P.2

 

P.3

It isn't bad looking, to my eye. I'd just put the tools in a box in the bed.

 

The motion blur makes me think the artist is entranced with the fall guy

Those rings sure are delicate, must be made of unobtanium.

The cab doesn't look all that unimog like, more like an iveco or a sprinter. Without the need for all the liquid to air cooling I would think the cab might evolve into something closer to the Econic with more greenhouse for even more visibility when working.

The "thing" is their Peking crispy roast duck take away, with their demanding schedule of biomass management and all, who has time to spend all day at the shop. Saw on the roof is not the best idea, how are you supposed to climb down with it while maintaining 3 points of contact while also holding the beer?

 

I came across some press release type stuff, in Spanish, and some in German. I did screen grabs, but did not bother to translate it. In skimming the version in Spanish, the words KAMAZ, Renault, and a couple of other Automotive Firms appeared. Whether they have a hand in this, or it is just babble relating to future vehicles, I don't know. I'll probably get around to posting those grabs up, for the translators.

 

Dear god no...........

 

If I were going to do this, I wouldnt keep the engine in the standard location. There is no need to if it is not driving the transmission and its really not a very good location for it anyway. A flat 4 where the transmission usually sits would be more my thinking.

Keeping it in the standard location limits a lot, but it does not limit the ability to taker something beautiful and make it ugly.

C.

 

That cab looks like a rework of a 404 cab. I'm looking forward to the screen cap, I'd like to see if this is an "official" ma benz release, or the work of some kid in junior high.

 

I must have dumped the screen grabs somewhere, the trash, a file ? Anyway, I can't find them, but here are some new ones, and in English even.

 

A couple more.
So, a real designer, but not an official MB concept.

 

A couple more, from his presentation on Behance.

 

Chevy is apparently about to release a drop-in conversion kit for replacing existing Chevy engines in older/hotrod vehicles with an electric motor and battery. 200HP/266ftlb electric "crate engine" that bolts to the existing transmission and comes with a 60kWh battery tray that looks like it might fit between the Mog frame rails. If you really want an electric Mog and have a 404/406 that might be the place to start a conversion project.

 

50kwh? That’s nothing!! It takes 100kw to run mine at 55-60 mph; figuring 80% drivetrain efficiency, it would need ~1300 kwh for 800 mile range. That’s 8 tons of Tesla batteries. My drivetrain and fuel weighs ~2.5 metric tons with range up to 1400 miles.
Batteries have to improve by a factor of at least 2.5-3 to make this work (all electric, not hybrid)

 

Mmmmmm - much better

 

Unimog is already a hybrid. Hybrid of a tractor and truck. But if you want to buy a decent book, there's one from Buch bild that talks about the electric Unimog made 20 years ago.

 

I realize that I should have been a little more circumspect with my title for the thread.The way I wrote it seems like it is definitely a UNIMOG planned for the future, which it isn't.

If I had written "Futuristic UNIMOG blah blah Concept", or simply ended the title with a question mark, it would have been more accurate.

Small detail, and I didn't really know what I had stumbled across until I found the articles in English, but it could have been better.

 

Nah, all good fun !

 

I wonder what the Fording Kit looks like ?

 

55 gallon drum of silicone?

 

That spray on "NeverWet" maybe?

 

Mines been a hybrid for 10 years now!

Boy, the truck looked good with the new paint job. Its a bit rougher now.

Oh, those tires were awful! So glad for the MPT-81's on it now.

 

Leaked photo of Fording Kit concept.

 

That is a "portal offset" !!

 

High clearance sprayer? you've met your match!