CT Technocrats made “AABBS” An Expandable Car
The innovative students of CT Polytechnic come up with idea of coping up traffic chaos. This time they have made a car that changes its length, as per need. In other words a flexible car that fits in every space like overparked parking lots, heavy traffic and a tiny garage. The car transforms itself from a four seated into two seated in few seconds with just turn of hydraulic lever .The boot space remains the same.
The idea is brain child of final year Automobile engineering students (Ashwani, Abhishek, Badal, Bhumit & Sunnish Srivastava) who have take initiative to find a solution for ever increasing traffic kiosks, congested parking lots the magical transformation is made possible by centrally located Hydraulic unit that stretches the vehicle with the help of guide railing with roller arrangements, providing 18 ‘’ full extension length. The longitudinal member slides over guides with low friction rollers to provide drawer like fitment. The floor panel is also reinforced to provide a rigid base structure. The exhaust system also retuned and redesigned to suit the alterations. The additional feature of the car is less turning radius on compact mode ie @ 3.8 meter, that further increase the maneuverability. The project cost is 1.2 lakhs.
The entire body of the AABBS consists of Pre-preg composite, a modern plastic material. The engine remains the same as Maruti 800. At fully stretched the vehicle provides more legroom space, on contract mode rear seats can folded down to resemble a sports makeover .
