E.V. Pet

TortoiseJooyeon Shon

Jiwon YoonJihyun Kim

Environmental Issues Increase in Awareness Air pollution

Environmental Issues

EVs are the future of transportation.

EV are cars that give out no pollutants in the air.

Changing one gas car to a EV will affects the earth as if planting 420 trees.

Electronic Vehicles Daily use drawbacks: Waiting time to charge is time consuming. (burden)

20 ~ 30 mins

“ How can we make the charging time more wait-able, enjoyable? ”

< Electronic Vehicle Pets >

A simple and entertainment system of ‘raising your own pet’ for E.V. drivers when charging in public charging stations.

Screen inside of the car

Tesla

BMW i3

Soul

System Concept StatementGoal: “To provide a fun interaction while waiting for the electric car to charge in charging stations, and giving the electrical vehicle users a sense of contribution to the environment.”

User: Electric Vehicle(EV) users.

Context: Social/ethical demands for vehicles that use cleaner energy.

The drawback of lengthy recharging time required on daily basis.

Car → Stop the engine → Get out of car → ID Card → Plug in Charger → Get in car →

Wait → …. → Get out of car → Unplug Charger → Drive

Typical Charging Process

Place-making

Charging the EV

Raising the Pet

Walking the Pet

Walking the Pet

→ Get out of car → Unplug charger → Drive

Car → Stop the engine → Get out of car → ID Card → Plug in Charger → Get in car

→ Pet appear → Feed → Play (toy) → Stroke → Pet gives full Charge notice

AccessibilityAdopt/Choose a pet to be raised .

Appears only when charging is plugged into the car. Disappears when charging is unplugged.

There is a certain time frame for each pet to be raised.

→ Endangered, Cute, Friendly Animal

→ Eliminate the risk of driving usage and focus on the ‘waiting time’Not Overwhelming/ Distracting

→ Enhance a long term use of the system : adopt new pets.

Consistency

Resilience - Emotional Bond

Customization

Emotional Bond

Pet raising system Average term of use of the Electric Vehicle: Below 5 years.

-> Able to raise (if one pet takes up to 6 months) 6~8 animals

- Several months for one pet: emotional bond + Collect wider variety of animals.

Endangered species

Polar bear

System Diagram1.Human

- ID card

1.Car

- screen

- Battery

- GPS/Navigation

3. Charging Station

card screen GPSrecognize car Toy of station

Pet

Plug in

/out

Full Charge

Notice for full charge

Journey map/ story board

User Interaction in Charging Station

→ Playground

Concept movie