The goal of this thesis is to develop a car for a high-tech Megacity of 2045.
Traffic in this city will be, especially downtown, autonomous to prevent traffic jams. There will be also the possibility to charge the batteries of the cars via induction while driving. Another important element of these huge Megacities will be autonomous highways high above the ground to connect different centers and allow people to travel fast from one end to the other.

The smart for urbz (lat. Urbs= city) is a two-seater that, with lots of high-tech onboard, aims to be typically smart – practical and fun to use. Holograms are used as medium for augmented-video-gaming and as warning signal in case of danger. The typical smart body panels are further developed. Now produced with a smart/memory plastic material they have the ability to change their shape to whatever other shape(s) where programmed in the production progress. This gives the client a large number of possible ways to use the body panels in his daily routine.

Due to the relatively high speeds the car is able to drive on the highways aerodynamic is a driving factor for the whole design of the car. The overall design theme is the drop-shaped passenger cell laying in the bowl-like ‘tridion cell’ and being optically shored by the wings. The open rear and also the rims increase the aerodynamics. The proportions of the ‘smart for urbz’ are inspired by the classic ‘smart for two’ – extremely short overhangs/negative front and rear; one box design. The 8-bit pixel graphics create a strong contrast to the soft and playful surfaces. Those follow a ‘from flat to round’ principle, which means the start from a flat edge and then develop into a very round surface.