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Ozone Concept Car is Wheely Eco-Friendly
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 11:30 PM on June 27, 2008
Part giant Segway, part car, part Tron light-cycle, part whirling glass-walled deathtrap...think of it as you will, the Ozone is actually a pretty interesting concept vehicle designed by Ozkan Koral. Accessed by rotating doors within the wheels, the passenger cabin is actually inside the wheelbase. It's powered by fuel cells driving twin electric motors and steered by joystick. So it's pretty eco-friendly, though I'm not sure how travel over rough terrain would feel when you're inside. Plus, World War II gadget afficionados may remember the Great Panjandrum when they see this, and shudder. Just a concept. [OzkanKoral via Ecofriend]
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bloodjust
Posted June 30, 2008 7:19 AM
for more information about the concept and designer visit;
http://ozkankoral.about.tc
http://www.coroflot.com/ozkankoral
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
Posted 12:27 AM 28/6/08
This needs to be driven in San Fran.
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
ANoel
Posted 12:26 AM 28/6/08
How long does the oxygen last?
ANoel
klew
Posted 12:19 AM 28/6/08
It would suck having to put tire chains on this.
klew
wanago
Posted 12:09 AM 28/6/08
I've always envied my hamster and now he can envy me.
wanago
justinpe
Posted 12:08 AM 28/6/08
The logo looks similar to the Netflix logo. Same color scheme and font.
justinpe
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
Posted 11:59 PM 27/6/08
Needs more monkeys.
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
FredicvsMaximvs
Posted 11:57 PM 27/6/08
@Curves: Actually, I think it'd be pretty easy - a two-wheeled design like that can spin around its center axis.
FredicvsMaximvs
Gann
Posted 11:56 PM 27/6/08
@TheAdAgency: "The advantage of this design is": parking garages can be replaced by giant soda machines.
Gann
Joseph
Posted 11:56 PM 27/6/08
@hu_hu_cool: Wheres the picture of winner from a few years ago?
Joseph
Hectorvex
Posted 11:53 PM 27/6/08
Now, what's the difference between that and squeezing into a giant truck tire and being pushed down a hill?
Hectorvex
hu_hu_cool
Posted 11:53 PM 27/6/08
Gizmodo, WTF! You do know this is part of the Peugeot design competition? so there's hundreds of these designs. And this one is a bad copy of the one that won a few years ago.
hu_hu_cool
IrisMR
Posted 11:50 PM 27/6/08
hey... that's actually pretty damn cool. I'd like to own one.
IrisMR
TheAdAgency
Posted 11:49 PM 27/6/08
The advantage of this design is __________________________
TheAdAgency
littleSavage
Posted 11:48 PM 27/6/08
"Part Tron Light Cycle" is quite the stretch Giz...
littleSavage
Curves
Posted 11:46 PM 27/6/08
Parallel parking would be a b*tch.
Curves
bms
Posted 11:44 PM 27/6/08
What, no spoiler?
bms
SharkByte
Posted 11:42 PM 27/6/08
looks like the plastic things at the bank drive through windows...
SharkByte
AllThingsWireless
Posted 11:38 PM 27/6/08
Completely impractical, unless this is some sort of pseudo rich way to travel vs a subway like transport. This is what happens when people are given TOO much artistic freedom.
AllThingsWireless
Sora57
Posted 11:33 PM 27/6/08
Where is the upside down hamster water bottle for us to drink from?
Sora57
Log1c
Posted 1:07 AM 28/6/08
Actually now that I think about it, how will drive through's work? Can you roll down a wheel?...
Log1c
frigg???
Posted 1:05 AM 28/6/08
I kind of like these things, but I'm concerned that the design makes it just a little too easy for a race of giants to throw us around in them like toys.
frigg???
Log1c
Posted 1:04 AM 28/6/08
@OMG! Ponies!: Only if the seats recline.
Log1c
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 1:01 AM 28/6/08
In the future, this is how all douchebags will get around.
OMG! Ponies!
ripfire
Posted 1:01 AM 28/6/08
@littleSavage: Yeah, exactly. I was trying to make sense out of that one.
ripfire
nystreetfilms
Posted 12:42 AM 28/6/08
Why did they steal the Netflix logo?
nystreetfilms
ARP
Posted 12:38 AM 28/6/08
@FredicvsMaximvs: Which could be a lot of fun or hell on earth if you can't stop it.
ARP
LA_Longhorn
Posted 12:38 AM 28/6/08
...because what could be better than being seen riding around in a giant wastepaper basket?
LA_Longhorn
ysirotin
Posted 12:37 AM 28/6/08
The clearance is a bit low. Imagine this thing hitting a long pothole and getting stuck... I would laugh!
ysirotin
Log1c
Posted 12:33 AM 28/6/08
@Hiphopopotamus: They need to bring back that game, Hamster Ball was one of the only reasons to watch.
Log1c
madbikeskilz
Posted 12:33 AM 28/6/08
Fun to park on hills
madbikeskilz
Hiphopopotamus
Posted 12:31 AM 28/6/08
This needs to be driven in American Gladiators.
Hiphopopotamus
bms
Posted 12:30 AM 28/6/08
@Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!: Lombard Street here we come.
bms
Log1c
Posted 1:48 AM 28/6/08
@ramman345: Thats what the dynamic balancer would be for. If it runs on the same concept as the Segway, it would take this into account and provide force counter clockwise to compensate for this.
Log1c
ramman345
Posted 1:35 AM 28/6/08
People like this design concept but think about the physics. When you hit the brakes hard on your car (or motorcycle) momentum increases the force on the front wheel. When you hit the brakes hard on this thing the cabin will just start spinning with the wheels. No stopping on a dime!
ramman345
CaptMoose
Posted 1:26 AM 28/6/08
Does it really make any sense to say that a concept car is "eco-friendly"? I had a really great concept once, of an individual flying car, powered by anti-matter, and controlled directly by my brain. Is this really impressive or interesting to anyone?
CaptMoose
danmandle
Posted 1:25 AM 28/6/08
so what happens when you slam on your brakes?
danmandle
ANoel
Posted 2:42 AM 28/6/08
@TheCyberBob:
... you hit the head on the nail!
ANoel
TheCyberBob
Posted 2:31 AM 28/6/08
And getting T-Boned by a Mac Truck would be akin to crushing a beer can on your forehead! AWESOME!
TheCyberBob
Pope John Peeps II
Posted 2:20 AM 28/6/08
You know what I always hated about cars? Shock absorbers. Thank god someone invented a gizmo to bring us back to the PURE JOY of having our spines re-aligned by road bumps.
Pope John Peeps II
alexpr
Posted 2:18 AM 28/6/08
Can you imagine being in an accident with one of these?
alexpr
FrankenPC
Posted 2:13 AM 28/6/08
All I can think of when I look at this vehicle is some college Jock at a frat party crushing a beer can on his head.
FrankenPC
GOKOR
Posted 3:25 AM 28/6/08
So is this made by Express for Men? I mean with the lion logo and everything, I was just wondering.
GOKOR
yougottabekidding
Posted 3:19 AM 28/6/08
And as soon as all of the world's streets, highways, drive thrus and parking lots are changed to accommodate this design, you might actually see some driving around. Meanwhile, if we just concentrated on converting the existing, and yes, working car designs into eco-friendly vehicles, there won't be a need to redesign the shape of them. Not only that, but the design of the vehicle doesn't appear to be very efficient aerodynamically, so it would consume more energy than if it were shaped like a normal car, or made even more streamlined than that. As a concept it's interesting, but as a real world design, I say fail.
yougottabekidding
treetrunk
Posted 3:04 AM 28/6/08
@Log1c:
But Segways are much lighter than this could ever be, and only go at about 12mph. To get something this large to stop from any decent speed would need a huge amount of torque, which if even possible to fit within the size of the car (it would need a very fast and/or heavy gyroscope) would completely ruin any idea of eco-friendliness, since it requires power to stop!
treetrunk
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 4:57 AM 28/6/08
@GOKOR: I thought of Peugeot when I saw the little rampant lion.
OMG! Ponies!
Fierock
Posted 5:35 AM 28/6/08
BUT! Stick two of these together, one after the other, with the cabins joined in the middle and you could have a pretty roomy, pretty smooth riding motorhome, plus rollovers would be a thing of the past because aside from the huge stability factor you could just drive on the roof like one of those flat battlebots.
Fierock
hezz05
Posted 5:39 AM 28/6/08
Twisted Metal!!
hezz05
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 7:14 AM 28/6/08
Last time I saw this on Giz, I thought it was a teapot or something...
Oh, there you go:
[gizmodo.com]
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
coreyfriedman
Posted 9:51 AM 28/6/08
Keeps your ties wrinkle-free too
coreyfriedman
FiveLiters
Posted 1:00 AM 29/6/08
Wonder if this was the inspiration for that...
[www.sandisk.com]
Suddenly,drive-throughs and toll booths present new and interesting challenges...
FiveLiters
Raechel
Posted 3:29 AM 28/6/08
I'd have to agree ... what happen's when you get in an accident? It's a cool way to get around, although I wonder how going through pot holes is, or when it rains where are the windshield wipers?
Raechel