Monterey Car Week has been a hotbed of EV debuts this yr with unveilings from Dodge, Acura, DeLorean and a bunch of different automakers. On Thursday, Lincoln revealed the Model L100, its futuristic foray into electrified mobility, which attracts inspiration from the corporate’s very first luxurious sedan, the 1922 Model L.

Like its pre-Depression predecessor, the Model L100 displays a surprising diploma of opulence. “Next generation battery cell and pack technologies,” learn the Thursday launch, will ship “game changing energy density,” whereas the steering wheel shall be changed with a “jewel-inspired chess piece controller that captures light and depth by redefining the vehicle controls inside the cabin.” That fancy yoke received’t be a lot use for precise steering because of the automobile’s theoretical autonomous driving capabilities taking good care of the navigating.

“Concept vehicles allow us to reimagine and illustrate how new experiences can come to life with the help of advanced technologies and allow our designers more creative freedom than ever before,” Anthony Lo, Ford’s chief design officer, in an announcement. “With the Model L100, we have been capable of push the boundaries in ways in which evolve our Quiet Flight model DNA and alter the way in which we take into consideration Lincoln designs of tomorrow.”

Other fantastical design particulars embody animal-free interiors with entrance row seats that may flip to face the rear passengers (good factor the automotive’s driving itself), a digital ground and cover that may venture real looking animated scenes onto the ground and ceiling, a full-length hinged glass roof and reverse-hinged doorways that open up like a lily. 

There’s no phrase but on when the manufacturing automobile spawned from this idea will arrive. Unfortunately most of the concepts introduced right here will inevitably be lower, going the way in which of Mercedes’ superior, Avatar-inspired trunk hatch wigglers.