CityQ
Role
Designed body, chassis, and solar panel
Team
Nikolai Hiorth, Nima Shahinian
Timeline
22. May – 18. August 2017 (3 Months)
Light Electric Vehicle
City drivers are increasingly turning to “micro-mobility” options for their daily commute. CityQ merges the advantages of cycling with better user accessibility and all-weather protection, thus relieving road congestion and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. In inner cities where car traffic is restricted, there is an increasing need for such new vehicles.
During my internship at the product development firm HOOS, Oslo Norway, our client requested a prototype for a new concept. The team consisted of Nima as project manager and industrial designer, Nikolai as mechanical engineer and myself as a product engineer. *All drawings shown are done by Nima.
DEVELOPMENT
Thermoformed with pre textured plastic sheets to keep the costs low. The dashboard will be used to hold and charge your phone, have your on-board computer, and a cupholder
The solar panel had to be custom made in order to fit as many watts as possible on the small area and keep the profile to a minimum
Frame was designed and analyzed for aluminum production and made in steel for easier manipulation of the prototype
All the bodywork was thermoformed with challenging size to draw ratio constraints. The material is a co-extruded ABS and acrylic material to have the material properties of ABS and the finish of acrylic
PROTOTYPING
