PEAK FUNCTIONALITY / PEAK EMOTION
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It’s just about every car designer’s dream: creating a sportscar. Extreme proportions and performance allow for plenty of visual drama. The G2J is a step in Apollo’s journey to developing a new electric sportscar. The car will be used for advanced testing to refine and validate key technologies relating to powertrains, connectivity and wider digital ecosystems that will underpin AFMG’s future electric sports car products.
FORM FOLLOWS PERFORMANCE
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The character lines are based on the air intakes. The resulting tension in the bodyside surface makes for a characteristic reflection. The placement of shut lines was also an important element in the surface composition, and we designed it while avoiding abruptly breaking up the flow of the surfaces. We used these prominent lines to consider the movement of the surfaces and put them together as a design that is only possible because of the shut lines. In particular, we incorporated ingenuity so that when the flip-up doors open, the dramatic and beautiful door shapes stand out in contrast to the simplicity of the body.
GENEROUS CURVES
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The interior design also takes as its starting point a design language that combines curvaceousness and high technology. Our goal was to design functional components such as the steering wheel, displays, air conditioning vents and switches in a geometric design, while giving dramatic movement to the large surfaces that connect them. Even the seemingly unique shape of the dashboard is composed of surfaces that connect the minimum necessary high-tech elements in a pure way, without changing the direction of the flow of surfaces or placing unnecessary character lines. The dashboard and armrests are placed as if floating on a simply designed carbon fibre tub, contributing to the expression of lightness typical of a high-performance car. In the color material design, craftsmanship-inspired details are interspersed among the high-tech materials to create a futuristic interior space that pays homage to the history of the automobile.
…AND HIGH-TECH DETAILS
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FINISHED PRODUCT
Demonstrated on track.
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