This project is mainly focuses on the fun and recreational vehicles. These vehicles are may be or may not be daily commuter yet they such vehicles invoke feeling of joyfulness, enjoyment and excitement while riding. ‘Mobility for Fun’ projects major aim to identify what makes any vehicle to raise such feelings and articulate them into more meaningful manner. This project will help to know how excitement, enjoyment etc. fun felling appealed through a vehicle.

Mobility is broadly understood as a medium of commuting from point A to Point B. This commuting process need not to be dull, boring or grey in nature. When fun element attached to any object it become as a game. Being human we love to play and enjoy, it is sort of recreational activity and mental boost to humans. This project is exactly probing into that area and tries to identify and explain what are those factors in mobility which create enjoyable experience. Going one step ahead this project also attempt to identify what are the aspects make mobility more enjoyable.

Automobiles are the most preferred means of transport in an urban scenario owing to their ease of use, freedom, and convenience. The increasing urbanisation due to the rapid development of the economy has resulted in an explosion of vehicles on the urban roads to such an extent that driving a car or wide-track vehicle is nearly impossible. The exploding traffic scenario poses a lot of problems, like congestion, air pollution, noise pollution, frustration, etc. The lack of adequate infrastructure and space also adds to the issues of congestion and increasing traffic jams in the cities. Protection from the elements like rain, dust, and smoke is another factor forcing commuters to drive big, inefficient vehicles to the workplace rather than riding a single-track motorcycle, which offers no or minimum rider protection. Also, the inadequacy of mass transport systems and a general perception of the vehicle as a necessity rather than a luxury are resulting in higher rates of vehicle ownership. All these issues call for a new segment of vehicle, which is for urban commuting, addressing the issues of rider protection, parking, pollution, and making vehicles fun to ride.

This project focuses on an emergent modular design approach. It is an attempt to combine the advantages of standardisation and customization. The modular vehicle is a disruptive concept for future mobility systems.

Current vehicles are remotely modular within their brands. This project deals with the idea of modularity in vehicles. An alternate way of building vehicles in the future, where vehicles will not stay as they are for the entire product life cycle. At any given point, vehicles may be modified aesthetically or technologically. In that way, there will be absolutely no need to change the entire vehicle. This will result in the utilisation of a much smaller amount of resources to build a new vehicle. Secondly, the user can keep pace with ever-changing technologies; hence, he has the opportunity to update his vehicle by paying only a fraction of the cost.

A modular vehicle enables a user to build, modify, or upgrade this vehicle as per his personal preferences and evolving needs. This may also lead to an increase in the longevity of the vehicle.