While it might look something straight off of the planet Kamino, it's actually the PIXY + SSC concept car set to be revealed by Suzuki this month at the Tokyo Auto Show. It's a mixture of personal pods, PIXY (one person riding), and pod-carrying mother ship, SSC (Suzuki sharing coach). The PIXY personal pods were designed for solitary motoring pleasure while the SSC coach car's meant to allow for the transports to be carried for longer-distance travel. All we know is these pastel and organic-looking machines are making us totally feel like we've just traveled to a planet not on our star charts to check out some kind of a clone army. Full ESL press release after the jump and high-res shot located here.
Suzuki Sustainable mobility (PIXY + SSC)
Low-speed portable tool "PIXY ([pikushi])" of one person riding, uniting with this tool, it depends on automobile which makes movement as an automobile possible, is based on the sharing system type portable unit "SSC (s s sea)" lightly, it is easy to the person, concept of the new vehicle, " SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY ([sasuteinaburumobiritei]) "is proposed. In 2007 May from the economic industrial ministry it was announced it is put out with the "next generation automobile fuel initiative", it is the portable tool which produces the new city traffic where to also "the greatest in the world it paralleled easy car social" conception, possibility of new personal mobility and the sharing system is proposed.
PIXY
Worldwide first exhibition"At the sidewalk and at the interior, the mobility which is easy to the person who makes the coexistence with the person possible " was designated as concept, the low-speed portable tool of one person riding. Be able to operate everyone easily, not only the person who rides the car due to the cooperation with the portable unit "of SSC" and so on, the joy the vehicle bringing to all people is offered.
SSC (Suzuki sharing coach)
Worldwide first exhibitionLow-speed portable tool "PIXY" of one person riding boards, unites & connects and as an automobile possible is light portable unit of automobile which makes movement type. Joint usage (sharing) the portable unit which is done automobile which 2 can place "PIXY" unit "SSC" not only lightly, sport car unit "SSF" and boat unit "SSJ" and so on, in combination with to the scene of life, possibility of new personal mobility and the sharing system which various units are used properly is proposed.