Audi has unveiled its AI:ME concept vehicle, an electric, fully autonomous car, which is designed to be a "third living space" and includes real plants.
Revealed at Auto Shanghai 2019, the concept car is fully autonomous, but also has a steering wheel to allow the user to drive when needed.
Audi described the compact vehicle as the "autonomous city car of the future".

The German car maker developed the Audi AI:ME to be a small electric car that has an interior users would be happy to spend time in.
"The car is increasingly becoming a 'third living space' alongside our homes and workplaces," said Audi.
"It is thus only consistent that the Audi designers did not subordinate the interior of the Audi AI:ME to the shape of the body. On the contrary, they prioritised the interior and made it the core of the whole vehicle."
A compact car, which is 4.3 meters by 1.9 meters, the Audi AI:ME has a large interior area for its size.
Replacing the traditional engine with an electric motor allowed the company to reorganise the car and create a larger wheelbase ? the distance between the front and rear axels ? of 2.77 meters and a height of 1.52 meters.

Audi envisions the inside of the car being a calm atmosphere within the city ? a "high-tech refuge during rush hour".
Its temperature, ambient lighting and seat positioning are all adjusted to the user when they get in, while a noise compensation system completely suppresses the soun...