A Spanish company has designed a foldable electric car in the hopes of revolutionizing the way we travel around cities, and it is now in the development phase. "Lakota" It can fold itself into a small size so that three vehicles of the same type can park in one place normally.
And when folded, it pulls "Lakota" Its electric motors, brakes, steering system and wheels allow this technology to reduce the dimensions of the car from 3 meters to two meters, and the driver can then get out of the car from the front, according to the site "euronews".
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Old concept…new design
The design of the folding car concept originally dates back to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States in 2010 when the institution launched its prototype. "city ​​car".
In the same smart city project, the MIT team also pioneered a technology called "Roboridas" It is a technology that allows the car to rotate on itself or rotate on its own axis like a spinning top. The research team called the technology a name "Circular rotation"They indicated that it would allow the car to stop on the side of the road or change lanes directly in front of it.
Company planned "NTD" The Spanish automaker (a subsidiary of Seat Volkswagen), has three versions of these foldable cars, a two-seater convertible wagon, and a small delivery van.
Ricardo Arrondo, CEO of the company "NTD": "We’re designing vehicles for the new smart cities, but they can be used now".
The company envisions the two-seater as a city car that can be rented and will be allocated parking spaces at hotels and museums, and drivers can pay less if they agree to broadcast advertisements on the screen mounted on the back of the car when it is folded.
Planning to provide 1200 cars
With its hull of about 580 kilograms, made partly of sticks, the speed is set "Lakota" The maximum speed in the city is 90 kilometers per hour, and according to the manufacturer, it takes only about 15 minutes to fast charge the car from 20 percent to 100 percent while slow charging usually takes about three to six hours.
It is worth noting that the company "NTD" The company, which is looking for the support of a major investor for its project, plans to manufacture 1,200 electric cars in urban areas throughout 2023.
