Phoenix Concept by Sergio Loureiro
August 6, 2008 by admin
The Phoenix Concept – Regeneration Passion- is a concept car designed by Sergio Loureiro, a student of MA Vehicle Design Course at RCA (Royal College of Art).
The Phoenix is a two-seater electric car that adopts alternate energy regeneration systems which could reduce energy consumption.
According to Sergio he get the ideas to design the Phoenix Concept from the technologies that regenerate power such as the kinetic watches, wind turbine, geothermic energy absorption even a sustainable dance floor is developed that regenerates the energy from the bouncing of the floor.
Around those ideas I designed a car with a central kinetic axis that generates the power of the movement as the vehicle turns like two attached motorbikes.
When slowing down the vehicle, a wind turbine at the front generates the wind energy while the rear wheels have been designed in order to reduce the amount of pieces between the wheels and the engine in order to reduce friction.
Another source of energy is from the kinetic movement of the suspension system. The concept is designed aiming for sensation and not for speed in order to prolong the energy from the batteries.
The overall top shape is inspired from the wings of a bat ray, that glides through the water.
Source: car body design
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