With this futuristic V2G Concept, Nissan beat other carmakers and won the Design Challenge at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The V2G was envisioned as a “youthmobile” for the year 2030. We think that it looks quite like how a wheelbarrow would look if it were crossed with a roller skate.

Nissan declined to provide details but it has been revealed that the V2G uses “bioresin impregnated carbon nanotube cloth” technology. Chuck Pelly, director of Design Los Angeles, said that the scope of the submissions this year was very impressive but that in the end, the decision was based on which team had the most inventive and solution-oriented design. Pelly said that Nissan’s designers “showed passion and were able to create the ultimate Youthmobile for 2030 with their V2G design.” Pelly added that a panel of design professionals judged the entries, which were assessed for “originality of creative concept, integration of futuristic design elements and level of adaptation to the needs of the youth consumer in 2030.” More details after the jump!

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Can you imagine what the cars would be like in 2030? That challenge was posed to South Californian design studios and each of them produced their own interpretation of Youthmobile 2030.

Participating design studios include Audi, GM, Honda, Mazda, Nissan and Toyota. Indeed, the cars boast awe-inspiring features, ranging from shapeshifting, changes in colors and materials, a link into a transit system where drivers not only share the commute but trade music and compare class schedules. Chuck Pelly, director of Design Los Angeles and partner in The Design Academy, Inc., said that this year’s Design Challenge has given these studios the opportunity to use their creative talents to revisit the concept of the car of the future. They were given the chance to use the latest technologies to explore the requirements of young people. Judges for these entries include Tom Matano, Director of Industrial Design at San Francisco’s Academy of Art University; Imre Molner, Dean of Detroit’s College for Creative Studies; Stewart Reed, Chair, Transportation Design, Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design and Jason Hill, Principal of Eleven, LLC and Designer of the Aptera electric and plug-in hybrid/electric vehicle. Plenty of photos after the jump!

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