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Mazda wins Design Challenge

27 November 2008 10:24 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Nijat Mustafayev â€“ APA-Economics. The Mazda R&D team has fended off some very impressive competition to take out the Los Angeles Auto Showâ€™s 2008 Design Challenge. This yearâ€™s Challenge posed the question - "How will auto racing look in the year 2025?" - and Mazda responded with this rakish three-wheel design that utilizes a patented electronic tire system to draw energy from an electro-conductive road surface and achieve speeds of 250 mph with no harmful emissions.
The vision for Mazda Kann not only takes a different approach to ways in which power might be delivered to the vehicle (i.e. the blue-sky notion of freeways equipped with a sub-level electro-conductive polymer to deliver power to EVs) but also re-thinks the parameters of motor racing itself.
The Mazda Kann was chosen over a number of thought-provoking design concepts including offerings from Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Audi by virtue of its high level of innovation and technology as well as truly unique styling.