You might be able to park two Smart cars in the same space as one real car, but what if your electric runabout had the same footprint as a Honda Gullwing? The Armadillo-T does exactly that by folding onto itself.
Developed by the innovative team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), the Armadillo-T is – at best – a car for running around a dense urban metropolis. It only seats two, has barely enough room for a baguette, and with a paltry 13.6 kWh battery good for a claimed 62-mile range and a top speed of just under 40 mph, you might be better off getting a scooter and two helmets.
But once you get out of the Armadillo, the 992-pound EV shrinks from 110 inches to 65 inches by folding its tail over its top. With Korea's 16-foot parking spaces, that means you could fit three of these things into a single space – with a little help from your smartphone.
Once you pick a spot, get out and open up an app on your phone, you can fold the Armadillo and then park it remotely thanks to the super short wheelbase and four independently controlled wheels that can turn the EV 360 degrees on a postage stamp. Too bad it has the same shot at production as a hovercar.
Photos and video courtesy of KAIST
