Science & Technology

Japanese firm invents futuristic folding car

By T.K. Randall
December 29, 2017

Image: Driving Car
Credit: Santeri Viinamäki / CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted) Ever tried to find a parking space only to find that all the other cars are parked too close together ? If so, then perhaps the Earth-1 electric car might be worth considering.

Designed by Kunio Okawara - the artist behind the transforming robots featured in the long-running TV series Gundam - the new vehicle certainly looks more like a robot than it does a car.

"Extremely tiny vehicles can park in narrow spaces," said Hiroomi Kinoshita of Four Link Systems.

"We initiated our project to fold a car and transform it in to something smaller to help with the concept of reducing parking spaces."

With an estimated price tag of $70,000 USD, the Earth-1 is set to become available in March 2018.


Source: Straits Times

Tags: Earth-1, Folding Car