Outlandish Concept Cars Inspired by Nature

仿生學的問世大大開闊了人們的眼界，顯示了極強的生命力。在我們日常生活中，仿生的例子很多，如：科學家研究青蛙的眼睛，發明了電子蛙眼，船和潛艇來自人們對魚類和海豚的模仿等等。最近，汽車行業又在研發新的仿生技術了！汽車設計師將以螞蟻﹑袋鼠﹑楓樹種子等為藍圖，開創汽車行業嶄新的局面。

A car inspired by ants can climb walls. A submersible pod uses the Los Angeles river instead of congested freeways. These are the concepts nine automakers developed for this year’s LA Design Challenge with the theme \"Biomimicry and Mobility： 2025\".

Eleven years in the future seems pretty optimistic for these insane creations， but when you give car designers carte blanche to create whatever their imaginations can conjure – along with a Red Bull IV and probably some powerful hallucinogens – you get the Future.

BMW’s Sustainable Efficient Exploratory Device is designed to tackle the toughest terrain on the plant， with a trio of propellers（one at the bottom and two on the sides） to take to the skies. BMW says it was inspired by the maple seed.

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