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E.V. Pet
TortoiseJooyeon Shon
Jiwon YoonJihyun Kim
Environmental Issues Increase in Awareness Air pollution
Environmental Issues
EVs are the future of transportation.
EV are cars that give out no pollutants in the air.
Changing one gas car to a EV will affects the earth as if planting 420 trees.
Electronic Vehicles Daily use drawbacks: Waiting time to charge is time consuming. (burden)
20 ~ 30 mins
“ How can we make the charging time more wait-able, enjoyable? ”
< Electronic Vehicle Pets >
A simple and entertainment system of ‘raising your own pet’ for E.V. drivers when charging in public charging stations.
Screen inside of the car
Tesla
BMW i3
Soul
System Concept StatementGoal: “To provide a fun interaction while waiting for the electric car to charge in charging stations, and giving the electrical vehicle users a sense of contribution to the environment.”
User: Electric Vehicle(EV) users.
Context: Social/ethical demands for vehicles that use cleaner energy.
The drawback of lengthy recharging time required on daily basis.
Car → Stop the engine → Get out of car → ID Card → Plug in Charger → Get in car →
Wait → …. → Get out of car → Unplug Charger → Drive
Typical Charging Process
Place-making
Charging the EV
Raising the Pet
Walking the Pet
Walking the Pet
AccessibilityAdopt/Choose a pet to be raised .
Appears only when charging is plugged into the car. Disappears when charging is unplugged.
There is a certain time frame for each pet to be raised.
→ Endangered, Cute, Friendly Animal
→ Eliminate the risk of driving usage and focus on the ‘waiting time’Not Overwhelming/ Distracting
→ Enhance a long term use of the system : adopt new pets.
Consistency
Resilience - Emotional Bond
Customization
Emotional Bond
Pet raising system Average term of use of the Electric Vehicle: Below 5 years.
→ Able to raise (if one pet takes up to 6 months) 6~8 animals
→ Several months for one pet: emotional bond + Collect wider variety of animals.
→ environmental influence
Endangered species
Polar bear
System Diagram1.Human
- ID card
1.Car
- screen
- Battery
- GPS/Navigation
3. Charging Station
card screen GPSrecognize car Toy of station
Pet
Plug in
/out
Full Charge
Notice for full charge
→ Get out of car → Unplug charger → Drive
Car → Stop the engine → Get out of car → ID Card → Plug in Charger → Get in car
→ Pet appear → Feed → Play (toy) → Stroke → Pet gives full Charge notice
Journey map/ story board
User Interaction in Charging Station
→ Playground
Concept movie
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