The Tulip is the ultimate vehicle for the modern city. It's ultralight, zero emission, small and nimble personal transportation machine that you can use in your everyday routine or for short recreational trips.
It proposes a whole new business model in this industry: instead of trying artificially to create never-ending demand for new products it proposes a viable alternative- selling only a very durable and high quality substructure and drive train that you can upgrade. This way the owner can reach a great feeling of satisfaction and adopt the idea of a vehicle that is his own highly customized creation rather than a simple replaceable object.
-Ognyan Bozhilov
The Tulip is not yet another electric vehicle. The way I see it's a striving to change the idea of one's personal mobility. I don't think it's enough to cope with the emissions from conventional vehicles. We have to address also the industry which is creating them and the consumer mind of modern people fueling this industry.
-Ognyan Bozhilov
This is why I want to design not only a new type of vehicle, but a whole new model for the personal transportation. An object that evolves with you, something that you form an emotional connection with. Look at it as your home. You can't buy home. You can buy a house and use it as a base to build upon. Model it and arrange it according to your taste and needs until gradually over time it becomes your home. I want to achieve this effect with a vehicle.
-Ognyan Bozhilov
The Tulip relies on quite a few features to achieve maximum efficiency and reduce power consumption: light weight, precise aerodynamics,low tire rolling resistance and regenerative breaking are just some of those.
-Ognyan Bozhilov
Saving weight is probably the most important factor as the Tulip is conceived mainly as a city vehicle where speeds are generally low but you have a lot of acceleration in stop-and-go traffic. The idea of long lasting vehicle rather than one to be replaced every couple of years allows us to use some more expensive and durable materials.
-Ognyan Bozhilov
About Ognyan Bozhilov
Ognyan Bozhilov lives in Sofia, Bulgaria. He work in a big studio for video game development. He have an engineering degree from the Technical University of Sofia and a master degree in transportation design from Scuola politecnica di design/SPD, Milano. He have been awarded in a number of international design competitions organized by renowned automakers, including Citroen C-Design contest and Peugeot design contest:
http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2008/04/22-citroen-c-design-competition-winners/
http://www.tuvie.com/peugeot-stylight-concept-with-big-windscreen-and-unique-aerodynamic-design/
He loves industrial design and everything that looks fresh and new, but that is functional as well. This was his main motivation to design the Tulip, together with the feeling that an urgent change needs to be made in modern city transportation and towards a more sustainable lifestyle in general. He also love purely conceptual designs that we see in sci-fi movies- vehicles, weapons, environments or anything that gets his imagination running. You can find more of his artworks by visiting his Behance profile.