Meant to blog this a week ago. silly education getting in the way of all of my hobbies!
I present the Toyota RiN
This little car, while not being primarily marketed as an eco-friendly, is a breath of fresh air in terms of automotive transport... and not one we're likely to see either. Features include (quoted from the article above):
-> green glass that is said to reduce the infiltration of ultraviolet and infrared light
-> oxygen-level conditioner and pinpoint humidifier
-> seats designed to maintain good back posture
-> headlights feature light distribution control that takes into consideration pedestrians and vehicles coming in the opposite direction
-> image displays aligned with the driver's psychological state are conveyed within the meter cluster of the 'mood-training' steering control
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3 comments:
yes, i saw that on inhabitat. it's amazing, but a high-speed collision, especially from the side, would surely be fatal, right? also, there's a dent in my passenger-side door right now (not put there by me) that i indend to ignore until i can afford to fix it, which is much more convenient than having to replace an entire glass door. thoughts?
-kat
All reasons why it is unlikely we will see something like this. American safety standards trump everything. If we got it, we would likely see it enclosed in a cage of steel, reducing the overall Zen-ness of the design :)
so true. unless the steel was molded into a cool art deco pattern that was both beautiful and life-protecting! (and expensive)
until SUVs are no longer the country's mascot car, and the cooler family alternative to mini-vans, i'm gonna stick with my corolla or corolla-sized cars. i'd love to drive something smaller, but there are semi's sharing my roadspace. can you just imagine a highway full of bike/cars swarming around tanker trucks like flies on a rhino? i've ridden in a moving truck, i know how little visibility they've got.
then again, le car is a reality in europe, and they have semi's there too.
one more thing, unless those giant windows were tinted, i'd feel a little exposed, although our society might benefit from a little less anonymity on the road. people might be less likely to give each other the bird and actually let others merge if driving were more personal.
-kat
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