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Ultrasuede continues push for plant-based suede with award-winning autonomous shuttle concept

PARTNER CONTENTThis content was paid for by Toray and produced in partnership with Car Design NewsInnovative materials supplier Toray has showcased its latest plant-based efforts with a new autonomous shuttle concept

Car Design News

Interior Motives: why designers must bring emotion to technology

How to create tech products that customers love is the question designers must answer, writes Robert Forrest

By Robert Forrest

Honda debuts 0 Series Saloon and SUV prototypes at CES

New electric series brings a fresh philosophy and design language – but also channels Honda’s heritage

Karl Smith

Nuro’s head of design talks autonomous pods

Autonomous vehicles need not be as cold and uninviting as we might first think, providing the focus lands on humanisation and smooth UX design

Michael Nash

The world is getting phygital, and so is car design

PARTNER CONTENTThis content was paid for by Granstudio and produced in partnership with Car Design NewsWith a phygital approach to design, Granstudio’s transdisciplinary creative team ensure that context and individual needs are at the heart of every project

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New DS concept combines autonomous driving, Formula E performance and feathers

With one side dedicated to racing and the other to chauffeured comfort, DS Automobiles’ new concept has a split personality

Trinity Francis

Tesla channels Streamline Moderne with latest autonomous vehicle concepts

A pair of driverless concepts points the way to Tesla’s future

Karl Smith

Car design round-up: Tesla, limited run BMW and a new Alpine

Car Design News looks at some of the design stories that may have gone under the radar over the past week. Read on for the latest from Alpine, BMW, Tesla and more…

Car Design News

In pictures: Verne – Rimac’s new autonomous mobility bet

Car Design News shares new images of the autonomous mobility start-up backed by the Rimac leadership team

Car Design News

Car design round-up: HMI, hydrogen and high-performance

Car Design News looks at some of the design stories that may have gone under the radar over the past week. Read on for the latest from Alpine, Caterham, Skywell and more…

Car Design News

First Sight: Mercedes-Benz Vision One-Eleven – Orange Revolution

Mercedes has launched the Vision One-Eleven, which draws on the legendary C111 from 1970. Car Design News was on hand for a first-hand look

Jens Meiners

Autonomous shuttle designers target a ‘friendly’ feel

This year’s CES signalled that autonomous shuttles will remain a hot topic in 2023. CDN’s Mark Smyth looks back at some of those on show

Mark Smyth

Autonomous vehicles must be inclusive

If autonomous vehicles are the future of mobility, they must meet the needs of all riders. A new concept revealed by Toyota Boshoku takes this firmly into consideration

Freddie Holmes

How will autonomous driving shape car design?

This month, Car Design News will be placing a spotlight on what autonomous driving means for car design. There are many different variables at play and it is very early days, but here are some of the key considerations

Freddie Holmes

How important is smell in car design?

Many might turn their nose up at the idea of investing in multisensory design, but research shows that carmakers could be missing out

Freddie Holmes

Mormedi's modular autonomous concept challenges conventional vehicle design

Design agency Mormedi has revealed its latest concept work, 101, which envisions an autonomous shuttle that shapeshifts between taxi, limousine, truck or last-mile delivery droid as needed.

Freddie Holmes

Opinion: the future of sports cars is off-road

The era of the sports car may be over, but there is chance that a new generation of adventure vehicles will offer similarly affordable thrills. At the other end of the spectrum, autonomous vehicle present challenges that few designers are prepared to face right now. Nick Hull, associate professor at Coventry University and CDN regular, considers these contrasting typolgies

Nick Hull

From neglect to respect: Car interiors become a priority

In a recent Car Design News livestream, experts from General Motors, Lotus and Lawrence Technical University discuss the future of vehicle interiors and look back on what has changed

Freddie Holmes

Watch: Back to the Future of Interiors

Watch this Car Design News livestream featuring General Motors, Group Lotus and Lawrence Technological University as they reflect on changing interiors over the last 20 years and as they look ahead to the next 20.

James McLachlan

Zeekr to design autonomous ride-hailing car for Waymo

A pod-like EV from Zeekr, a far cry from its sporty debut 001, will be used in Waymo’s self-driving fleet

Michael Nash

Interior Motives Summer 2021: SAIC IM Airo

Heatherwick Studio, which designed the revamped London Routemaster Bus and the 2012 Olympic Cauldron, has created the SAIC Airo – a living room on wheels that cleans the air as it moves

Guy Bird

Watch: A deep dive into Pininfarina’s Teorema mobility concept

Legendary automotive styling house Pininfarina unveiled its new mobility concept, dubbed Teorema, at Car Design Dialogues Asia 2021. The design teams in Italy and China worked together in a virtual environment, aiming to recapture the feeling of “la dolce vita” from the 1950s and 60s

Pininfarina’s Teorema concept aims to put the enjoyment back into the journey

In some eyes, autonomous vehicles sucks the fun out of driving, which is why Pininfarina’s new mobility concept is aimed at helping enjoy travel in new ways

James McLachlan

Audi’s Marc Lichte on the premium brand’s autonomous revolution

Audi’s head of design Marc Lichte talks ‘revolution’, sexy GTs and vans (and why the Grand Sphere is very much the former not the latter)

Guy Bird

BMW i Interaction Ease - interior only concept

The monolithic presence of the Interaction Ease belies the intuitive user interface within

Nick Gibbs

Seating Trends: Lounge formats and reconfigurable solutions

Car designers have been exploring different seating configurations in expectation of self-driving technology

Farah Alkhalisi

Apex AP-0 combines LIDAR with lightness

ADAS-infused electric supercar gamifies track driving to make the future more fun (good timing)

Michael Gooderham

Gordon Murray Design’s Motiv concept

The Gordan Murray Design Motiv concept was recently shown at the MOVE 2020 mobility show in London. We speak to one of the lead designers involved in the project

Ed Stubbs

Cruise reveals its “production-ready” Origin autonomous car

Level-5 AV will begin testing in the near future – if the government approves it…

Karl Smith

CES 2020: Mercedes-Benz releases the AVTR concept

Mercedes has used the language of sci-fi to investigate the automotive interface in this dramatic show car

Laura Burstein

CES 2020: MetroSnap, Rinspeed’s biggest concept to date

Rinspeed’s Snap concepts have been around for a while but bear close inspection because, as the new MetroSnap demonstrates, these mobility concepts explore fundamental mobility conundrums though supplier technology and cooperation

Karl Smith

Scania AXL autonomous truck was created cabless

Modular design for mining and closed construction sites

Car Design News

First sight: Yanfeng XiM20

If you are designing a ride-share autonomous vehicle, how do you make an emotional connection with your passengers?

Farah Alkhalisi

Visions of tomorrow at Goodwood FOS’s Future Lab

Like any good motorshow Goodwood gave us a glimpse into the future of mobility, with a whiff of whimsy too

Laura Burstein

Citroën’s full-comfort concept: 19_19

On a gloriously sunny day at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019, design director Pierre Leclercq met with Car Design News to discuss the new Citroën concept

Maxine Morland

Q&A with YooJung Ahn, head of design, Waymo

Celebrating 10 years of self-driving design development, Car Design News chats to Waymo’s head of design YooJung Ahn

Guy Bird

Technology focus - in UX is less more?

Leaps in digital technology continue to transform the way we interact with vehicles. Here we look at the variety of approaches to touchscreens

Car Design News

Technology focus - reading our emotions

Trying to read, and even affect the emotions of people in vehicles, is being seriously applied by car manufacturers and suppliers

Car Design News

CES 2019: Hyundai Mobis gestures towards the future

Hyundai Mobis is the material and assemblies division of the Hyundai /Kia conglomerate. At CES 2019 Mobis presented a well-designed concept pod that displayed interesting ideas both inside and out

Karl Smith