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Robocar 2057: 8 visions of the future

Car designers show off their ideas for the ultimate robot-controlled cars of the future in the Los Angeles Auto Show's 'Design Challenge' contest.

Mercedes-Benz Silverflow
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Mercedes-Benz Silverflow
Mercedes-Benz's designers took a different approach to the maximally customizable exterior. Like Audi, Mercedes shows its vehicle in a body mimicking one of the company's pre-war racecars. (Those streamlined racers were often called the Silver Arrows.)

The Silverflow would be made of microscopic metallic particles that could be arranged in any shape using preselected computer models.

Any shape of car could be "built" at the touch of a handy key fob. Body damage could, of course, be instantly self-repaired. Parking would be no problem because the car could be instantly "melted" for easy storage in any handy container.


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