Will You be Driving an iMo or a Mo-Du-Lo?

Huffington Post offers a slide show of finalists in the 2010 Michelin Challenge to come up with the electric cars of the future. The radical designs include unicycles, rolling spheres and designs based on flying fish.

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February 11, 2010, 6:00 AM PST

By Michael Dudley


The images are from the finalists in the competition, which according to the Michelin website, the theme of which was...

"Electrifying! Beautiful, Innovative and Radiant. Now entering its ninth year, the new theme of this fast-growing international design forum recognizes there are a number of innovative technologies emerging within the technical and design communities to support the electrification of vehicles, as well as the renewed importance of an aesthetically and functionally beautiful execution.

MCD Participants for 2010 [were] challenged to create concepts that could dramatically improve energy efficiency, minimize environmental impact and satisfy consumer demand for an attractive and usable vehicle design. They [were] encouraged to explore the future of transportation and illustrate their vision for a vehicle equipped with an alternative powertrain that integrates one or more electric-driven components, and uses innovative technologies, materials, electronics, size and shapes in new and unprecedented ways. "

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