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FLYING CITROEN DS / I’LL DRIVE IT MYSELF...

Look at the comics published in 1950s and 60s which I’LL DRIVE IT MYSELF THE MAIN QUESTION
were telling about 2000s and you’ll see flying cars; but Another approach regarding the cars of the future; If we will still be using individual trans-
against the energy needs solved so that the cars could fly, are self-driving capsule-shaped devices. It is clear port in the future, the most fundamen-
those cars looked like Citroen DS. But what a wisdom, that those who propose this approach ignore the tal question we have to ask is whether
despite the technology and abundant energy sources to automobile as a means of pleasure, a status and our planet will handle it. Our tech-
fly in the air, the design of the vehicles is still Citroen DS. lifestyle indicator. You cannot sell a capsule designed nology and travel patterns today are
This is actually the result of a phenomenon that we can call with the lowest requirements to a Ferrari owner driv- terrible when it comes to fuel efficiency.
a little cinematographic: If you show people some things ing at 300 km / h on Germany’s unlimited highways, The most efficient is diesel, even that is
in shapes they’ve never seen before, they don’t recognise or to a luxury-fancier owner of a Rolls Royce worth no more than 35% efficient. Of the 100
what you’re showing, you’ll have to explain as “these object hundreds of pounds, not even the custom-made liters of fuel we burn in diesel vehicles,
will look like this in the future”. The easier way is to bring umbrella that came with the vehicle! There is no 65 liters are wasted! So, first of all, it is
the objects they already know today into the future; so need to go that far; There are many drivers like me necessary to find a motor that uses a
they can get what that object is, without an explanation. who don’t even like automatic gear. Because the car new and infinite cycle energy source.
It’s the same reason that all the cars in the movie “I robot” is a pleasure to “drive” and much of that pleasure Magnetism? Maybe ... What will be
were Audi R7 based with the reason all the cars in 1960s comes from the feeling of being in control of that the effects of thousands of vehicles
comics were Citroen DS based. There’s one more reason vehicle; automatic transmission takes half of the surrounded by magnetic fields in heavy
for that: Whatever the most technological and futuristic driving pleasure as it takes away the driver’s initiative traffic on both drivers and other living
design you know, know and see in the environment you in wheel-engine matching. For example, you cannot things in the environment? Hydrogen,
live in, you inevitably imagine the future based on it. There sell autonomous and self-driving cars to people like the most abundant element in the uni-
are 2 things to look at to understand where something is us. verse? For a while, maybe ... We can
going, where it came from and where it is now. Transpor- VERTICAL TRAFFIC FLOW think that it is environmentally friendly
tation started on land, from there it passed to rivers and Another approach regarding the cars of the future; because water vapor is emitting in
stagnant waters, then seas and oceans were crossed, and are self-driving In recent years, many entrepreneurs, its exhaust, but won’t the total water
finally, air transportation started; Air transport is the most including Google, have started to offer solutions for vapor emitted by millions of vehicles
advanced in terms of both speed and technology used. the cars of the future. Many people liked Google’s ultimately have a global effect?
So if we’re talking about transportation in the future, the individual tool very much, and I think it is a com- It is obvious that we are looking for
hands will necessarily point to the sky. On the other hand, plete paradox of insight. You ask why? First one; the solution in the wrong place or the
let it fly in the air as much as he wants, the transportation Individual transportation has the biggest share in wrong way. What needs to be done is
vehicles of the future will still remain automobiles as they all of the problems we face today such as air and to develop the most economical solu-
will replace our cars today; visually, it should still look like environmental pollution, heavy traffic, and climate tion not only in terms of fuel but also
a “car”. Look at the comics published in 1950s and 60s change. Electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles cannot in terms of the footprint in traffic. While
which were telling about 2000s and you’ll see flying cars; produce a permanent solution in this sense; Be- the population continues to increase,
but against the energy needs solved so that the cars could cause as soon as you get used to the fact that such the widespread use of personal trans-
fly, those cars looked like Citroen DS. But what a wisdom, vehicles pollute the nature less, the number of these portation cannot be the solution to
despite the technology and abundant energy sources to vehicles will increase exponentially and will cause traffic or environmental disasters!
fly in the air, the design of the vehicles is still Citroen DS. similar problems to arise again. In addition, although
This is actually the result of a phenomenon that we can call it brings some solution to environmental problems,
a little cinematographic: If you show people some things the traffic problem will increase exponentially. The
in shapes they’ve never seen before, they don’t recognise logic of imagining flying cars is partly related to this
what you’re showing, you’ll have to explain as “these object traffic problem: a multi-level traffic flow. As the traffic
will look like this in the future”. The easier way is to bring intensifies, the flying vehicles will be directed to other 29
the objects they already know today into the future; so virtual floors, or just like skyscraper elevators, the
they can get what that object is, without an explanation. vehicles going in certain directions will join the traffic
It’s the same reason that all the cars in the movie “I robot” on certain floors. This can be predicted to reduce
were Audi R7 based with the reason all the cars in 1960s traffic congestion a bit, but fly as far as you want,
comics were Citroen DS based. There’s one more reason you will have to “land” somewhere, and this landing
for that: Whatever the most technological and futuristic will bring all your solutions to the crown. Think of a MAGAZINE.COM.TR
design you know, know and see in the environment you live 6-lane road; it eventually falls into 2 lanes. No matter
in, you inevitably imagine the future based on it. There are 2 how much traffic the 6-lane road can handle, the
things to look at to understand where something is going, trailing 2-lane segment will determine the overall
where it came from and where it is now. Transportation traffic of the road: the congestion and congestion in
started on land, from there it passed to rivers and stagnant the 2-lane section also disrupt the flow in the 6-lane
waters, then seas and oceans were crossed, and finally, air section. Although we fly vehicles on virtual streets at
transportation started; Air transport is the most advanced different heights, whatever the traffic or conditions on AUTOMOBILE
in terms of both speed and technology used. So if we’re our landing place will determine the traffic in the air.
talking about transportation in the future, the hands will DESIGN
necessarily point to the sky. On the other hand, let it fly in Leaving aside the cinematographic conditioning, if
the air as much as he wants, the transportation vehicles of the cars of the future are to fly in the air or ride on
the future will still remain automobiles as they will replace airbags, it is an extremely absurd expectation that
our cars today; visually, it should still look like a “car”. What their designs will resemble today’s cars. Do the cars
is the most advanced state of the car? Although tastes and we use today look like horse carriages? Of course
colors vary, for the vast majority, the high point is sports not. At first it was similar, because it is what comes
cars. That is why individual transportation vehicles that to mind when “car” is mentioned. However, the au-
will be used in the future will still be cars and will be able tomobiles, which formed their own design language
to fly to use the most advanced form of transportation, air in 100 years, are no longer a bit like horse carriages.
transportation. Of course, all these predictions are shaped It is clear that a vehicle that flies or moves on airbags
under the influence of the two basic things I just mentioned. or with magnetic levitation / propulsion will not have
If we look at the issue in terms of fuel and energy efficiency, wheels. In addition, internal combustion engines will
environment, traffic, urbanization, flying cars are the scariest not be included in such vehicles. So why still take
solution imaginable. Unless there is a brand new energy the standard sedan profile in the form of front fend-
source that has no effect on the health of living things and er-front door-rear door-rear fender or coupé design
has an unlimited cycle. in the form of front fender-door-rear fender?

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