Topic: Metro Motivation: GM Envisions Networked Mini Cars for City Streets

[sam]

The automaker introduces its Electric Networked Vehicle prototypes, one third the size of a typical car, as a way to reduce big urban auto emissions and traffic congestion

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=gm-electric-networked-vehicle

[Simon]

If it's one third the size of a normal car, how are we supposed to get in it? 

[sam]

normal car US... therefore in the UK its probably a regular size.

[Clive]

Although American cars are much smaller these days.   

[Rik]

They shrank in the wash?

[Clive]

They are all made in Japan!   

[Rik]

And some of them can stop... 

[Clive]

Since when??   

[Rik]

Before 2005.

[Clive]

Ah yes!   

[sam]