Coming Soon To A City Near You… Stackable Cars!

SUSIQ DRIVES a Smart Car at the mo, so she is going to go nuts about this concept.

In the near future (we’re talking years, not decades) this little concept may well be the answer to all your public transport woes.

The biggest challenge with using public transport is that it doesn’t always go exactly where you need it to. Parking is at such a premium in most cities that it’s not practical anymore due to a) the cost of parking a car and b) the damage being done to the planet in the process, however those whacky scientists over at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are working on a very cute community driven solution.

It’s called the ‘City Car’ and it is being envisioned as a two-seater electric vehicle powered by lithium-ion batteries. It will probably weigh between 1,000 and 1,200 pounds and could collapse, then stack like a shopping trolley with six to eight fitting into a typical parking space. It isn’t just a car, but is designed as a system of shared cars with kiosks at locations around a city or small community.

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