles to use (O) LED technology as an individual element of adaptive design and communication.
As a design engineering company, the Group of EDAG want to apply their experience to help develop new vehicle concepts and processes. Rising energy prices, the discussion of CO2 and the increase in demand for cars at reasonable prices are all questions that now more than ever, the call for innovative concepts. Since 1999, EDAG, with its concept car, it produces pragmatic ideas for the evolution of the car. Motivated by the current discussions about the cars of tomorrow and future direction of the automotive industry, EDAG risked brave and take a look to the future. In the light of open source cars, EDAG, possible answers to the question of how new materials, new concepts of body and other types of drive systems can be applied in the future, while conserving resources and maintaining lower costs for manufacturers and customers alike.
The body: an adaptable individual desktop
With its innovative concept of light and lighting technology minimalised, light cars EDAG open source is one of the first vehicles to use (O) LED technology as a variable element of design and communication.
Until we start until the car EDAG open source, with a body that looks as if the glass came to life and reveal its true appearance. In the crystals, (O) LED lights to mark the contours of the headlights and taillights of "light cars - Open Source." The driver can design the contours of the lights to their individual tastes, to give the car a unique appearance, something he is already used to doing, from creating your desktop. The driver also has a free hand to organize their "work" in the cabin. If he wants the tachometer at the control center or the climate indicator on the right side, the driver can set your individual cabin with respect to size, position and style of the instruments are concerned.
"We have moved today from the media and lighting technology to the rules of order, and in the future want to offer customers the possibility to set free because the whole surface of the vehicle functions as the monitor of a multimedia installation, and can be used intelligently and individually, "says Johannes Barckmann, head of the EDAG Design Studio.
With the help of state of the art (O) LED technology, using the backdoor EDAG transparent as a projection screen, making cars to communicate visible and usable for all drivers. For example, the braking force to the next vehicle can communicate through a range of lighting in the rear of the car. Other information, such as a remote reading or if the tail of a traffic jam, can be clearly displayed on the rear of the car, even if the vehicle is not behind a car-to-car communications system of its own . In addition, the driver of the car behind you can see the information immediately, without having the eyes of the road!
Innovative materials such as fiber basalt - chassis mobile platform
With the choice of materials for light cars EDAG open source, it also lays emphasis on innovative solutions. Apart from the glass surfaces or, alternatively, Makrolon, the material of the future, the vehicle is one of the most innovative, industry standard basalt fiber (ASA.TEC fiber). This 100% recyclable and almost infinitely available raw materials is not only lighter and less expensive than aluminum or carbon, but also virtually the same mechanical properties as conventional materials. This new fiber quality basalt, which are used in the construction of the rotors of large-scale wind power plants in the future, can now be put to use in the automotive industry. This type of basalt fiber, therefore, has the potential to become a major structural element, and thus be used as a material of the future in light vehicles to the market for high volume.
The body of light EDAG concept car is based on open source mobile rack - a truly universal platform for various agencies of the modules can be added. This allows vehicles from developing faster and cheaper.
One hundred percent monovalent!
The concept of operation of the light car is based on an all-electric system with monovalent a range of up to 150 kilometers, making it very suitable for everyday use. The issue of propulsion is the responsibility of intelligent electrical systems on the wheels, which not only have a high degree of efficiency for the power of lithium-ion batteries in the chassis rolling on the road, but also provide considerably greater creativity in the vehicle package. This is possible thanks to an integrated system in the wheels, which consolidates a number of functions: steering, brakes, suspension and drive.
The light outside dimensions of the car - 4 meters long and 1.70 meters wide - to the car's compact size range, as the engine and gearbox have been removed, the wheelbase - 2.90 meters - has been raised at the luxury class, with enough space to seat five passengers in comfort.
Open Source
The new lightweight, fiber basalt standard, an electric drive system, chassis mobile and - last but not least - the innovative lighting concept offers great potential for a new vehicle concept. Many of the technologies are still evident today in the early stages of development. For this reason, EDAG sees it as an open source project, and the approaches of other companies with which they can work in the development of Light EDAG cars. The company has made a deliberate decision to address a wide range, allowing the creation of new concepts to be absorbed in the car of the future. Equipment and software developers are going to implement new technologies in the same manner as fiber basalt ASA.TEC (O) LED technology and electrical specialists do.
EDAG has experience in the production of vehicles and the development and integration of suppliers of complete systems in the complex development projects, the company Fulda, which will play the lead role in developing the open source project. In all of the company products and production EDAG understanding will help develop pragmatic solutions, particularly in relation to potential savings in terms of production costs.
In the light of open source cars, the Group of EDAG not only to justify their claims of being an innovative engineering for the automotive industry, but also to stimulate debate on ways and means to meet the future needs of consumers - environmental and economic - in the next generation of cars.
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