- The Citroën Design Team was rewarded for its idea automotive OLI [All-ë] by the Car Design News (CDN) People Awards, which purpose at celebrating excellence in design for each facet of its course of in addition to the design groups behind the automotive.
- Citroën gained three prizes -the Most Sustainable Design Team Award, the Best Interior Design Team Award and the Best Exterior Design Team Award- throughout the second version of the CDN People Awards happening in London on 7 December.
- Citroën Oli idea has a contemporary, inventive design and showcases Citroën’s revolutionary tackle the way forward for electrical mobility. Using light-weight and recycled supplies, it’s designed with effectivity and longevity in thoughts.
Poissy, 11 December 2023 – Citroën has clinched three prestigious awards on the Car Design News People Awards 2023, held in London on December 7. The prizes had been bestowed upon the ground-breaking Citroën OLI idea, acknowledged for its revolutionary, sustainable and forward-thinking design. Organized by the Car Design News (CDN) People, which celebrates excellence in design throughout all sides of the method, they rewarded the Citroën Design Team in 3 classes: the Most Sustainable Design Team, the Best Interior Design Team, and the Best Exterior Design Team.
Citroën’s journey on the Car Design News People Awards 2023 started final July when the Citroën Design Team entered the OLI idea in three classes amongst 15: Best Exterior Design Team, Best Interior Design Team, and Most Sustainable Team.
Oli showcases a brand new design course for Citroën. The design workforce prioritized performance in creating a flexible automobile with a lot house inside that adapts to numerous roles, from a household limo to an city explorer or a piece companion. OLI’s design emphasizes low weight, excessive power, and sturdiness, that includes a flat bonnet, roof, and rear ‘pick-up mattress’ panels. The vertical windscreen minimizes glass utilization, decreasing weight and solar publicity. Identical and light-weight entrance doorways improve effectivity. OLI introduces the brand new Citroën badge, reminiscent of the 1919 emblem, with distinctive entrance and rear lighting modules that had been to progressively change into a part of future manufacturing fashions. The design seamlessly integrates type and performance, providing adaptability and effectivity throughout numerous eventualities.
Oli targets “best-in-class” life cycle evaluation and affords then an revolutionary tackle the way forward for electrical mobility. Designed to problem the established order by the usage of recyclable supplies, and easier manufacturing processes, Oli represents all of the inventiveness and creativity that Citroën is legendary for.
The seats are for instance merely constructed and are fabricated from 80% fewer elements than a standard seat and of recycled supplies. Its idea tyres are estimated to last as long as 500,000 km all through their life, due to a sustainable carcass and tread that may be renewed twice throughout its lifetime.
The variety of parts required for the doorways and seats is diminished to simplify manufacturing processes and cut back weight.
The revolutionary use of accountable, light-weight and recycled supplies in addition to a sustainable simplified manufacturing course of illustrate how Oli is designed with the bottom attainable impression on the surroundings whereas assembly the wants of a number of life.
Its design traits propelled Citroën onto the shortlist, as much as the awards ceremony in London on December 7, the place the Citroën Design Team, represented by Pierre LECLERCQ, Citroën Design Director, Pierre SABAS, Concept Cars Designer, and Raphael DOUKHAN, Exterior Designer, obtained the Most Sustainable Design Team Award, the Best Interior Design Team Award and the Best Exterior Design Team Award.
“I am very pleased to receive these three prestigious awards for the OLI concept, on behalf of the Citroën design team. This recognition testifies the unwavering dedication and ingenuity of our design team. At Citroën, we have always been at the forefront of innovation, and these reaffirm our commitment to sustainable and forward-thinking design. The OLI concept not only showcases our vision for the future mobility but also our team’s prowess in creating versatile and efficient vehicles,” mentioned Pierre LECLERCQ, Head of Citroën Design.
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