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Honda's Gel-Like Car Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - Noa Rotkop Home >> Picture Of The Day >> Transportation   
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| Honda recently announced it plans on revealing a new concept vehicle in the upcoming 2007 Tokyo Auto show. The "PUYO" car is designed to be a corner-less, soft box that is both friendly to the environment and feels good to the touch. It has a 'gel-like body' made of soft materials, making it not only safe, but also fun to drive and be around. | ||||||||||
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Honda aims to establish a different kind of relationship between people and cars, and named the car PUYO in order to emphasize the idea of creating a car that has the appeal of an "adorable pet". PUYO is a Japanese onomatopoeiafor the "sensation of touching the vehicle's soft body". Not only is the exterior of the vehicle made of soft gel-like materials, it also glows in the dark, making it safer for pedestrians. PUYO fits perfectly with Honda's theme for this year - “For the endless joy of mobility on our earth”. In addition to adding joy to mobility, the fuel-cell powered PUYO car is also environmentally friendly. The fuel-cell used by vehicles such as the PUYO is hydrogen gas, a very clean fuel that emits only water and heat when it is combusted. PUYO's interior is designed along the same line as its exterior, and is meant to convey a 'silky feel' while maximizing the use of space. Equipped with a panel monitor that rises when the car is started, luminous fluid meter displays, and a joystick instead of a steering wheel, PUYO promises to provide a different driving experience. This August, TFOT covered a different 'green' vehicle, Ford's fuel-cell race car that broke the land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats. More information on PUYO can be found on Honda's official website. Further discussion of PUYO and of other 'green' vehicles can be found on the TFOT forums. |
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the air that the atmosphere is made up of contains other gasses other than hydrogen and oxygen how do you seperate them from combustion?do you only produce water????and heat???dont think so |
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I've seen a lot of comments about this car that seem entirely devoted to making fun of it. yes, gentlemen, it does look like a chick car and it is meant for transportation only. Japan is a small place. They use small cars. So for all of those pompous people who are disrespecting this cute little work of automated art, keep in mind: NO ONE IS FORCING YOU TO DRIVE THIS CAR. If you want something with an edgy look, or a hummer or something, go drive one and leave the little PUYO car alone. I personally think that it looks like it would be really fun to have. It almost resembles a big pet, and I'd love to have one when I'm older. And to those of you who say "Buy one and I'll run you over with my SUV", these things look pretty manueverable to me. Catch me if you can. ;) |
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Fuel cells don't use combustion. They harvest electricity from the chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. The byproduct is water. |
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Yeah...let's make MORE water and heat for the closed-system we have on earth....let's have millions and millions of little water generating systems that create more water than we already have on the planet.....I LIKE rain and floods..... |
