A levitating bubble-shaped vehicle has been announced as the winner of a competition organised by Renault, which saw Central Saint Martins students come up with designs for a car of the future.
The French automotive brand partnered up with Central Saint Martins for the second year in a row to host the Life Designed competition, involving the school's MA industrial design students.

The results are currently on display as part of an installation at designjunction outside the university's Kings Cross campus. "This year students have been asked to consider ways in which cars may be used and shared in the future, when owning a car outright may become less prevalent," Renault said.
The competition encouraged the students to consider the future of autonomous and modular car design for an urban infrastructure that is "changing quickly and dramatically" ? a trend that was much-discussed at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week.
Three semi-finalists were chosen at the beginning of September: Stephanie Chang Liu and her Flo design consisting of three vehicles fashioned for different uses, Tuna Yenici and his Vue vehicle designed to be like a pet, and Yuchen Cai for her Float concept car that uses magnetic levitation.
Cai's car of the future, The Float, was announced as the winning concept by Renault's vice president of exterior design Anthony Lo last night at designjunction.
With autonomy fast becoming a reality, Cai envisioned a car that also works as a socia...