Rinspeed’s Ʃtos: An autonomous hybrid sports car that comes with a drone

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You don't normally think of the Swiss as wild and wacky people, but when it comes to cars, they just can't help expressing themselves. There's Sbarro, which made weird and wonderful things like the Challenge. And more recently, there was the sQuba—part Lotus Elise, part submarine—from Rinspeed. Rinspeed has just previewed its latest concept, the Ʃtos, which we'll all get to see properly at CES in January.

The Ʃtos is Rinspeed's take on the autonomous car. Details are few right now, but we know it's going to be a hybrid sports car that can drive itself. And to help it do that, the Ʃtos comes with its own drone. The company helpfully suggests that the drone could deliver bouquets of flowers that the driver orders online, as well as the more plausible sounding idea of filming oneself on one's favorite road.

In autonomous mode, the car's steering wheel retracts and the screens on the dash move closer to the occupants for added drama.