For those days when four wheels won’t quite do it for you, Hyundai has unveiled a new concept vehicle – a car with legs.
In collaboration with software company Autodesk, the Japanese manufacturer presented images of the Elevate, which it says will be a go-anywhere conveyance with “unprecedented locomotion capabilities”.
The concept, which was developed by the New Horizons Studio in US's Silicon Valley, was inspired by the sci-fi franchise Transformers.
Elevate will have the ability to convert from a four-wheeled, car-like vehicle into a four-legged, reptilian walking machine, giving it the ability to traverse areas that are inaccessible to even the most capable off-road vehicles.
Uses for such a wagon, Hyundai and Autodesk say, could include irregular-ground transport needs, surface exploration, search and rescue emergencies, and clearing some of the significant transportation hurdles some mobility-impaired individuals face daily.
If it comes to fruition, it will be constructed using components that are lighter and stronger than those already used in standard vehicles.
Currently, though, the Elevate only exists as a prototype, which is a fifth of the size of the anticipated final product, so you may have to wait a while yet to see such a vehicle in action.
