With a battery capacity of more than 100 kWh and an estimated drag coefficient of about 0.23, Delorean says it can travel more than 300 miles (483 km) on a charge.

Frankly, it looks nice enough but fairly ordinary – at least when the gullwing doors aren’t open. Realistically, that might also be an apt description of the 1980s DMC-12, before it was converted into the memorable 88 mph time machine from “Back to the Future.

Now Delorean has introduced a couple of new concepts for this year’s Pebble Beach competition, the first of which is a Plasmatail version of the Alpha5, which extends the coupe into a neat hunting type with some extra space on board for storage. The Plasmatail is reportedly scheduled to begin production in 2024. The Omega, on the other hand, is pure fun.

Rooted in the mysticism of Baja, Omega is Delorean’s idea of what could happen to its machines in just 18 years. In the world of 2040, it appears that drivers and passengers will be blindfolded and unable to look to the side – because the side windows have been eliminated. Perhaps this is a safety measure – a clever way to prevent drivers from being lured into a potentially deadly speed race at a stoplight.

The iconic slatted rear window is re-presented as a series of rising hexagons, while the front of the car has a strange ring-shaped body that seems to combine with a set of glass-cut headlights. The dunnage tires come from a universe in which textured rubber is desirable on the bare wheel edges and extends all the way to the hubs.

The suspension is flat, exposed and not obviously connected to the wheels. The rear end echoes the front end with wild finned glass taillights and a ring of thin rear bodywork that extends backward. The fenders and wheel arches have been eliminated.

Delorean thought the Omega 2040 concept was worth advancing to the 3D rendering stage, and it even actually built a roller and displayed it on Pebble Beach.

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The company calls its first-ever concept the robocar, which will inspire its upcoming vehicles that would the pioneer a new era of cars that the Baidu-Geely pair likes to call as the “Intelligent Car 3.0 Era” According to Jidu, the previous eras in the history of cars were the “Fuel Car 1.0 Era” and the “Electric Car 2.0 Era”.

Robo-01: Concept car design

The concept car was launched through an online press conference that was held on Baidu’s metaverse-themed app Xirang. The car has no door handles, operated entirely through voice commands.

The car that the pair intend to mass-produce in 2023 would 90% resemble the concept car. This car would be launched as a limited edition and will feature an active deformable structure design. It would also have a “3D borderless one-piece large screen”, “zero-gravity seating”, “AI pixel lights” and “dual max-computing chips”.

The car will come with Level 4 capabilities, ruling out the need for human involvement. Owners of the car would be able to use voice access even in the event of poor internet connection, thanks to the use of Qualcomm’s (QCOM.O) 8295 chips. The robocar concept suggests a great emphasis on AI given that the vehicle’s software abilities are based on a unique trainable neural network.

Jidu CEO Xia Yiping says the concept of car marks a shift of focus in car manufacturing from energy to product attributes. He expressed the company’s ultimate aim of realizing a fully driverless transportation experience.

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