Car concepts tend to be a stretch, sure, and they often don’t make it to the road in their full-fledged concept form. But this concept that plans to take to the Consumer Electronics Show is almost too much. Yes, you are seeing that photo correctly. That is a freaking garden in an electric car.
Rinspeed is particularly good at taking weird concepts to showrooms, and just being weird in general. In 2015, they introduced an . In 2007, they planned a that was actually made of plastic.
As for the garden car, Rinspeed calls it the “Oasis.” We at Jalopnik have , with a lot of praise for its ideas toward autonomous driving. Then, we learned that someone could hop out and care for their succulents at a stoplight. (Don’t do that.) The folks at Rinspeed seem thrilled about the garden, with the on the Oasis calling it the “ultimate eye-catcher ... with enough space for growing radishes or even little Bonsai trees.”
Oh, my.
If you can get past the garden, the car has self-driving technology and displays that will tell those inside when a light will turn green. Rinspeed says the garden is only one of the aspects that “creates a new living space in the interior of the car,” with the Oasis also having armchairs and a television.
The car can be privately owned or shared, coming with a ride-hailing app that allows users to choose from available vehicles based on the passenger who’s inside. No joke—the person hailing the ride selects a heart on the person they’d like to ride with the most.
Well, this has all been quite weird. Here are some photos and a video of the car, if you’re a fan of traveling with your small plants:
You stay you, Rinspeed.