Chris Bangle introduced the unusual concept REDS

1 December 2017

"Car looks like it was drawn by a child"

Chris Bangle (Chris Bangle) remember the world as a designer of BMW. He worked in a German company for almost two decades and dramatically changed the face of the Bavarian cars. His much abused
and praised: it often happens that the character of his models has been mixed. After leaving BMW in 2009, Bangle promised not to build a career with well-known brands, imposes certain restrictions on the creative process. Now you can look at what's coming out of Chris, if he is given carte Blanche to take any action.

REDS (Revolutionary Electric Dream Space) — the concept of ultra-compact urban electric vehicle.
It has a total length of 2.97 meters, so that it is less than most modern subcompact. The car has a small turning radius and does not occupy much space in the Parking lot.

The objective of the bangle to make the perfect machine for Chinese cities. According to calculations by the designer, the machine is more a property than a vehicle:
in motion it is only 10% of the total amount of time spent in it by the owner. Therefore, Chris Bangle wanted to make her comfortable and in terms of a simple pastime.

Despite its modest size, inside the REDS there are four seats. Rear sofa can be used as a changing table that will be useful to young parents. Provided inside leaving the front panel 17-inch monitor. The steering column can be tilted upwards to provide the driver more room to relax.

Bangle himself admitted that "the car looks like it was drawn by a child". The American designer assumes that REDS is most likely a pre-production prototype.
than "spherical concept in a vacuum." The customer for this unusual machine was a Chinese state-owned conglomerate China Hi-Tech Group Corporation, specializing in textile, but at the same time in parallel, which produces a variety of products up to the truck.
Now he has decided to enter the market in urban electric cars.