Hoover billionaire James Dyson seems to be serious about his spectacular electric car plan. In two years, the first vehicles in a factory in Singapore to roll off the line.

The case shows: in the car industry is probably no longer what it was, the supremacy of Volkswagen, Daimler and Co. may soon history. Because the new drive also gives cross-beginner opportunities to roll up the market with innovative models.

Gone are the days of oily metal bars, valves and spark plugs: In the new car world, a powerful battery, an electric motor and four wheels are enough - the rest is creativity.

It's only a matter of time until Aldi, Ikea or Nokia follow suit with their own cars. SPIEGEL ONLINE already takes a look into the future and shows the Wünsch-Dir-what models of tomorrow.

Wish-you-what-cars

Dyson: Clean thing

The British vacuum cleaner manufacturer Dyson enters the vehicle industry. Company founder James Dyson has been silent about details so far. But SPIEGEL ONLINE explains how it should be.

If the brand name Sauber in the car world had not yet been awarded (to a Formula 1 racing team) - hardly a car would have earned him as much as this one. Because the electric car puts the area through which it drives into a clean state. Two suction inlets draw in air, which is then completely freed of all pollutants and passed into the interior. The particulate emissions of the car is minus 80 grams per kilometer. An optional extension module with wiping function even makes it possible to clean the road. Gas-polluted cities like Stuttgart have already ordered hundreds of copies. With the vehicles sentenced Autoposer and Raser in the context of reintegration measures with 30 kilometers per hour to glide through the city. Also in the choice of materials sets the car standards. The whispering light strips not only reduce wear to zero, but also pick up dirt particles from the floor. Comfortable for the driver: When the programmed route is completed, the car automatically returns to its charging station.

Ikea: Are you still going or are you already driving?

An electric car from the Swedish furniture store Ikea is long overdue. Delivered in half a dozen flat boxes, the Ikea car can be assembled with just a wrench. After three hours, the practical vehicle is mounted and ready to leave the front door.

Practical features: In the trunk, exactly two Billy shelves fit into the recessed benches, which hang into a rail system and whose shelves can be used as stowage compartments at the same time. Due to the box-like shape, the car has the aerodynamics of a house wall, but fit exactly two companions like Tetris stones on a normal Ikea parking lot.

The most important feature is the obligatory hot dog bracket in the center console. In the Ikea nomenclature fitting names are also found quickly: Miljövänlig (dt: environmentally friendly), Utsläppsfria (dt: emission-free) or simply Grönbil (green car) would be just a few examples.

Deutsche Bahn: The large capacity car

For decades, the Deutsche Bahn (DB) sounds that it is a mobility company, not just such a dusty wheel-and-rail state enterprise. Now the company is bringing this idea to an end, with a car that is no longer tied to the track.

With the train car on the highway - drivers are completely new freedoms. For example, there is no obligation to wear a seat belt because the Federal Motor Transport Authority does not feel responsible for the vehicle. The space is overwhelming. Bicycles can be transported on the roof, pushing prams into the vehicle, leaning skis upright against the wall. Since gets the term large capacity car a promising tongue strike.

A few typical quirks on the vehicle can be overcome. The doors often open reluctantly, as facial recognition is not yet mature. For example, she does not recognize small children, so one adult always has to act. The fact that the vehicle often stops for no apparent reason, the DB sells as a "slow down your life" function. Well then -

Nokia: Almost unbreakable

The Finnish manufacturer is the ideal e-car manufacturer - because he follows the rules of the year 2000 in his car. The car with the simple number code 3310 is only available in the color combination blue-white, but with great features: On the one hand, the car is almost indestructible and carries only a few scratches in a crash at 160 km / h.

Although there are classic driving and the game Snake; No functions - but the battery is enough for thousands of kilometers.

Lego: Many cars in one

The toy manufacturer's leghorn is not just a vehicle, but many cars in one. Thanks to the building block system, it can be transformed into an SUV, a sports car or an elegant sedan, even by children.

The big advantage is at the same time a disadvantage. The fact that the offspring will leave for the Legomobil, the legal conflict threatens permanently. Child labor is forbidden in Germany. Or has anyone heard that VW employs workers in daycare?

Douglas: Washing, blow-drying, lying down

Washing, blow-drying, lying down - while driving. It makes possible the T-model from the house of the perfume company. It has its name from Tina, the first name of the charismatic company boss. Tina Müller, according to the company, is one of the biggest fans of the sporty van and has developed special features herself.

Among other things, the scan and radar system, which detects the color of the outfit of the fellow traveler and automatically selects the appropriate make-up colors. The work is done on hair and beauty specialized on-board robots. Vertane time in the bathroom? Was yesterday.

A second model called KT will follow and address more of the male needs of body care, such as morning shaving. KT stands for Müller's former boss Karl-Thomas Neumann, the second Douglas model is based on the Opel Mokka.

Ryanair: Everything for an extra charge

The budget airline has designed the Ryancar for short breaks. In the electric car fit exactly 15 people - in five rows of seats, each with three seats, and that with a vehicle length of just 4.97 meters. The trunk is correspondingly small. But that does not matter: every passenger is only allowed to take a piece of baggage in milk carton format anyway.

The vehicle is available at an unbeatable price of 9.99 euros. And how does Ryanair make money from it? Quite simply, everything else costs extra, this is contractually agreed upon purchase. Who pays, can enter the vehicle first through the Priority door and secure a window seat.

Speaking of seats: A seat with more legroom costs 15 euros extra, as well as the taking of small children (25 euros) with child seat (15 euros), or musical instruments (50 euros). And since the air in the car at full occupancy sometimes a little thicker, even for the use of falling from the ceiling oxygen masks one euro per breath are due. The vehicle has all the advantages of short distances in urban traffic - provided that the driver does not strike.

Aldi: status symbol, no thanks

At the beginning of the nineties, Aldi was successful with powerful and unbeatably affordable home computers. Now, a new business model has to be added that complements the food trade. Time for the Aldi car. Built for those who can do without status symbols, the car offers everything you need - but no more.

The design is similar to the functional style of the Aldi fashion products, and instead of expensive autonomous driving functions and massage seats, the vehicle is down-to-earth equipped.

According to the Aldi principle "a lot of power for little money", the car has a range of 1500 kilometers according to the test cycle WLTP, with a maximum speed of 200 km / h. There are also innovative LED matrix floodlights in the typical A design. Cost: 5000 euros for pickup. The price is possible because Aldi presses its contract manufacturer Volkswagen massively in the price, reports the business press. Throughout its lifespan, the car manages mileage beyond five million kilometers.

Only then will the first inspection of the electric motor begin, which of course can be done at the Aldi service station while you shop next door in the store.

Fritz Hansen: With style in traffic

Cars are more and more in traffic, the more important is an interior that does not bother you. The Danish furniture manufacturer Fritz Hansen has perfected the idea of ​​"beautiful living, beautiful driving". With the help of earlier designs by the ingenious, but often dictatorial, design genius Arne Jacobsen, a rolling conservatory was created, which can be seamlessly docked to single-family homes.

This is how the car becomes an extension of your property. That Fritz Hansen swears by the interior of the Jacomobil on chairs like egg and swan, is almost obligatory. However, this also drives the price to stately 300,000 euros.

Bild-Zeitung: The real people's car

Where is the Volks-Wagen as a supplement to Volks-Tablet and Co.? The aggressive design and the black-white-red livery could turn the car into a blockbuster. Fitting to the newspaper, there are some additional functions: You may overtake with the car everywhere right, on the highway the e-car in the "free ride for free citizen" mode and never runs less than 130 km / h. Cruising cyclists are fully automated megaphone as "left rioters" angelökt.

Bayern Munich: Mia san electric

Jerseys, pants or toasters - the FC Bayern already sells all sorts of fan merchandise, why not an associated car for fans around the world? In addition to a red-blue livery, of course, the car would be the best electric car in the neighborhood - and if a feature of another model outperforms the FCB-Mobil, the car buys it the other car thanks to the "transfer package" independently - FC Bavaria, forever number one. Anyone who buys the "Hoeneß package", thanks to a false license abroad may even handle the annoying vehicle tax - at your own risk, of course.