RINSPEED's microSNAP / CES 2019

Rinspeed microSnap

RINSPEED microSNAP

Swappe out the Skateboards and bodies at any time

microSNAP 2019

RINSPEED microSNAP

Honey, they shrunk the snap!

Rinspeed microSNAP 2019

RINSPEED microSNAP

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RINSPEED metroSNAP: Concept Car

About the project

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

Honey, I shrunk the “Snap!

Company head Frank M. Rinderknecht has shrunk the “Snap” into the “microSNAP” with the dimensions of a Renault Twizy. And for the first time, Rinspeed demonstrates a fully automated robot station that joins and separates chassis and bodies autonomously. Experts refer to this step in car production where the chassis and the body come together as the mating of an automobile, except here it is not for good, but only for the time of the intended purpose.

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interior metroSNAP

About microSNAP

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

Rinspeed’s concept car microSNAP.

Be it the “Snap” or the “microSNAP,” the basic idea is the same: While the bodies last as long as a car does today, the chassis contain all the components that are subject to wear and aging, such as the computer technology for autonomous driving. “Skateboards” (chassis) and “Pods” (bodies) are only temporary companions for brief periods. Various types of bodies use whatever skateboards are currently available. The skateboards are recycled after a few years, because they will have reached the end of their service life. They thus elegantly avoid an expensive and complicated hardware update.

interior metroSNAP

About OSRAM

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

Smart lighting solutions for a smarter world.

Be it the “Snap” or the “microSNAP,” the basic idea is the same: While the bodies last as long as a car does today, the chassis contain all the components that are subject to wear and aging, such as the computer technology for autonomous driving. “Skateboards” (chassis) and “Pods” (bodies) are only temporary companions for brief periods. Various types of bodies use whatever skateboards are currently available. The skateboards are recycled after a few years, because they will have reached the end of their service life. They thus elegantly avoid an expensive and complicated hardware update.