iCar Initial Thinking

This afternoon I spent 6 hours in a KTV room and although I can sing a few songs I could not sing that many. The extra time I used to start thinking about what an anthropomorphic car is going to be and what kind of features it might have. I am still pretty lost in this regard but I have a few notions.

So my thinking was along the lines of a car that acted the way a car should act in order for it to parse correctly in terms of the human experience. This is a bit strange as it is hard to say what a car should do, however, I guess it is pretty obvious that it is a driving machine. So, a thing for moving people around. I am guessing it might park automatically. I am also trying to think of how one should get into and out of such a device. I think doors are a pretty in elegant solution but for now they may be the only option.

Next I tried to think of what is wrong with the state of existing cars. There are a lot of things, but the ones that are really important are the ones that people have not solved well. One is the power issue, so I have a feeling the iCar would be not that fast and pretty toy like. Its speedometer would go no higher than the speed limited of a road. I suspect it would also function mostly automatically. I am still not sure how to deal with reversing. I think that is a major point of failing in the driving experience. Another point I thought of is getting into and out of cars and loading things in and out of them. Other issues include things like safety.

I have very little idea of the driving experience for now. I think this will be hard. I am not sure how removed it should be or how familiar it should be.

I have also thought a little about the overall object of the car. I have a feeling it will not look a lot like a car and may look a bit more like the Scion box cars that exist in Japan and now the states, however I am not sure yet. I think because I suspect for it to be all electric I suspect there to be very little mechanical envelope. So the car may end up as basically a box (smooth or not) on wheels. I am not sure if it should be solar assisted. I am also not sure if it should be AL, Polycarbonate or Si3, or SS, but I think those might be the main materials. I do however want to incorporate a black plastic like is current at the back of the iMac.

What do you think? Comments Appreciated!!!