Citi-E
Car-Sharing Concept
Citi-E is a concept electric car designed specially for car-sharing, an unstoppable phenomenon occurring nowadays where people no longer own their means of transport, but borrow them.
Amongst the many features that apply almost only for car sharing, such as resilient material on the front and back bumpers, it is also necessary for it to have a different interface than in any other car in order for people to familiarise almost instantly with a car they do not own.
The dashboard will have a touch-screen located in the centre of it, slightly tilted to the driver's seat, to control all aspects of the car's functionality.
For first timers, a set-up process will be necessary in order to adjust the mirrors, seat and the steering wheel. When it is used again, the car will remember the user's set-up and will adjust accordingly.
Whenever the car is activated with the user's cellphone, it will retrieve from the cloud the last used settings for temperature, music choice and the route on the map, as well as the position of every app in the screen.
In addition, the car will be able to connect to the user's phone and will be able to extrapolate certain apps from the phone to the car's screen to be used if needed, such as Waze and Spotify.
