Jonathan loves just about anything with a motor and a steering wheel. As a kid, Jonathan collected any kind of toy car he could lay his hands on, and begged his parents to take him to the monster ...
At last year's Geneva Motor Show, engineering firm EDAG unveiled the radical Genesis concept, which featured a futuristic skeletal structure. For 2015's Swiss event, EDAG is once again trying to ...
One drawback is the time taken by the printing process, but in the next 10 years, Hillebrecht continues, “we expect the process speed to increase by 100”. The potential cost saving for car makers ...
Last spring, EDAG unveiled a 3D-printed car that was inspired by a turtle – and the German engineering firm just unveiled its latest car inspired by nature. The EDAG Light Cocoon has a skeletal, ...
Two things I’d like to make clear before continuing with this concept: one is the fact that cars need to get both resistant and as lightweight as possible in the future to conserve energy; and two, ...
What’s EDAG, you ask? It is a German company that specializes in engineering. What’s a Light Cocoon? That’s the rather novel solution EDAG thought up to advance the lightweighting of cars. Obviously.
EDAG Engineering is without a doubt one of the weirdest companies in the industry. For this year's Geneva Motor Show, they have outdone themselves with a car called the Light Cocoon Concept, which ...
EDAG calls this "bionic design," and says it was inspired by the structure of a leaf, which features a spiderweb of fibrous support material covered by a thin skin. Here the metal material -- ...
No that’s not a futuristic movie car starring in some upcoming horror flick, it’s a concept built to showcase the future of lightweight automotive construction. “We are pursuing the vision of ...
During the Geneva Motor Show EDAG Engineering announced that were developing a new car in the form of the EDAG Light Cocoon that is equipped with a skeleton passenger cell that has been 3D printed ...
"We are pursuing the vision of sustainability – as demonstrated by nature: lightweight, efficient, and without any waste," explains Johannes Barckmann, EDAG's head designer. "The result: the 'EDAG ...
Will evolve into new concepts this year. German engineering company EDAG has displayed the Light Cocoon concept at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The Light Cocoon concept has a dramatically lightweight ...