#Electric car body design concept series#
The new Porsche Vision Gran Turismo Concept is the company’s first concept study created specifically for use in a computer game.įreed from the constraints of developing models for series production, Porsche designers were able to put their own ideas for a Gran Turismo concept car into practice.
The rest of the interior is made up of sustainable materials, with great fabrics on the seats and doors. It's unclear exactly how much of this will make it to production, but the curved display itself is absolutely a safe bet.
"Efficient" gives you prominent access to the i4's charge level and range, and actually shows what the vehicle's sensors are seeing in the outside world. "Sport" moves the display's widgets closer together and pulls up vehicle data graphics, as well as turning the interior red. "Core" is what you see in these photos, with the bronze accents and similarly colored lighting.
#Electric car body design concept driver#
This long, curved screen is "the logical next step" for infotainment and vehicle system displays, Langer says, "placing all the needs of driver and co-driver in one surface." Users can choose from three display settings - sorry, "experience modes" - which alter the colors and themes of the two screens, as well as the ambient lighting. The gold finish is a way to bring the exterior color inside, and it's mimicked with a warm, yellow-ish ambient light set behind the huge, curved display. The cockpit is super clean and neatly organized, with only a few key styling elements breaking up the various surfaces - "less highlights, but very bold ones," Langer says. Stepping inside, the i4's most promising bit of design is perhaps the cabin layout. The bronze trim might not make it to production, but the huge, curved display definitely will. BMW won't confirm if this detail will make its way to the production i4, though Langer tells me it's an interesting way BMW could differentiate its electric cars from their gas-powered counterparts. The i4 Concept gets a new version of the iconic BMW Roundel logo, with all of the black parts of the badge instead replaced by clear. Oh, there's one neat little detail on the i4's face you might not immediately notice: the badge. A normal grille is necessary if you have an engine, to let cool air in, but here, Langer says, "it becomes a different kind of function." BMW calls the black grille panels an "intelligent surface," as all of the car's radars and sensors are cleanly housed within these panels. No, the i4 won't come to production like this, but hey, I can dream.Īs for the schnoz, there's at least a bit of function to that, uh, form. The slim headlights don't have clear lens covers, and I love the 3D shape. Yeah, the huge grille makes the car look like a squinting chipmunk, and I really wish this wasn't the new face of BMW, but it isn't all bad. "On normal cars, people expect a different amount of exhausts in the back, and we have to interpret that in a new way because we don't have exhausts and we don't need them." Langer also points out that, "from an aero point of view, from an efficiency point of view, this could be way better."įinally, let's talk about that face. "We found a way to reimagine things that people expect from a car being sporty," Langer says.
Big rear diffusers are great for aero, even if they don't house tailpipes.
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