Mass personalized transit – the ‘city car

posted by Neil Takemoto | January 2, 2006 | In Mobility

Stackable cars, MIT

What happens when you cross car sharing with a shopping cart?

The people at MIT have an answer that poses such a question – the city car… and it’s set to be built as a prototype by GM.

Stackable like a shopping cart to save space, the electric two-seat city car is designed for pedestrian-oriented communities (ie cities) that suffer from single (or double) occupancy vehicle congestion and a dearth of parking. With independent wheels, it ‘drives like a computer chair’, thus making parallel parking a snap.

It’s the next step beyond the current version of car sharing, which is already quite the cool, urban success story.

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Trevor

So, If I’m “stacked” in the middle, how do I get my car out?
https://cooltownstudios.com Neil

Think ‘shopping cart’. The cars are shared and not owned by individuals, just like with car sharing vehicles.
LESLEY

I’M AFRAID YOU WOULDN’T WANT MY CAR AFTER I’D HAD IT FOR A WHILE, BUT I’D LIKE A NEW ONE EACH TIME.