STUTTGART: Mercedes-Benz introduced the Vision One-Eleven concept car, which features gull wing doors and uses axial electric motors.
Much like its historic predecessor, the C 111 of the 1970s, it combines stunning design with the most innovative drive technology.
It was designed and built at Mercedes' International Design Centre in Carlsbad, California. It is for now a styling experiment.
The Vision One-Eleven makes use of axial flux motors from Yasa, which have an unmatched power density far beyond comparable radial motors, while being extremely lightweight.
In conjunction with the car reveal, Mercedes-Benz is launching the “Limited Edition 1 of 111” collection.
This is the first time that a design study has been accompanied by a lifestyle collection consisting of five exclusive pieces. In addition to the striking colour of the concept sports car, the individual accessories also reflect the vehicle’s characteristic design elements.
The Mercedes-Benz design team used augmented reality (AR) to create a visionary user experience for the premiere of the Mercedes-Benz Vision One-Eleven and integrated it into a virtual test model of the Vision One-Eleven interior.
The physical vehicle interior and the digital interface merge seamlessly, so that virtually the entire car becomes a user interface.
