An inventor has come up with a new design for a car that will drive equally on roads, sand, ice - and even water.
The
all-terrain vehicle, which has a top speed of 62mph and works like a
hovercraft, can move seamlessly between different surfaces.
Female
designer Zhang Yuhan, 21, created the amazing machine - called the
Volkswagen Aqua - for a competition sponsored by the German car
manufacturer.
The vehicle's sleek
sportscar-like design incorporates four high-powered fans and integrated
airbags that inflate to lift it from the ground.
A large windscreen stretches above the front seats to give a panoramic view of the landscape ahead.
You enter and exit the car from a hatch at the rear of the car.
Based on technology
that is currently available, the Aqua uses a hydrogen fuel cell to
power
two motors - with zero carbon emissions.
One motor inflates the skirt around the
vehicle to make it hover, while the second drives it forwards and
controls its direction.
The
mechanic design graduate, from China, added: 'I hope Aqua will become
an affordable supercar that is available to the general public one day.'
The Xihua University student made the shortlist from the CDN China Car Award.
The competition asked designers to come up with a 'Chinese off-road vehicle' with 'go-anywhere' capabilities.
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