Korean 'Armadillo' Electric Car Folds Up, Parks, Controlled By Your Smartphone

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 23, 2013 @06:44AM from the put-it-in-the-glove-compartment-of-your-SUV dept.

cartechboy writes "Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have unveiled a crazy foldable, compact electric vehicle that, well, folds up like an armadillo. What's more, you can engage the armadillo-like folding process as well as actually park the car with a smartphone. Yes, there's an app for that. Not sure if it's the folding part or the idea of people trying to park any car using their cellphones that makes this concerning. The shrinking process takes only around 15 seconds, and reduces the car's 110-inch length to just 65 inches as it essentially curls into a ball."

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Re:How safe is that car? by amiga3D · 2013-08-23 06:59 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Agreed. Nothing like sitting in traffic in a Mustang with a 302 Coyote engine. A piece of shit like this is just the thing for the stop and go commute where 35MPH is almost non-attainable. Not to mention the parking lot where I get fender rubs and door dings weekly.