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LA Auto Show \ California Design Challenge
Entry: GMC PAD, General Motors Advanced Design, California
Team Members:
Steve Anderson – Concept & Strategy, Design Manager
Senon B. Franco lll – Exterior Design
Jay Bernard – Interior Design
Digital Modelling:
Phil Tanioka, Sidney Levy, Brian Horton & Alessandro Zezza
Color:
Christine Ebner
Studio Director:
Frank Saucedo
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Why commute? - Adapt.
That’s the thinking behind the GMC PAD, which offers an innovative look at
an urban loft with mobility.
It’s a home ownership concept that enables cultural and geographic freedom for
the modern city dweller.
The GMC PAD features a diesel-electric hybrid system for propulsion while in
DriveMode, and serves as a generator for the onboard power grid for LifeMode.
The media rich environment is unlike any other, and comes with an endless
variety of entertainment, information and security options. With the GMC PAD,
home is where you want it.
And commuting is what other people do.
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Affordable Housing in LA?
The GMC PAD, an urban loft with mobility, a concept for living in the
ever-changing cultural landscape of Southern California or, quite simply, a
modern alternative for those priced out of Southern California’s escalating
housing market. It’s a home ownership concept that enables cultural & geographic
freedom for the modern city dweller.
It’s a concept that represents a reasoned solution to the problems of urban
sprawl, development, and it’s damaging effects on the region’s environment.
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Why Commute?
With the PAD, your LA Adventure is your next stop. It’s where you live, where
you work, or merely where you want to be. Whether located in walking distance
from your job, spending a couple evenings along PCH, or wintering at Mammoth,
with the GMC PAD, home is where you want it. And commuting is what other people
do.
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Sensible.
The GMC PAD features a Diesel-Electric hybrid system, which acts as a generator
for the onboard power grid as well as propulsion for DriveMode.
With the PAD’s resource management technology, onboard fuel & water supplies
would last for weeks or even months on end.
During daylight hours, the PAD’s SkyDeck features 6 M-Sq of photovoltaic cells
that collect and store the sun’s natural energy.
An electromagnetic suspension aids in levelling & stabilization when the PAD is
being used in the LifeMode as well as remarkably easy handling while in
DriveMode.
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Life, connected.
Direct TVä, OnStarä, XMä Satellite Wi-Fi and are continually online to provide
an endless variety of entertainment, information and security options and the
PAD’s LCD interior architecture creates a media rich environment unlike any
other.
Electronically variable exterior glazing means privacy is always at your
fingertips.
The PAD’s rearmost area is devoted to a personal spa created in conjunction with
Kohlerä.
The food prep / kitchen area features a full suite of PAD-specific appliances
developed by Thermadorä and, with a teraflop of on board memory, the digital
life has never been so deep & abundant.
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Adapt.
The PAD has also been created with modularity in mind.
As such, the vehicle could easily be adapted for use in government roles such as
disaster response and emergency housing as well as public sector uses such as
Star Waggonsä for the entertainment industry or on-site management offices for
events, construction, and media.
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Enjoy.
For outdoor living, the PAD features an integrated SkyDeck for enjoying the
sights & sounds of LA culture.
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GMC PAD
GM West Coast Advanced Design Studio
Designers: Steve Anderson, Senon B. Franco III, Jay Bernard, Phil Tanioka,
Sidney Levy, Brian Horton, Alessandro Zezza, Christine Ebner, Frank Saucedo
Contact: Steve Anderson @ 818.822.3063
or
steve.r.anderson@gm.com
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