At ED Group, their mission is to “give life” to the product that is required by the customer, whether in the field of Automotive, Transportation, Industrial Design or Architecture. At the 2015 Geneva Auto Show, ED Group announced their next innovation that is changing the Automotive market. The international market leader has conceived the advanced concept car TORQ, the self-driving race car.
Developed 100% internally, TORQ is not just an exercise in advanced design assisted by a highly experienced engineering team, but a preview concept of an upcoming union between two cultures: automotive and information technology.
“This prototype is only the beginning of an ambitious development project that we are creating with our technicians from all over the world: the only way you can offer a truly ‘global’ service is by combining different cultures,” CEO and Design Director, Michael Robinson.
The TORQ is full electric, with 4 powerful engines that give the car its name, thanks to 320Wh of overall power, plus 1800 Nm of “torque” (modern Formula One cars have only 1000 Nm). The TORQ features a set of obstruction free, 360 wraparound monitors that eliminate all blind spots created by traditional automobiles with pillars blocking the drivers view.
“Our goal is to deliver fully functional, entirely Open source, autonomous “mobile laboratories” with our friends at OEMs, Tier One suppliers, IT companies, research institutes, and Universities, allowing them to experiment with all kinds of new APPS to improve all aspects of the quality of life related to the future of assisted mobility,” says ED President, David Pizzorno.
ED Group’s goal is to offer a Self-Driving-Race-Car (SDRC), within the next 24 months, in a Mobile Laboratory configuration, able to satisfy the experimental needs of each Car-Maker, research institute, etc. giving them the opportunity to customize the ready-to-use content which is so simple yet so innovative.
To learn more about ED Group visit: http://www.eddesign.it/indexEnglish.php
At ED Group, their mission is to “give life” to the product
that is required by the customer, whether in the field of Automotive,
Transportation, Industrial Design or Architecture. At the 2015 Geneva Auto
Show, ED Group announced their next innovation that is changing the Automotive
market. The international market leader has conceived the advanced concept car
TORQ, the self-driving race car.
Developed 100% internally, TORQ is not just an exercise in
advanced design assisted by a highly experienced engineering team, but a
preview concept of an upcoming union between two cultures: automotive and
information technology.
“This prototype is only the beginning of an ambitious
development project that we are creating with our technicians from all over the
world: the only way you can offer a truly ‘global’ service is by combining
different cultures,” CEO and Design Director, Michael Robinson.
The TORQ is full electric, with 4 powerful engines that give
the car its name, thanks to 320Wh of overall power, plus 1800 Nm of “torque”
(modern Formula One cars have only 1000 Nm). The TORQ features a set of
obstruction free, 360 wraparound monitors that eliminate all blind spots
created by traditional automobiles with pillars blocking the drivers view.
“Our goal is to deliver fully functional, entirely Open
source, autonomous “mobile laboratories” with our friends at OEMs, Tier One
suppliers, IT companies, research institutes, and Universities, allowing them
to experiment with all kinds of new APPS to improve all aspects of the quality
of life related to the future of assisted mobility,” says ED President, David
Pizzorno.
ED Group’s goal is to offer a Self-Driving-Race-Car (SDRC),
within the next 24 months, in a Mobile Laboratory configuration, able to
satisfy the experimental needs of each Car-Maker, research institute, etc.
giving them the opportunity to customize the ready-to-use content which is so
simple yet so innovative.
To learn more about ED Group visit: http://www.eddesign.it/indexEnglish.php