Virgil Abloh and Mercedes-Benz create solar-powered car with transparent front hood
German car brand Mercedes-Benz has unveiled Project Maybach, a solar-cell-powered electric car designed with fashion designer Virgil Abloh who passed away last weekend.
The show car, which was unveiled with the blessing of Abloh's family, is described as "a design unlike anything that has been developed by Mercedes-Benz".
Project Maybach is powered by an electric battery
Created together with Mercedez-Benz chief design officer Gorden Wagener, every element of the car was built from scratch, the brand said.
The nearly six-metre long show car was designed with a transparent front bonnet, underneath which sits solar cells that would be used to charge the battery.
The car features a transparent front hood that protects solar cells The battery operated "off-the-road coupe" seats two people and was inspired by the great outdoors.
Project Maybach "combines huge Gran Turismo proportions, large off-road wheels and distinctive attachements," Mercedes-Benz said.
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The car was designed by Abloh, collaboratively with Wagener, as a "responsible vision of future design."
"The X-Factor nature of Project Maybach results not only from its breathtaking size ? almost six meters long ? and characteristics, but above all from its unique contrasts; most notably through how naturally authentic Mercedes-Maybach design elements are harmo...
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