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The BMW Lovos, short for Lifestyle of Voluntary Simplicity, is a solar car concept presented at the Frankfurt motor show in 2009 alongside the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics hybrid concept. It was designed by Anne Forschner, then a 24 year old design student at the University of Pforzheim who had worked as an intern at Mercedes-Benz, Mazda and BMW, and the project was sponsored by BMW. Its hedgehog-like body is made of 260 identical movable parts covered in photovoltaic cells that turn to follow the sun and can also stand up like aircraft spoilers to act as air brakes. The prototype is displayed at the BMW Museum in Munich, and Forschner joined BMW's design studio there after her studies.

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2009 1
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Solar 1
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One-off concept 1
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La BMW Lovos (Lifestyle of Voluntary Simplicity, Mode de vie de la simplicité volontaire en anglais) est un concept car - voiture solaire du constructeur automobile allemand BMW, présenté au salon de l'automobile de Francfort 2009 (IAA).

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La BMW Lovos (Lifestyle of Voluntary Simplicity, Mode de vie de la simplicité volontaire en anglais) est un concept car - voiture solaire du constructeur automobile allemand BMW, présenté au salon de l'automobile de Francfort 2009 (IAA).
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    La BMW Lovos (Lifestyle of Voluntary Simplicity, Mode de vie de la simplicité volontaire en anglais) est un concept car - voiture solaire du constructeur automobile allemand BMW, présenté au salon de l'automobile de Francfort 2009 (IAA).
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    La BMW Lovos (Lifestyle of Voluntary Simplicity, Mode de vie de la simplicité volontaire en anglais) est un concept car - voiture solaire du constructeur automobile allemand BMW, présenté au salon de l'automobile de Francfort 2009 (IAA).
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    La BMW Lovos (Lifestyle of Voluntary Simplicity, Mode de vie de la simplicité volontaire en anglais) est un concept car - voiture solaire du constructeur automobile allemand BMW, présenté au salon de l'automobile de Francfort 2009 (IAA).
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