Get ready to have your concept of how a car is manufactured flipped upside-down and turned inside-out. Picture a production process that has plenty in common with (used to culture organic materials in laboratories) and little in common with what we would normally think of as production-line automotive manufacturing. You are starting to get close to what the people at Mercedes-Benz have spawned with the BIOME – one of the most outlandish and ambitious concept.
In short, the BIOME would be grown in a lab rather than built on a production line.
"As the inventor of the motor car, we wanted to illustrate the vision of the perfect vehicle of the future, which is created and functions in complete symbiosis with nature. The Mercedes-Benz BIOME is a natural technology hybrid, and forms part of our earth's ecosystem. It grows and thrives like the leaves on a tree" Hubert Lee, head of the Mercedes-Benz advanced design studios said.
This vision includes growing a material called BioFibre which would be lighter than metal or plastic, yet stronger than steel. The resulting car would weighs in at 875.5 lbs (around 394 kg). The entire vehicle would also be completely biodegradable.
“The interior of the BIOME grows from the DNA in the Mercedes star on the front of the vehicle, while the exterior grows from the star on the rear. To accommodate specific customer requirements, the Mercedes star is genetically engineered in each case, and the vehicle grows when the genetic code is combined with the seed capsule. The wheels are grown from four separate seeds,” Mercedes-Benz explained.
Once on the road the vehicle would run on "BioNectar4534" stored in the car's BioFibre, of which the only by-product is oxygen.
Wildly ambitious? Yes. Completely implausible? Maybe. But the whole point of the Design Challenge is to think outside the square ... the BIOME certainly does that.
When the Biome Car was first discovered it was surprising that is was grown in a lab instead of on a car line. The car is also grown from seeds, literally grown. Eventually, Mercedes revealed there work of art at the Los Angeles Auto Show for viewers to learn more and to get a closer look at the Biome Car. The Mercedes designers imagined this lab grown car to be made of a currently non-available or existent material called BioFibre. The Biome Car would run on a fuel power called BioNectar4534, but like the BioFibre it doesn’t exist. The car would be entirely biodegradable and give off no harmful gases.
Mercedes Benz Biome car is completely nature friendly from the beginning of its life to the end. The Biome gives off
oxygen from its flue pipe. The roof of the car is made of transparent organic solar cells. This allows light to pass through the roof while generating energy that is used to power the multimedia components and fans which help control the climate on the inside of the car.
The Biome Car is powered by a future fuel called BioNectar4534, which surprisingly isn't stored in a tank like
other cars. Instead, BioNectar4534 is stored in the BioFibre material of the frame, interior and wheels. No one is sure how you refuel the car, or if the frame gets all dry and crinkly once you've driven a few miles, but Mercedes says the Biome's only emissions are pure oxygen. Also, because the Biome is made of organic materials, it can be easily disposed of when it reaches the end of its life.
When the Biome Car was first discovered it was surprising that is was grown in a lab instead of on a car line. The car is also grown from seeds, literally grown. Eventually, Mercedes revealed there work of art at the Los Angeles Auto Show for viewers to learn more and to get a closer look at the Biome Car. The Mercedes designers imagined this lab grown car to be made of a currently non-available or existent material called BioFibre. The Biome Car would run on a fuel power called BioNectar4534, but like the BioFibre it doesn’t exist. The car would be entirely biodegradable and give off no harmful gases. Mercedes Benz Biome car is completely nature friendly from the beginning of its life to the end. The Biome gives off
oxygen from its flue pipe. The roof of the car is made of transparent organic solar cells. This allows light to pass through the roof while generating energy that is used to power the multimedia components and fans which help control the climate on the inside of the car.
The Biome Car is powered by a future fuel called BioNectar4534, which surprisingly isn't stored in a tank like
other cars. Instead, BioNectar4534 is stored in the BioFibre material of the frame, interior and wheels. No one is sure how you refuel the car, or if the frame gets all dry and crinkly once you've driven a few miles, but Mercedes says the Biome's only emissions are pure oxygen. Also, because the Biome is made of organic materials, it can be easily disposed of when it reaches the end of its life.
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