The Chinese company GAC has built a futuristic minivan for travel. The Vanlife concept was created in the Milan studio of the brand and demonstrated the skills of the team of Stefan Janin, a former designer for Renault and Infiniti. The monocab is equipped with an autopilot and is driven by an electric propulsion unit with a solid-state battery. Its designs provide places for rest and sleep - and there are only two seats in the cabin.
The GAC Vanlife is the second concept of the Car Culture 2.0 series, created under the direction of Stéphane Janin, a former Renault and Infiniti designer and now head of the GAC style and R&D center in Milan. The mono cab resembles a futuristic version of the Brubaker Box.
As planned, the prototype is equipped with a solid-state battery and a lidar-based autopilot ("fungi" of laser rangefinders are placed at the corners of the roof). Its design uses recycled plastic and aluminum, and various kinds of fibers.
Interestingly, there are only two seats in the car's interior, which would ideally look against the backdrop of Martian landscapes. The rest of the space is reserved for the trunk and berths. The strength element of the Vanlife design is the "belt," on which canisters, work tables, and even a hammock are "suspended." The niche under the windshield is designed for a water tank or a foil heat reflector. From the outside of the body, there are retractable benches with backlights.
Stefan Janen's first concept was the GAC Barchetta. He got a carbon-fiber skateboard platform with an integrated ultra-flat battery, a solid aluminum sheet outer shell, and retractable safety bars. This car also had no technical specifications because, as in the case of Van Life, only design matters.
Source: motor.ru