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Volkswagen Aqua Hovercraft Concept Presented

It’s a car, it’s a plane, it’s a boat... no, it’s actually a 3-in-one vehicle concept coming from Yuhan Zhang, a 21-year-old designer from China. Yuhan just graduated with honors from Xihua University with a degree in Industrial Design, and is currently in the process of selecting a Transportation Design course, as Bornrich says.

But let’s get back to this concept, which we would like to see turn into reality in the near future, since it can easily tackle lakes, rivers and coastal waters, to the roads, wetlands and snow and ice alike.

Dubbed Volkswagen Aqua, the vehicle that you can see in the adjacent images and video is a futuristic hovercraft concept that has been shortlisted in the CDN Car Design Awards China, based on the brief entitled simply "Chinese off-road vehicle" by Volkswagen.

The Aqua - the designation comes from an important WuXing element - provides seating for two and uses more than one engine. The primary motor, which is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, is used to drive the main fan which inflates the skirt around the vehicle and raises the Aqua just above the ground. The fans at the rear of the vehicle are powered by individual electric motors to provide forward thrust and directional control.

The styling of the Volkswagen Aqua is extremely clean and simple. There's very little clutter to the lines, except perhaps at the rear due to the quartet of fans. The interior has room for two people, and features a similar minimalist vibe as the exterior.

Yes, we know. You also wonder how you will actually enter the vehicle. Well, that would be through that small round hatch at the rear of the vehicle, the one located where the rear window would normally be.

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