automotive curiosity | designboom.com https://www.designboom.com/tag/automotive-curiosity/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Tue, 19 Mar 2024 09:46:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 a fully functional wooden tesla cybertruck is built from scratch for elon musk in just 100 days https://www.designboom.com/technology/father-son-functional-wooden-tesla-cybertruck-elon-musk-100-days-nd-woodworking-art-11-02-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/father-son-functional-wooden-tesla-cybertruck-elon-musk-100-days-nd-woodworking-art-11-02-2023/#respond Thu, 02 Nov 2023 10:50:50 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1027200

unlike elon musk and his years of delays, a father-and-son duo running ND - Woodworking Art builds a fully functional wooden tesla cybertruck from scratch in just 100 days.

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woof, woof! suzuki lets MOQBA out, a four-legged transport vehicle that can climb stairs https://www.designboom.com/technology/suzuki-moqba-four-legged-motorized-transport-vehicle-concept-japan-mobility-show-10-19-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/suzuki-moqba-four-legged-motorized-transport-vehicle-concept-japan-mobility-show-10-19-2023/#respond Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:50:01 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1024022

suzuki’s four-legged vehicle MOQBA is planned to have three types of riding including a stretcher mode where the motorized transport can be used for emergency situations.

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bon voyage, gearshift! MINI cooper gets resurrected as electric car with toggle bar for driving https://www.designboom.com/technology/mini-cooper-all-electric-car-no-manual-transmission-09-08-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/mini-cooper-all-electric-car-no-manual-transmission-09-08-2023/#respond Thu, 07 Sep 2023 23:15:14 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1014739

the all-electric MINI cooper signals the car brand’s electrification of its next generation of vehicles by 2030 by leaving manual transmission behind.

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CUPRA darkrebel arrives at IAA 2023 as edgy electric sports car made of 3D-printed metal https://www.designboom.com/technology/cupra-darkrebel-iaa-2023-electric-sports-car-3d-printed-metal-09-06-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/cupra-darkrebel-iaa-2023-electric-sports-car-3d-printed-metal-09-06-2023/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:01:59 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1014453

the electric sports car CUPRA darkrebel is born out of the data collected by the brand from users who created their own design of the vehicle online.

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AUDI Q6 e-tron projects driving information on front windshield using augmented reality https://www.designboom.com/technology/audi-q6-e-tron-electric-car-ar-augmented-reality-display-09-05-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/audi-q6-e-tron-electric-car-ar-augmented-reality-display-09-05-2023/#respond Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:30:52 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1014122

the optional AR display in the AUDI Q6 e-tron is projected on the windshield in front of the driver and moves depending on where the driver is looking.

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polestones 01 emerges as first 6-seater recreational SUV with airline seats & outdoor kitchen https://www.designboom.com/technology/pininfarina-shanghai-polestones-01-recreational-hybrid-suv-08-30-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/pininfarina-shanghai-polestones-01-recreational-hybrid-suv-08-30-2023/#respond Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:01:16 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1013065

by folding down seats in the hybrid recreational SUV, users can transform pininfarina shanghai’s polestones 01 into a campervan with bed.

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mclaren turns solus GT from playable concept car in video game to real-life racetrack vehicle https://www.designboom.com/technology/mclaren-solus-gt-concept-car-video-game-real-racetrack-vehicle-gran-turismo-07-20-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/mclaren-solus-gt-concept-car-video-game-real-racetrack-vehicle-gran-turismo-07-20-2023/#respond Thu, 20 Jul 2023 10:20:05 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1006196

mclaren solus GT was first featured in gran turismo sport video game as a virtual vehicle. years later, it springs as a real-world motorsport racetrack car.

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vintage car cut vertically in half fully functions as street vehicle with exposed parts & interior https://www.designboom.com/technology/garage-54-car-cut-vertically-half-vladislav-barashenkov-07-19-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/garage-54-car-cut-vertically-half-vladislav-barashenkov-07-19-2023/#respond Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:30:56 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1005952

garage 54 and vladislav barashenkov cuts an old car in half vertically and transforms it into a fully-functional, exposed-side vehicle.

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makkina spotlights roadster triumph TR25 as single-seat show car with edgy shoebox form https://www.designboom.com/technology/makkina-roadster-triumph-tr25-show-car-jabbeke-tr2-07-15-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/makkina-roadster-triumph-tr25-show-car-jabbeke-tr2-07-15-2023/#respond Sat, 15 Jul 2023 20:15:02 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1005329

makkina’s triumph TR25 brings the historic ‘jabbeke’ TR2 back as a geometric show car that can optionally seat 2 people with a flip-out chair.

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BMW welcomes julie mehretu as the 20th art car artist at guggenheim new york https://www.designboom.com/art/bmw-julie-mehretu-20th-art-car-artist-guggenheim-new-york-06-29-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/bmw-julie-mehretu-20th-art-car-artist-guggenheim-new-york-06-29-2023/#respond Thu, 29 Jun 2023 08:35:15 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1001714

julie mehretu joins BMW art car collection as its 20th artist following jeff koons, andy warhol, ólafur elíasson, esther mahlangu, and cao fei.

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