{"id":547883,"date":"2010-04-30T02:57:58","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T06:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/ford-xplor-rethinks-tradition-suv-design-with-all-electric-transmission\/"},"modified":"2010-04-30T02:57:58","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T06:57:58","slug":"ford-xplor-rethinks-traditional-suv-design-with-all-electric-transmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/547883","title":{"rendered":"Ford Xplor rethinks traditional SUV design with all-electric transmission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/30\/ford-xplor_1_QNDMS_69.jpg\" alt=\"ford xplor_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Zero-emission all-electric SUV concept.<\/p>\n<p>With massive gas-guzzling engines under the hoods, SUVs are far from being green. Industrial designer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepureautostudio.com\/\">TJ Vaninetti<\/a> is trying to better the credentials of SUVs with an all-electric concept dubbed the Ford Xplor. The Ford Xplor is designed to run on in-wheel electric motors.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/30\/ford-xplor_2_JtIr9_69.jpg\" alt=\"ford xplor_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The zero-emission concept features drive-by-wire accident avoidance system and a unique design that challenges conventional SUVs. The relocation of the engine on the wheels has allowed the designer enough space to play with, the results of which are clearly seen at the front of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/30\/ford-xplor_3_8qBuu_69.jpg\" alt=\"ford xplor_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The design allows the front glass to be extended on the body of the vehicle giving a new view of the road ahead to the passengers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/30\/ford-xplor_4_N6z3a_69.jpg\" alt=\"ford xplor_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/30\/ford-xplor_5_HDNqI_69.jpg\" alt=\"ford xplor_5\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuvie.com\/ford-xplor-gives-an-opportunity-to-rethink-the-shape-and-functionalities-of-a-traditional-suv\/\">Tuvie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Zero-emission all-electric SUV concept. With massive gas-guzzling engines under the hoods, SUVs are far from being green. Industrial designer TJ Vaninetti is trying to better the credentials of SUVs with an all-electric concept dubbed the Ford Xplor. The Ford Xplor is designed to run on in-wheel electric motors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}