MIT Media Lab Rolls Out Folding Car

kkleiner writes "You think European cars are small now, wait till the Hiriko takes to the roads in Spain's northern Basque country. The two-seater is about the size of a SmartCar, but when parked, the car can actually fold. After folding, the car takes up about a third of a normal parking space. The Hiriko, Basque for 'urban car,' folds as the rear of the car slides underneath its chassis. Every square foot counts."

Re:not to mention getting run over by SUVs

[ackthpt]

cause the occupants of an SUV wont be killed if they hit a brick in the road

But they are more likely to suffer injury/fatality in rollover accidents. Funny that. Guess it has something to do with all that mass.

Re:not to mention getting run over by SUVs

[Shompol]

Each year, from 2006 through 2009, drivers of newer SUVs suffered an average of 28 deaths per million vehicles, according to the Institute. That's about half the average driver death rate for cars, which was 56. [cnn.com]