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Mercedes Unveils Avatar-inspired AVTR That Has No Steering Wheels, Can Drive Sideways
Mercedes-Benz unveils Avatar-inspired Vision AVTR Concept EV that has no steering wheels, can drive sideways.
Vision AVTR will help promote James Cameron’s Avatar : the Way of Water, which opens in theaters on December 16th, 2022.
AVTR, whose acronym stands for Advance Vision Transportation, was first unveiled at 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
It has a range of roughly 435 miles, can drive sideways and can be driven from either one of the two deep bucket seats.
Mercedes has unveiled the Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR in partnership with James Cameron’s new movie, Avatar : the Way of Water. The unique-looking EV will help promote the new Sci-fi movie, which opens in theaters on December 16th, 2022.
Inspired by several creatures from the 2009 movie AVATAR, the Vision AVTR, whose acronym stands for Advance Vision Transportation, was first unveiled at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
The Vision AVTR was co-created by Mercedes-Benz and James Cameron’s creative team to highlight the teams shared values of sustainability, connectivity and innovation.
“We’re looking to the future of sustainable mobility. And we’re therefore looking for a sustainable partner, and who better than Lightstorm Entertainment, who produces the movies of ‘Avatar’ to inspire us as to what that future could possibly look like,” said Zane Amiralis, a member of the Mercedes-Benz design team.
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On the outside, the AVTR has 33 moveable reptile-like scales on the back, which Mercedes calls “bionic flaps”, and which it claims their function is to communicate with the driver.
“They can communicate with the driver and through the driver with their outside world through naturally flowing movements in subtle gestures”, Mercedes said when during the unveiling.
Inside, the AVTR has joystick in place of conventional steering-wheel, while the seats are made from vegan DINAMICA leather. The floor is decorated with an innovative wood called Karuun.
The futuristic concept car has a range of roughly 435 miles (700 kilometres). In addition, the car can drive sideways by approx. 30 degrees, thanks to its balloon tyres. It can be driven from either one of the two deep bucket seats.
