This vehicle was designed to convey the founder's vision to investors. He wanted to show an ultra- efficient vehicle at highway speeds, while also giving the occupant a commanding view of the road in slower urban settings. To park the AERO pod folded up so 4 could fit in a normal parking space.

I was tasked with creating a mechanism to open and close the canopy, and move the seat forward and backward automatically.

To realize the canopy vision I created a mechanism that nested in complex surfaces of the greenhouse and was driven by a cable system and Geared down stepper motor.

To move the seat I used two linear actuators to drive a four bar mechanism inside the vehicle to translate and rotate the seat and maintain an ergonomic seating position. Over the course of its travel the seating position changed from a race car seat height (H30~100 mm) to a large SUV (H30~300mm)