HYUNDAY KITE

Academic year

2017 - 2018

Hyundai Kite a concept car, practical and fun, born from the collaboration with the European Design Centre Hyundai

The vehicle is equipped with electric propulsion, with four brush-less motors for terrestrial driving and a turbine system for navigation. The Kite offers intuitive interaction between driver and vehicle via mobile phone and allows for different driver and passenger configurations. The designers were inspired by the dune buggy of the 1960s and 1970s to create a new interpretation of freedom and adventure, both on land and water. 

Hyundai Kite was made by NCS | NewCast Services Srl with the collaboration of AM Costruzione Modelli Srl, Freeland.car Srl, OZ Racing, Clinic Car Italia, Gruppo Sila, Protocube Reply, Sabelt. 

Hyundai Kite was designed by Nicholas Luke Cho (Great Britain), Priankar Dasgupta (India), Jiabin Dong (China), Nithyanandhan Emmanuel (India), Ulises Esquivel Balderas (Mexico), Nishank Grover (India), Jin Kim (South Korea), Sai Sandeep Pentakota (India), Luis Rodrigo Rodrìguez Mèndez (Guatemala), Aditya Saraf (India), Alexandru-Calin Ticarat (Romania), Prashanth Vantimitta (India), Leonardo Vitale (Italy), José Andrés Yanes Belmonte (Venezuela) and Wu Zhengcui (China), students of the Master's in Transportation Design IED Turin a. a. 2016/17 coordinated by Alessandro Cipolli with the collaboration of Davide Tealdi, an IED lecturer, and under the supervision of Luca Borgogno, head of IED mobility lab.