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BMW GINA LIGHT VISIONARY: CLOTH BODY
The GINA LIGHT is a roadster concept on which the usual body sheet metal found on production vehicles such as bonnet, side panels and doors have been all replaced with a special, flexible, highly durable and extremely expansion-resistant fabric material that stretches across a metal wire structure.
A number of elements of the substructure are actually movable and the driver can shift them by means of electric and electric-hydraulic controls resulting to a change the shape of the outer skin. For example, when the headlights are not active they are hidden under the special fabric cover. As soon as the driver turns on the lights, the contour of the front ends changes revealing the twin-headlights –just like a human being opens his eyes.
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great start… I could see memory metal being the solution to this design philosophy in the future… Otherwise I would hate to see this car on the freeway vibrating like crazy… Awsome design philosophy idea… though I’ve seen it at CCS four years ago… Good start.
great..until someone takes a knife to it…..
Somehow the material appears a little more functional than a tarp or a bed sheet, so I dont believe its going to be rippling in the wind. Even if it did Id ask for the front panels to be a hardened material just for the sake of longevity. Wouldnt want the right rock to make a tear and have part of my car flapping (and the tear getting bigger) down the highway.
Great option if ‘community pooledl’ vehicles and smart roadways ever come about.
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wow takes “keying your car” to a whole new level lol.
God I love this, please take this to the factory.
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