赛车在2025年会是什么样？

洛杉矶汽车展览设计挑战的目的是突出世界各地的汽车设计师的创新和想象力。挑战是洛杉矶汽车展的设计洛杉矶的一部分，这是汽车设计师的专业会议。对于那些从字面上塑造我们的汽车看起来像讨论挑战，分享突破并普遍打造自己的东西的人们来说，这是一个机会。

For the fifth design challenge, teams from Audi, BMW, General Motors, Honda, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mistubishi, Toyota and Volkswagen submitted designs for the types of race cars they imagine competing in 2025. In some cases, the designers not only imagine a totally different type of car, but also a totally different type of car race.

奥迪（Audi）的设计师图片是一场带有河岸和隧道的赛车比赛，使汽车可以通过隧道天花板上的天花板开车倒转和通过。马自达的团队想象了一个赛车系列电动车, while General Motors imagined an eco-triathlon racing series. Honda's team stretched the limits of space, time and imagination by coming up with a race where competitors must circumnavigate the globe in 24 hours on land, air and sea -- and they must do it all in the same vehicle. Volkswagen's team imagined a fairly conventional Baja race track, but with the added rule that racers may only use 10 gallons (37.9 liters) of fuel to complete the entire course. Toyota didn't change the rules of Le Mans racing, but imagined a car reaching speeds of 350 miles per hour (563.3 kilometers per hour) that can change shape for optimal handing and also uses virtual reality to help the driver stay on-track.

While the teams come from a diverse group of automakers, each company has a racing heritage. Mercedes-Benz has perhaps the deepest racing heritage of the group, having raced cars for most of the 20th century. But even smaller companies like Mitsubishi are well respected on the rally-car circuit, while cars from General Motors have long been staples on American股票赛车轨道。

继续阅读以了解每个公司的赛车遗产如何帮助塑造其设计挑战的条目。

The designs that the teams brought to the design challenge at the L.A. Auto Show were as varied as the car companies that submitted them. However, there were a few common themes. Despite approaching the challenge from several different angles, and in some cases, designing cars for completely different forms of racing, each of the teams focused on alternative design materials as well as alternative fuels and propulsion systems.

宝马可能将替代设计材料的想法最远：对于他们的进入，宝马氢动力Salt Flat Racer, they used barbeque lids and oil barrels as the main body components. Audi's entry had a dynamic space frame that made the car more flexible. Toyota's entry had photovoltaic panels on its body that supplied the car with extra energy when needed.

Both Mercedes-Benz and General Motors combined unique design materials with alternative propulsion. The Mercedes-Benz entry used a skin that harvestedsolar energyto power the car; it also had a giant sail to harness available wind power. The GM Chaparral Volt used solar power, gravity and momentum capturing devices, and rear turbines for wind power to win its races.

But those aren't the only alternative ways the designs were powered. The Audi entry used algae for fuel, while the BMW and Toyota entries were hydrogen-powered racers. Mazda's entry was electric, while the Volkswagen racer used biofuel.

其中一些技术比其他技术更可行。例如，今天的氢汽车已经在路上，电动汽车的技术正在不断改进，至少使其中一些古怪的条目的推进系统成为可能。其他条目，例如本田的汽车，毫不费力地切换了在陆地，海上和空中旅行的配置（团队没有指定汽车是如何供电的），奥迪的灵活框架车辆或宝马的油气车轮显然更伸直。尽管如此，技术还是通过飞跃和界限增长，因此，无论您将设计挑战视为赛车的未来，还是只是一个有趣的想象力的练习，这是一个非常安全的赌注，在2025年，赛车，赛车将看起来看起来像与今天有很大不同。