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

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."

Comments

LoL

[meerling]

What if you forgot to take the groceries out of the back before you 'shut it'?
Will it do that if someone is in the car?
I bet a lot of people would have fun tipping them over when folded up.
The smaller size is only when parked, so it won't help you get into a smaller parking space.
Those tiny casters aren't going to be used for rolling it around anywhere, so why the heck didn't they use something more durable like a post/leg?

It's funny, but not very practical in my opinion. I wonder how many clowns you can cram into it?

Re:LoL

[Type44Q]

I wonder how many clowns you can cram into it?

Jam as many clowns as you can into it, fold it up, expand it, jam a few more in, repeat as necessary.

Bonus: finally a legitimate usage of clowns.

Convenient.

[wcrowe]

It also neatly folds up when rear-ended. Very economical. It doubles as a coffin.