"Right now", says Kent Larson, "we need to get rid of private, polluting vehicles." It's a bold idea, but 54-year-old Larson is director of MIT Media Lab Changing Places group, and its CityCar project may have a solution.
The Hiriko is a lightweight, foldable two-passenger electric car for short journeys. The team is working with suppliers in Spain ("hiriko" is Basque for "urban"), where the car is entering trials and is likely to form a kind of shared-use, cycle hire-style city fleet. Safer than bikes and with room for shopping, the Hiriko also frees up space because it can be folded when parked - allowing three cars to fit in a single parking space.
By: Jeremy Kingsley, Edited by: David Cornish
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/11/start/drive-it
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