Prius inspired bike, mind controlled shifting

I wouldn’t have imagined myself posting anything related to the Prius on my site but this minimalistic bike was just too cool to pass over. Toyota teamed up with Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Deeplocal, Parlee Cycles to make the PXP. How this bike was influenced by the Prius is beyond me but as you can see, the bike is very sleek but doesn’t look too different from current time trial bikes.

What’s different is the bike comes with a special helmet that reads your brain signals to see when you want to change gears. If that doesn’t work you can resort to shifting gears the normal way. The bike features subtle aerodynamic tweaks like brake lines inside the frame and an iPhone mount. Unfortunately the bike isn’t for sale and was built for design exploration.