Rinspeed Oasis History
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Debuted at CES 2017 in Las Vegas (and shown again at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show), the Rinspeed Oasis was Frank M. Rinderknecht's vision of fully autonomous urban mobility — a two-seat electric runabout with lounge-style armchairs, a curved 5K display with voice and gesture control, and — its most-photographed feature — a dashboard-mounted garden bed large enough for bonsai trees or radishes, fed by sensors that optimise light and water.
The Oasis sat on ZF's Intelligent Rolling Chassis, used two in-wheel rear motors with torque vectoring, and featured near-zero-radius turning. A collapsible steering wheel could be deployed if the occupant chose to drive manually (after passing an alertness check). At the rear, a temperature-controlled, code-protected delivery drawer enabled parcel drop-off without human contact. A solar-cell canopy contributed to on-board energy. The Oasis was a concept prototype and was not produced in series.
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- Microvan
- Electric vehicle
- Autonomous vehicle
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