Out Of This World Toyota Baby Lunar Cruiser Rides On Airless Tires
Where we’re going, we don’t need air.
Which is good, because there isn’t any.
Toyota’s California-based CALTY Design Research center has come up with an idea for an off-roader that’s ready to go off-planet.
The Toyota Baby Lunar Cruiser Concept is a futuristic all-electric SUV inspired by the original FJ40 Land Cruiser.
The compact vehicle is controlled by joysticks and rides on wheels with built-in electric motors and treads supported by a flexible matrix instead of an air chamber, which would eliminate the threat of flats on harsh terrain … or in a vacuum.
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A canopy-style windshield provides extra visibility while an augmented reality dashboard uses lidar and other sensors to display information over a live view of what’s in front of the vehicle.
CALTY envisions it for use on both Earth and extraterrestrial bodies, Toyota doesn’t currently have plans to put it into production.
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It is, however, working with Japan’s space agency to develop a lunar rover for a potential manned Moon landing in 2029.
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