User:Hayforthewin/Pininfarina Teorema

The Pininfarina Teorama is a 5-seater autonomous vehicle unveiled in 2021. It is Pininfarina's first concept car to be fully developed digitally. {See if you can find an exterior photo of the car that's in the public domain}

Development
The Teorema was a joint project penned by Pininfarina's design teams in Cambiano, Italy and Shanghai, China. Due to the entirety of the vehicle being developed using virtual reality technologies, the Teorama only exists in the digital world with no real-life model so far. It is the first fully digitally developed automobile ever in Pininfarina's legacy.

Exterior
The Teorema is 5400 mm (212.6 inches) long while it measures just 1400 mm (55.1 inches) high. In comparison, the vehicle is longer than a Chevrolet Tahoe but around 20 inches lower than the Chevy SUV and slightly taller than a 2020 Porsche 911.

Interior
The Teorama is capable of seating up to five passengers in lounge-style seats. The driver sits in a central seating position that is slightly placed in front of the two passengers' seats on its sides, and a row of the remaining two rear seats are placed behind them. {If there's a way to include a photo of the interior that's in the public domain, it would be a useful addition to clarify this.} Since the Teorama was developed with autonomous driving in mind, the central driver's seat was made to be able to rotate to face the four rear occupants in a self-driving scenario. Four rear seats are also modifiable and can be transformed into two slender beds. The fold-flat seats are developed by an Italian furniture brand Poltrona Frau.

Steering system is provided with a pair of joystick-style controls that fold out from the dashboard. Such a compact transformation mechanism makes it easier for the driver to disable the self-driving feature and take over the vehicle.

When the driver wants to take over from the car's self-driving system, a pair of joystick-style controls fold out from the dash. Such a design is more compact than having a steering wheel that needs to be folded away.

The Teorama does not have a side door. According to Pininfarina, the vehicle's roof rises upward and forward so that the passengers can "simply walk inside of it" from the rear to enter the vehicle, yet the company did not provide the visual presentation of the feature. The design lets passengers to enter the car through the rear via such mechanism, and the center section serves as an illuminated walkway to assist occupants to locate themselves to their seats.

Chassis
Teorama uses the scalable modular skateboard chassis provided by Benteler, a Germany-based engineering company that is also developing the platforms for Pininfarina's upcoming production models. {Also great to expand}

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