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MIT Media Lab Rolls Out Folding Car

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 25, 2012 @06:33AM from the sub-sub-compact dept.

kkleiner writes "You think European cars are small now, wait till the Hiriko takes to the roads in Spain's northern Basque country. The two-seater is about the size of a SmartCar, but when parked, the car can actually fold. After folding, the car takes up about a third of a normal parking space. The Hiriko, Basque for 'urban car,' folds as the rear of the car slides underneath its chassis. Every square foot counts."

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Cool by cyberchondriac · 2012-01-25 06:35 · Score: 4, Funny

Unless it lacks a safety to prevent it from folding while you're in it! :D

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1. Re:Cool by Tarlus · 2012-01-25 06:54 · Score: 5, Funny
  
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What is this? by Moheeheeko · 2012-01-25 06:41 · Score: 4, Funny

A car for ants?!? It needs to be at least.....twice as big as this!!
1. Re:What is this? by Tanman · 2012-01-25 06:59 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Is this car a part of the Volkswagen Center for Drivers Who Can't Park Good and Wanna Learn to Drive in the City Too?
Re:Jetsons by sehlat · 2012-01-25 06:43 · Score: 5, Funny

with enough evolution it could fly and fold even more into a (not heavy) briefcase.
Not evolution. Intelligent design should work, though.
Oblig xkcd by Chemisor · 2012-01-25 07:05 · Score: 4, Funny

I prefer folding cars the old fashioned way.