Ignition New Zealand July 2017 | Page 21

garden on wheels Rinspeed Oasis The Rinspeed Oasis is a compact, seats are replaced with armchair temperature-controlled and code- two-seat autonomous city car that style seating, a sideboard, a TV and protected drawer in the rear that features solar panels and can rotate folding steering wheel that doubles can be adjusted depending on what on the spot. as a mobile work station complete type of cargo is being transported. Designed to demonstrate a less with a built in keyboard and coffee conventional method of transport cup holders. This adaptable interior for the future, the Oasis certainly really emphasises the car's main turned some heads at the 2017 role as an autonomous vehicle. Consumer Electronics Show. Rinspeed boss, Frank Rinderknecht, The Oasis's front wheels can turn on designed the Oasis with car sharing their own axis, enabling the car to in mind. It features functionality navigate incredibly tight turns and that allows it to be a commuter rotate on the spot to squeeze into car, interacting with a ride-hailing parking spaces. app, giving commuters the ability Rinspeed claim that the unique features to jump in and share the vehicle. features found in the Oasis turn the reality The vehicle can alert its owner's car from a mode of transport into a technology, where illustrations and Facebook friends when it is free for personal assistant. data can be placed beside on objects use and can then be summoned via Whilst the design elements may outside the vehicle. social media. seem a bit far-fetched in this day Inside, the nature-inspired cabin The a and age, the Rinspeed Oasis says a features a small garden plot in cargo-carrying vehicle for urban lot about where vehicles are heading the front dash area. Standard car parcel services. It is fitted with a in the future. The unique virtual and windscreen augmented Oasis also doubles as This adaptable interior really emphasises the car's main role as an autonomous vehicle. CAPRICORN IGNITION JULY 2017 21