Luxury sedan of the future<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n First unveiled at the last Guangzhou Auto Show, the Time concept car aims to set a new benchmark for luxury sedans in the electric mobility era. The concept car is shaped by a refined form language with an elegant, dynamic and artistic body. “We are facing a revolutionary energy transition, so can there be a concept car to fully illustrate the future of design in this new era?” says Fan Zhang, Gac R&D Vice President and Head of Design.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Maximum space utilization<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n “This concept car tells, as its name implies, a story about future and could be a great answer to that question,” continues Fan Zhang. Time is based on a platform reserved for electric-only models that allows maximum use of the space between the wheels. The model carries forward Gac’s “aero-friendly” technology, inaugurated by the ENO.146 concept car. Its aerodynamic silhouette and teardrop shape reduce the drag coefficient to 0.191.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> A new design language<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n With a rounded front fascia and smooth surfaces, the Time’s volumes are fluid and bold, comparable in their movements to liquid metal. The angle formed when the side surface of the body meets the rear has been hidden using clean geometric lines, functional to improving aerodynamics.\u00a0 This symbiosis of the curved and the straight, the soft and the hard, is the cornerstone of Gac’s new design language for its zero emission models, called “Teardrop on the blade”.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> The role of lights<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The “Time Ripples” headlight features numerous individually illuminating LEDs that rotate and turn on in sequence, evoking the movement of ripples in space-time. With the pulsating alternation of light and shadow, the rear lights create a spatial tunnel that seems to want to make the exterior meet the interior.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Hidden autonomous driving sensors<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Sensors for autonomous driving have been elegantly distributed throughout the body of the car. Hi-tech laser radars and sensors for autonomous driving are sophisticatedly integrated into the body, while the wheel hub, called the Eternal Timer, is a metaphor for temporal transcendence and with the help of holographic projection technology, produces a light animation that offers a three-dimensional beam of light in space.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022042003_GAC_Time.jpg\")
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