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Slug Drive

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The original concept for this vehicle was on display at the British Motor Show in 1996... for the future cars section. Students at Coventry University came up with the design. My model is a little different but the idea is the same.

The vehicle is powered by electric motors which can be recharged while it is on the move – perhaps by roadside senders in much the same way that a train receives current. But there are no wheels! The propulsion, suspension, steering and braking is the responsibility of a mysterious malleable, muscular material that does not yet exist. There’s also no driver… navigation is computer controlled and safe travel relies on roadside sensors.

Oh… and yes the environment looks totally unrealistic, but I wanted to get this piece done fairly quickly (1 day modelling, 1 day compositing )… so I just whipped up something simple. I think it does quite well to balance things out though.

60% LightWave 7
40% Photoshop 7
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Suu999's avatar
I love this. I first saw it in DK Books "future" , 1996. You are awesome sauce! Good rendering, btw^^