{"id":110302,"date":"2016-10-07T11:02:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T15:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=110302"},"modified":"2016-10-07T11:10:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T15:10:53","slug":"rinspeeds-autonomous-oasis-set-for-ces-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2016\/10\/rinspeeds-autonomous-oasis-set-for-ces-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Rinspeed\u2019s Autonomous Oasis Set for CES Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rinspeed is at it again, creating a haven for drivers and autonomous driving in its Oasis concept.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We can always count on Switzerland\u2019s Rinspeed to come up with a novel way to push the automotive envelope, and it plans to do that again. But rather than wait for the home show in Geneva, the edgy engineering house will bring its Oasis concept vehicle to the Consumer Electronics Show this January.<\/p>\n

Rinspeed has, in recent years, focused on electric propulsion, and it\u2019s now putting an increasing emphasis on autonomous vehicles. The Oasis is no exception. Despite its compact footprint, the concept offers a particularly roomy cabin, and that\u2019s where it is designed, indeed, to be a mobile oasis.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe interior offers a new living space with the ambience of a modern-day family room: armchair, sideboard, TV and a multifunctional steering wheel, of course,\u201d explains a Rinspeed press release. \u201cThe windshield also serves as a screen for virtual as well as augmented reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though there\u2019s still a steering wheel inside the Rinspeed Oasis, the concept has the look of a futuristic, driverless Uber-mobile. It reminds one, a bit, of the new Taxi of Tomorrow Nissan vans rolling out across Manhattan, especially with the huge amount of glass. Even the doors are transparent, but for the requisite crossbeams for crash protection.<\/p>\n

It is meant to be \u201ca lone voice in the wilderness,\u201d says Rinspeed, “a bold statement against the notion of a city jungle requiring multi-ton SUVs for survival with this clever self-driving electric vehicle for the urban sphere.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Rinspeed reveals \u01a9tos concept ahead of Geneva. <\/em>Click Here<\/span><\/a> for the story.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Rinspeed Oasis will make its debut not at the Geneva Motor Show, but at the Consumer Electronics Show this January.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/em><\/strong>Exactly who is the Oasis targeted at? Consider the general consensus is that we will soon be seeing a decline in private vehicle ownership in the globe\u2019s fast-growing mega-cities. In fact, a number of those, including Paris, London, Beijing, even Helsinki, are already enacting or considering restrictions on personal mobility. Some cities are enacting access fees, others limiting access to zero-emissions vehicles, while still others want to ban automobiles entirely.<\/p>\n

Lyft co-founder John Zimmer recently predicted private ownership will fade away over the next decade. But even if it doesn\u2019t, the way we buy \u2013 and use \u2013 our cars could change drastically. When you consider that the average personal automobile is driven only an hour or so a day, why not find other uses during the rest of the day, Daimler AG CEO Dieter Zetsche asked last week during the Paris Motor Show debut of the Generation EQ concept.<\/p>\n

Rinspeed suggests the Oasis could be a commuter car, or a \u201cmicro delivery vehicle\u201d \u2013or both. \u201cWhy move only people,\u201d the company asks. That would seem perfect for the so-called sharing economy. You could program Oasis to take you to work and then go earn some money the rest of the day, whether through a ride-sharing service or, perhaps, delivering pizzas and packages for Amazon. There\u2019s even a code-protected, heated or cooled drawer in the back of the Oasis.<\/p>\n

(<\/em>Click Here<\/span><\/a> for details about the Rinspeed Budii.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The good news is that when you do use it like a good, old-fashioned automobile, it would offer the height of comfort, with a living room-like ambience and access to endless amounts of media content on its built-in screens and augmented-reality windshield.<\/p>\n

Power, of course, comes from an electric drivetrain, with a solar roof to boost range.<\/p>\n

And the Rinspeed Oasis takes the concept of \u201cgreen\u201d one step further, the company notes, adding a \u201csmall green space for growing flowers or radishes below the windscreen. Urban gardening on wheels, so to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n

(<\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span> for details about Obama\u2019s commitment to zero traffic deaths.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t expect to see the Rinspeed Oasis go into production, any more than other recent concepts like the Budii, \u01a9tos or Xchange. But some of the more intriguing elements just might influence automakers to adapt to their own products in the not-too-distant future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rinspeed continues to come up with novel ways to push the envelope and the new autonomous Oasis coming to CES is no different. For more, go to TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110302"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=110302"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=110302"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=110302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}