What should the urban vehicle of the future look like? Long-range super VAN gives its own answer. It uses wire-controlled skateboard chassis technology to realize the customization and variability of vehicle models. The same chassis structure can customize various functions that customers want according to their needs. With electric energy as the driving energy, the interactive system of super VAN needs to be flexible and changeable, and can adapt to various scenes in the city.

Design considerations for new species

Convex and concave design was honored to be invited to design a car-machine interaction system for the new species of Super VAN. When receiving the project requirements, the convex and concave team adhered to the design concept of "everything starts from the user experience" and deeply explored the real needs of users throughout the day in the driving scene of super VAN. Convex and Concave know very well that the driving and use of new species is bound to be completely different from HMI projects encountered in the past. It can be said that the super VAN car machine system will be an excellent helper to assist car owners in commercial activities in the new commercial era.

As a car-machine system for urban freight drivers, super VAN can not only be a simple mobile tool for shipping goods, but also a commercial body with multiple functions, in addition to the functions of intelligent zoning storage and cargo compartment environment monitoring. As a commercial body, it needs to carry more communication with the outside world, and also needs to consider whether the personnel in the car for a long time can use the car machine system as a workstation.

Therefore, the convex and concave design team interviewed a number of target users, sorted out similar needs in various scenarios, and sorted out the user's journey in the car in the "complete day. Different from the humanistic care of "feeling of home on the move" required in the long-distance freight of heavy trucks, the driving environment of the city is more complicated. When driving, drivers need to communicate with the outside world and need traffic guidance; and as a mobile commercial space, It also needs more entertainment functions and emotional experience.

Flexible and versatile full-featured commercial ride-hailing system
Therefore, convex and concave set the split-screen operation mode of free switching in the design, and realize the global function of multi-task sub-focus highlighting and presenting at the same time. Each task block can be quickly and flexibly changed in size. When driving, the owner focuses on looking at road conditions and navigation, and the navigation module can be set as the maximum display area. When stopping to load and unload goods or to check the logistics status, the work information module can be expanded to check the task of transporting goods this time. In the system design of super VAN, the convex and concave logistics system is highly embedded in the car machine system, instead of the traditional logistics app, it is used alone in mobile devices.

▲ Layout planning in the early stage of design

When the super VAN is parked, the entertainment system in the car machine will become the key content presented in the interface. At this time, the navigation module and logistics system will be reduced to the minimum state to provide more convenient commercial entertainment equipment for the car owner.

visual style
Unlike passenger cars, which focus on life scenes, super VAN is more like a business partner of users, because clarity, efficiency and reliability are the most critical attributes in HMI's visual perception. According to these keywords, convex and concave refine the emotional version of remote super VAN.

Due to the integration of multiple functions, convex and concave need to consider how to integrate functions and entertainment into a set of harmonious visual language in the design, which can not only reflect the sense of science and technology of the remote car, but also make the car look beautiful and fashionable when it becomes a commercial body. The oblique line of the triangle not only makes the interface more sharp and stable visual experience, but also makes the layout combination between modules more organic fusion.

In terms of texture and color matching, blue-gray as the main color reflects the rationality and reliability of super VAN, and fluorescent blue as the embellishment color enhances the overall sense of technology.

For the navigation interface of the central control, the convex and concave are also customized. The three-dimensional 3D effect is matched with the route mark, giving the user a sense of control over the day's work schedule.

In addition to the conventional work and entertainment functions, convex and concave define the unique functions of health detection, sentinel mode, car-home interconnection and so on for super VAN to meet the needs of logistics vehicle owners, and give a unified design language to form a complete set of logistics vehicle-mounted system.

Under the excellent car-machine interaction system, every remote super VAN will become a smart node in the logistics ecology, and every super VAN owner can enjoy the best resources and the best service system in the industry. Whether as a city freight vehicle or a roadside mobile commercial body, Super VAN's car-machine system can link a powerful "remote e-home" to support the driving and use of every car owner.

Create green interconnection, leading the wisdom of commercial city freight. The convex-concave design helps to build a digital magic cargo bay remotely, which will take each super VAN as a node to build a complete set of surface ecosystem and optimize the urban freight structure. Convex and Concave expect more partners to design and empower new products, and truly focus on user experience to breed the birth of new species.