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From the hands of a design student comes the Renault Höga, a utility-sized electric car that is purchased from Ikea and assembled at home, with the help of some instructions and basic tools
Buy an electric car for parts, like an Ikea piece of furniture, and assemble it in your home. That's what Ryan Schlotthauer, a design student at the Faculty of Creative Studies in the United States, proposes with his Renault Höga concept. The Renault Höga is delivered in a box and its 374 parts can be assembled in just a few hours. Of course, we won't see it on the market, since it's the work of a university student from the United States.
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The Renault Höga has the Ikea “get it yourself” concept, which has revolutionized the way you buy furniture. Through comfortable and simple instructions, you can assemble any type of furniture. In that sense, the concept of the Swedish store was applied to this curious zero-emissions prototype.
This is a final thesis work by Ryan Schlotthauer (you can see the project here), a design student at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, United States. It is a vehicle designed for urban travel at an affordable price.
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As proposed by the student, the car is shipped in a box to be assembled by the customer. This box consists of 374 parts (114 of them individual) and the assembly process takes a few hours. The choice of materials was also influenced by Ikea, and this Renault Höga was designed using recycled materials. Thus, at the design level, it stands out for its three large windows, the Renault brand presiding over the front and discreet LED lights on each side.
After the process, we have an electric quadricycle, which can transport a single person, in a tiny, rectilinear body measuring 2,31 meters long, 1,57 meters wide and 1,88 meters high, with 1,36 meters between axes. Likewise, its figure is somewhat reminiscent of the successful Citroën Ami and the Microlino.
The interior of the Renault Höga: reduced to a minimum expression
Although it only admits one person inside, the Renault Höga has a large cabin space within its possibilities, thanks to its cubic shapes. Its creator claims that it could even carry an upright bicycle or a pram, to the right of the driver.
Everything in the cabin has been reduced to a minimum: a seat of the most spartan, a steering wheel, a small screen that serves as a dashboard and a type of larger tablet to control the main functions of the vehicle.
Schlotthauer wanted to apply a modular concept to the interior of the Renault Höga. For example, it can be equipped with a running seat to expand capacity for two occupants or make this side area completely clear to accommodate large objects.
Furthermore, this car uses “production, packaging and Ikea centers with Renault's advanced mobility network”, adds Schlotthauer. It would be “a very inexpensive way to join a mobility program. Ikea and Renault would create together an intelligent, low-cost and sustainable vehicle”, explains the author in his Instagram account.
How much does the electric car that can be assembled at home like an Ikea piece of furniture cost?
Unfortunately, this student's work doesn't contemplate the mechanical part, so we don't know which electrical unit it could integrate, which battery it would have or how many kilometers it would travel. Ryan Schlotthauer, who even dared to put a hypothetical price of 6.500 dollars, adds with the Renault Höga another interesting proposal that accompanies the concept created for GMC, Rivian and Honda.
It is difficult for this prototype to end up leaving, although it could also spark the interest of the French giant, which would lead to seeing it as a production model in a few years.
