TIME, the self-driving concept car in collaboration with Tesla

A concept car born from a reflection on emerging self-driving scenarios and on how they are reshaping the way we inhabit time, space, and movement.

Academic year

2024/2025

A concept car born from a reflection on emerging self-driving scenarios and on how they are reshaping the way we inhabit time, space, and movement.

Developed by the students of the Master’s program in Transportation Design at IED Torino in collaboration with Tesla, TIME envisions a near future in which travel time is no longer defined by waiting, but becomes a resource returned to the individual: a “25th hour.” More than a traditional automobile, TIME is conceived as a living space, a mobile environment designed to host activities, relationships, and personal moments. Its exterior is defined by an essential and geometric language, with compact volumes, continuous surfaces, and a wedge-shaped form that merges roof, windshield, and rear window into one single gesture. In contrast with this sharper and more minimal aesthetic, the interior regains warmth, softness, and comfort, creating a fluid space where technology recedes to leave room for human experience.
 

TIME was built by Freeland.car, MINTT, Raitec, AM Costruzione Modelli, with the support of technical sponsors OZ Racing and Lechler. The project is part of the Master’s program in Transportation Design at IED Torino, where each year students develop a full-scale concept car as the culmination of a collective design process.
 

TIME was designed by Guido Baccaglini (Italy), Ria Barve (India), Blanca Bulto Aguirre (Spain), Sara Cambareri (Italy), Gonzalo Castro (Portugal), Yi-Sun Chen (Taiwan), Gautam Desai Ameya (India), Gabriele Listorti (Italy), Matteo Lonardo (Italy), Francesco Magenta (Italy), Alessandro Signorelli (Italy), Federico Tosana (Italy), Zhengjie Wang (China), students of the Master’s program in Transportation Design at IED Torino, academic year 2024/2025, coordinated by Michele Albera, with the Thesis Project coordinated by Michele Albera and Masato Inoue.