Rinspeed Unveils BMW i3-based Budii Autonomous EV Concept
Swiss tuning house Rinspeed has unveiled its latest concept today, ahead of an official reveal at next month’s Geneva Motor Show. As teased late last year, the carmaker has taken a BMW i3 and transformed it into the Budii – which follo
Swiss tuning house Rinspeed has unveiled its latest concept today, ahead of an official reveal at next month’s Geneva Motor Show.
As teased late last year, the carmaker has taken a BMW i3 and transformed it into the Budii - which follows on from its XchangE concept revealed at the same motor show last year.
Like the XchangE, the Budii is all-electric and self-driven with a steer-by-wire system turning the front wheels and a steering wheel that folds away when not required.
The folding steering wheel sees the Budii go one-up on the XchangE with its more ‘rigid’ steering wheel, but both concepts can be switched from left- to right-hand-drive as the controls (but not the pedals it seems) slide along the dash.
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