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Am Anfang für BMW FIZ fragen wir uns: Kann man über den Stau schweben, auf und ab, in engen Gassen, 90° Kurven, ohne Abgase, ohne Lärm, aber mit maximaler Kraft und welche Geometrie hat das?
Im sagenhaften Atlantis soll es Autos gegeben haben, die schweben...
- Hintergrund: Endkrieg um Öl (Irak, Libyen), Umweltzerstörung, Klimawandel, Blockierung durch Ölindustrie
- Ballungsräume, Verkehrsstau,
- Designstudie seit 1996
- virtuellen Prototyp zur Umweltmesse in Abu Dhabi (VAE) gestartet
- technische Bauteile vorhanden
- komfortabel wie Rolls Royce
- zuerst über Spur, dann frei schwebend über Grund
- besonderer Unfallschutz
- besondere Leichtbaukonstruktion
- Partnerschaft mit SIEMENS Linearmotor
In the very beginning for BMW research we question: Can a vehicle levitate over jam, up and down, in small canyons, 90° curves, no pollution, no noise, but maximum power in it and which geometry has that? Ancient Atlantis might had levitating vehicles...
- background: end war on oil (Iraq, Libya), ecological destruction, climate change, blocking by oil industry
- population over shoot, traffic jam,
- design study since 1996
- virtual prototype launch on Eco fairs in Abu Dhabi (UAE)
- technical components available
- Rolls Royce luxury like
- first levitating over track then free levitating over ground
- special safety engineering
- special lightweight manufacturing
- SIEMENS linear motor partnership
Entwicklung eines schwebenden Automobils - Virtual prototype of the levitating automobile by Thomas Schaarschmidt (with U. Schaarschmidt, H. Korthals, R. Nicolai, D. Koch; SIEMENS linear motors int.)
- preliminary design study
- system evaluation
- engineering
- estimating cost
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| Flowering desert along the line... |
noiseless powerful automobiles... levitating, elevating... |
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| growing city net... |
growing intercity net... |
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| start up manufacturing in UAE... |
building up investments and facilities round the globe... |
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| Project closed down since 9/11. |
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