Award-winning young designer Shao Yung Yeh drew inspiration from one of nature's smallest creatures when he designed the Insecta, a vehicle that is small and green like a grasshopper but has the brains of a much more advanced species.
The size, shape and color of the battery-powered personal vehicle reflects the characteristics of its namesake. Insects "not only inspire the styling but also the entire structure and the package of the car," Yeh told Wired.com. "The legs are connected to a central chassis as a thorax, while the canopy can be read as an insect's head. The battery pack at the back symbolizes abdomen."
Auto designers have long drawn inspiration from nature, and Jaguar founder Sir William Lyons famously said the automobile is "the closest thing we can create to something that is alive." But more often than not it is charismatic megafauna — particularly big cats — or birds that designers look to. That's changing, Yeh says, and the future belongs to insects. "They are lightweight, agile, versatile, efficient and ecological beings," he said. "Compare that to mammals, a common inspiration of modern car design. Insects are more suitable for cars of the future generation."
This automotive arthropod just might be the solution to millions of lone drivers buzzing around in five-passenger cars.
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