Scalatan, the supercar from the future breathes oxygen

In late April, Croatian e-supercar manufacturer Rimac Automobili has launched a new design challenge called Vision 2080, asking designers from all over the world to show what they think supercars will look like in 60 years from now. 
One of the most impressive so far is the Rimac Scalatan by Maximilian Schneider. The supercar, whose shapes and curves remind of a futuristic anime dystopia, runs (theoretically) on lithium-oxygen batteries and sports a 3D-carboprinted chassis made of a titanium-graphite alloy, covered by a highly aerodynamic and ultra-resistant graphene outer shell.

The whole concept plays on the organic nature of the materials, as the car metaphorically breathes in oxygen from the air to ignite the power-generating reaction with the lithium inside its batteries. Schneider went into great detail with its design process, in order to adapt Rimac Automobili’s unmistakeable style with the vision of a car from the future. Apparently, it’s a future where seating inside an electric sport car won’t be the easiest or funnest thing to do: inside the Scalatan there’s no clear seating except for a oddly shaped fighter-jet-style cockpit in the middle of the frame. It’s completely unclear how the driver-passenger would be able to hop in, unless in 2080 everyone will also have become a contortionist. 
Except for the frame and the car structure, another interesting design are the tires: they’re 3D-printed with a titanium alloy and they’re able to change their pattern dynamically, based on the surface the car will run on.