The Foldable Car: Coming to a Parking Spot Near You
...there are huge costs to owning and driving cars in cities: (i) cars are gas-guzzlers that pollute the environment; (ii) they are big and bulky, adding to congestion; (iii) individual ownership again leads to more congestion and air pollution. This tension between the need and unsustainability of the automobile calls for a new approach to urban mobility.
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I can see myself driving one of these.
I'll take mine in forest green please...
Forest green would be cool, and yes, driving one would be very dude like IMHO.
This is kinda cute =) I remember seeing a similar car on tv, with a little robot monkey inside that... was helpful in some way (I don't remember exactly what it did, but I think it responded to voice commands). Maybe it's the same one?
Car accidents will be getting much more amusing.
Quote from: Landshark on February 07, 2012, 04:06:22 PM
Car accidents will be getting much more amusing.
No shit - I was in a Smart car once as a passenger - on a freeway in Toronto no less, praying the whole way we didn't take a tumble! You can imagine they'd roll and roll and roll and roll.......