General Motors Design has uploaded to its Instagram page a short video which shows what appears to be a battery electric Cadillac autonomous vehicle of the future.
In the video, created by Cadillac studio intern Ryan Schlotthauer, the viewpoint starts above, and to the right rear of, a black, almost cuboid vehicle softly illuminated with pink light. As the viewpoint moves forward to the sound of computer-generated keyboard and string music, the Cadillac autonomous vehicle opens its cabin, revealing more pink lighting inside. The roof is hinged at the left and the very long door, which takes up most of the right hand side, is hinged at the rear.
They reveal a large space with seats almost level with the rear wheels and a large amount of space in front of them. During the video, more seats unfold from the still-covered front end of the car and briefly take up a position too close to the rears for comfort before sliding smoothly forward. The roof and door then close gently, and in the final moments of the video it is revealed that the Cadillac autonomous vehicle has tall, narrow front lights which give the car a distinct Cadillac feel despite a general lack of visible details.
GM Design has not specifically stated that this imaginary model is either battery electric, like the upcoming Lyriq, or autonomous. Both of those are our guesses, based on the fact that there appears to be nowhere for an international combustion engine to go (there is an unseen space between the front wheels, but that’s where the front seats are stored) and no sign of any driver controls whatsoever.
GM Design labels this as a “concept proposal”, which means that it’s simply an idea that won’t be going into production in the foreseeable future, but that’s not what design studies are for. Instead, Ryan Schlotthauer’s work has made us think, and perhaps dream.
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The autonomous vehicle concept is great for handicapped passengers or taxi service; but most people who will spend over $50K on a new car will want to feel the excitement of driving the vehicle as the autonomous feature to drive one in bad weather or if the driver is impaired is great as an option.
I am 100% against this autonomy crap except for what was just said about a handicapped driver.
Never has so much money been spent on something that most people don’t want.
Dream? More like a nightmare. The thing looks like a coffin with LED lights.
to me it looks like a switch blade/boom box. i guess anything with vertical lights and black as the night passes for a cadillac.
So glad I’m 76 years old. I’ve seen the future, and I don’t want to live in it. All this automation and electrafacation is going to leave millions without jobs, lower standard of living, and more disease, suffering, and plagues. The Republicans want to get rid of Soc.Sec. and Medicare….can you imagine when we have 100 million seniors over 70 years of age. My father was in the hospital the last 24 days of his life, he passed away at the age of 90. The hospital bill for those 24 days was $578,000. Can you imagine if you didn’t have Medicare and BCBS. After both paid, I still wrote a check for $32, 479.60. Can you imagine what it will be like in 10 years……about 25% unemployment because the jobs then will require skills requiring graduate, and post graduate degrees and ongoing specialized training. Even with electrifacation, which is only another form of polution, famine , disease , and yes, polution will rage because we refuse to think about zero population growth. Maybe COVID-19 is trying to tell us something…..1,530,000 deaths worldwide and skyrocketing since March 2020.