MIT Researchers design stackable electric car
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MIT Researchers design stackable electric car
I must say, this is pretty cool and could be very useful.
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That's the vision of a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab. With backing from General Motors Corp., they are building a prototype of a lightweight electric vehicle that can be cheaply mass-produced, rented by commuters under a shared-use business model, and folded and stacked like grocery carts at subway stations or other central sites.
It's called the City Car, and the key to the concept lies in the design of its wheels. Dreamers have been reinventing the wheel since the days of cave dwellers. But the work underway in "the Cube," the Media Lab's basement studio, may be the most ambitious remake yet.
It's called the City Car, and the key to the concept lies in the design of its wheels. Dreamers have been reinventing the wheel since the days of cave dwellers. But the work underway in "the Cube," the Media Lab's basement studio, may be the most ambitious remake yet.
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Its sad that although these are incredible plans that are awesome for the environment and great on paper... these will never launch because taxpayers don't want to waste money on it, they always want lower taxes and more government funding for projects... which makes no sense at all.
Not only that but knowing these systems like how the subways are... they'll be shitty and trashed in no time.
Only place i can see this taking off is in tokyo or something.
Not only that but knowing these systems like how the subways are... they'll be shitty and trashed in no time.
Only place i can see this taking off is in tokyo or something.
