Giugiaro Vadho
The Giugiaro Vadho hydrogen concept car is created by Italdesign, the Giugiaro Vadho embodies a futuristic aeronautic spirit rarely seen in any automobile. Tthe Giugiaro Vadho is powered by the same V-12 engine as the BMW Hydrogen 7 and uses BMW’s 7-speed SMG transmission.
The Giugiarò Vadho is a tandem two-seater, with both driver and rear passenger residing on the left side of the vehicle. At the both left side and the right side contains the hydrogen ICE power train which can be switched depending upon the country in which is being driven.
The Giugiarò Vadho interior design has futuristic ergonomically designed seats which contains two joysticks on the driver’s armrests and drive-by-wire technology that will make the gaming enthusiast feel right at home. The joysticks move back and forth on the armrest to assist the driver on curves and other challenging driving conditions.
The rear passenger has a joystick which is used to control two monitors built into the back of the driver’s seat. The joystick controls the display of driver data also available on monitors accessible to the one in front. Data such as the view from cameras mounted on the sides and rear of the vehicle are shown to both driver and passenger. The data can be used by the driver for parking, nighttime infrared driving, or interactive driving between car and roadside infrastructure such as stoplights, when this infrastructure becomes available. With these, this makes the Giugiarò Vadho a very smart car.
Safety also came in mind for the Giugiaro Vadho design. Besides four-point seat belts, the vehicle has a roll bar that the glass cockpit dome attaches to and front and umbrella airbags as well. Conceived to highlight the need for ecological propulsion, the Vadho also marks the debut of Italdesign’s new corporate logo: a large G in the company’s corporate shade of red.
