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Aston Martin’s New Concept Car – Volare
Posted by in Aston Martin on June 16, 2011
Developed by James Trim, who is furnishing his final year at Coventry University, Volare is the latest concept car added to the Aston Martin’s family. With the next decade facing serious challenges, Aston Martin was in a dilemma how to develop a supercar which is superior in performance and is environmentally friendly at the same time. Though the now present diesel and petrol engines provide the required power and turbo acceleration, they emit huge amounts of carbon particles which have adverse affect on environment. The only way one can achieve clean emission is with the help of hydrogen fuel cells and electric engines.
When you completely rely on electric engines, though you may have null emissions, there would be no performance as the technology is still under development for reaching the top speeds. Supercars are specified category which has highest performance than any other vehicle present. Aston martin’s Volare concept car runs on combination of both hydrogen fuel cells and electric motors. High power is delivered from the hydrogen fuel cell stack placed between the two front seats, the rear mounted battery pack and co-axial electric motor in the front. The weight distribution is carried in such a way that the hydrogen tanks are placed right above the rear axle for a uniform balance of the total weight.
Maintaining the sharp features as the predecessors, the new concept car has much crispier shoulders and the visible floating rear portion. The front grille has been an inspiration from the V8 Vantage and the front end fenders are made flexible such that they adjust their shape to expose the daytime lights or the full headlights. Basically designed to keep the heritage of the Aston Martin, the car was an inspiration to the traditional design of the company. Read the rest of this entry »
Aston Martin
Posted by in Aston Martin on June 16, 2011
An Aston Martin is one of those cars that many, if not most, people dream of driving someday. Relatively few of these people actually get to drive one, let alone have one, but is certainly a fun dream. Driving is a very fun activity for many people, although the long commutes that increasing people have to drive on a daily basis have detracted from that somewhat. This has led to an increase in people separating out fun driving and necessary driving, and so cars have also been sorted into fun cars and practical cars. You won’t drive a fun car for practical activities not just because of the lack of practicality, but also because you don’t want your fun car to become associated with boring, dull, and disliked activities.
Well, if you’re going to separate out fun cars and practical cars, I think it would be cool to have a fun activity superstore for adults where you got to do fun things that you cannot afford to make a part of your daily life. Things like driving an Aston Martin around the activity superstore parking lot, or having a section of the activity superstore that is dedicated to spa and salon style activities (whirlpools, saunas, massages, meditation, yoga, hair and nail stylists, etc.). Perhaps the activity superstore could have a section with the latest in technology that you could play with, like the latest gaming, tv and movies, computer technology, cameras, etc.
The activity superstore could also have things for sale or for rent as well (an interesting concept, renting technology or cool stuff like a motorcycle or Aston Martin, but just for a week or weekend). It could be nearly like a grown-ups theme park, but instead of pretending you are a child, in the activity superstore you can pretend that you are in an Aston Martin, pretend that you are a professional photographer using the latest 3D camera technology from Japan. Read the rest of this entry »