Photo: Nikita Pavlov
The more technologically advanced, the more we strive to return to nature. Call this an unmitigated paradox, one that is apparent throughout the Honda Next EV concept from transportation designer Nikita Pavlov.
The Honda e is so tiny it’s more of a microcar, but what if Honda ever thought of making it bigger? Nikita Pavlov, who’s had an internship with Honda last year in Tokyo, came up with a concept that aims to bring the best of both worlds together: small but roomy, packed with technology but still offering that ever-so-elusive connection to nature.
The result is something he calls the Honda Next EV, a strange, hipster, shooting brake concept. It incorporates modern use of material materials by having leather and wood interior, and uses asymmetrical pillars to be a two-person vehicle with plenty of space inside. It might strange to have wood panels on a car from the future, but Pavlov says people today yearn for a sense of connection with nature and, apparently, cutting down trees is the way to get it.
This shooting brake is obviously an entirely different class of vehicle: a two-person car with three doors. It comes with different sides, one with a coupe door and the other with a pair of suicide doors. The passenger seat is replaced by a lounge chair, which reclines all the way to the back for proper rest and relaxation.
The concept has solar panels on the roof, improved cargo space and even a wooden table you can pull out once you raise the back, so it would be ideal for camping – without an actual tent, since you can sleep inside. Designed with 30somethings professionals in mind (preferably in IT), just married and with a young child, it would be just the car for one-week trips through Sweden, Pavlov says.
The result is something he calls the Honda Next EV, a strange, hipster, shooting brake concept. It incorporates modern use of material materials by having leather and wood interior, and uses asymmetrical pillars to be a two-person vehicle with plenty of space inside. It might strange to have wood panels on a car from the future, but Pavlov says people today yearn for a sense of connection with nature and, apparently, cutting down trees is the way to get it.
This shooting brake is obviously an entirely different class of vehicle: a two-person car with three doors. It comes with different sides, one with a coupe door and the other with a pair of suicide doors. The passenger seat is replaced by a lounge chair, which reclines all the way to the back for proper rest and relaxation.
The concept has solar panels on the roof, improved cargo space and even a wooden table you can pull out once you raise the back, so it would be ideal for camping – without an actual tent, since you can sleep inside. Designed with 30somethings professionals in mind (preferably in IT), just married and with a young child, it would be just the car for one-week trips through Sweden, Pavlov says.
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