Drive me to the moon in one of these lunar cars

Moon cars can handle the lunar surface.
By Sasha Lekach  on 
Drive me to the moon in one of these lunar cars

What if a car, but on the moon?

The designers for Lexus and Toyota went beyond Earth to cook up concept ideas for out of this world rides. But instead of an all-electric autonomous vehicle with drone helpers like the LF-30 concept car released in 2019, the design team came up with moon cars.

Lexus calls it "moon mobility concepts" but let's be real: These ideas are for riding around the moon like a boss. Seven space vehicle concepts were dreamed up and a selected design featured in Document Journal, an art and culture magazine.

The selection? A concept called "Zero Gravity" that looks like a futuristic motorcycle that can go 310 mph and handle the bumps of the moon's surface, no problem.

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"Zero Gravity" for quite a ride. Credit: lexus

Other ideas from Lexus's ED^2 design studio include glass tubes, a bouncing moon roller, a large-wheeled "cruiser" that transforms into a drone, a seat in a glass bubble, and a six-wheeled rover with a separate living compartment.

Take a look:

This idea transforms into a drone. Credit: lexus
Big wheels for the moon. Credit: LEXUS
Rolling through space. Credit: LEXUS
Chilling in a glass cockpit. Credit: LEXUS

Moon trip anyone?

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Sasha Lekach

Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.


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