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Title: The Foldable Car: Coming to a Parking Spot Near You
Post by: DigitalBuddha on February 06, 2012, 01:27:39 AM
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.

(http://assets2.bigthink.com/system/idea_thumbnails/42237/original/Hiriko-electric-car-007.jpg?1328012577)

Check out the video -
http://bigthink.com/ideas/42237

Title: Re: The Foldable Car: Coming to a Parking Spot Near You
Post by: meekon5 on February 06, 2012, 08:00:14 AM
I can see myself driving one of these.
Title: Re: The Foldable Car: Coming to a Parking Spot Near You
Post by: Hominid on February 06, 2012, 10:41:42 AM
I'll take mine in forest green please...
Title: Re: The Foldable Car: Coming to a Parking Spot Near You
Post by: DigitalBuddha on February 06, 2012, 06:39:05 PM
Forest green would be cool, and yes, driving one would be very dude like IMHO.
Title: Re: The Foldable Car: Coming to a Parking Spot Near You
Post by: GamerDude on February 06, 2012, 11:47:29 PM
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?
Title: Re: The Foldable Car: Coming to a Parking Spot Near You
Post by: Landshark on February 07, 2012, 04:06:22 PM
Car accidents will be getting much more amusing.
Title: Re: The Foldable Car: Coming to a Parking Spot Near You
Post by: Hominid on February 07, 2012, 04:14:27 PM
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.......