May 22, 2010

Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani

This so called ‘Space Truck’ by famous German industry-design star Luigi Colani uses 30% less fuel than comparable trucks."Luigi Colani is a legendary Swiss-German industrial designer, whose concepts have rounded, organic forms, which he claims are ergonomically superior to traditional designs."

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The online newspaper News.ch, with their column ‘Green Investment’, has enabled to present this vehicle to a wider audience in Switzerland. The truck is currently touring through various Swiss cities such as Lucerne, Berne and Basle. With the support of climate projects such as myclimate, SuisseEMEX and Green Village, the Mercedes Benz Actros truck will drive CO2-neutral.

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Colani develops streamlined trucks since the fifties. His goal: Saving fuel consumption through a flowing streamlined shape of the vehicles. The German controlling agency TÜV verified in 2005 that Colani’s truck uses 30% less fuel than a conventional truck. With its aeronautic curvatures, the Space Truck follows Colani’s main design characteristics: the rounded, organic forms, which he terms "biodynamic" and claims are ergonomically superior to traditional designs.

Spitzer / Colani model: Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani 03 Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani 04 Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani 05 Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani 06 Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani 07 Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani 08 Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani 09 Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani 10 Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani 11

Mercedes-based model:Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani 12 Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani 13 Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani 14 Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani 15 Concept Trucks by Luigi Colani 16

3 comments:

  1. I wonder how much pollution he created fabricating all that custom plastic...

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  2. haha top ones look like a catfish. surprised these aren't from asia

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  3. looks totally retarded

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