Parallel parking may become a thing of the past if more of these folding cars go from concept to reality. The Hiriko EV has been given the green light on a miniscule production run (more on that later ...

Parking is about to get a lot easier, as long as you don’t mind driving a car that folds in the middle. Developed over the past four years by MIT, the Hiriko is an electric microcar that has the ...

Remember the folding car? If you’re of a certain age — or just watch a lot of Hulu or Nick at Nite — you probably have the folding (and flying) space car from the Jetsons emblazoned in your mind. It’s ...

We’ve seen folding cars before, but a group of researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have designed an electric vehicle that curls up like an armadillo. The ...

Looking for a parking space for hours at a busy shopping mall or being stuck on roads jammed with cars releasing large amounts of carbon dioxide are all-too-familiar scenes for city dwellers. A group ...

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How many times have you driven around and around a block looking for a parking space on a busy city street? MIT has unveiled a two-seater electric car that is not only small and compact, but when you ...

One of the standout oddities at the Tokyo Motor Show this year was a Hiriko fold-up electric two-seater which received a Gundam-style makeover for the event. The colorful paint job came courtesy of ...

The next great electric car may not be from GM, Ford, or even upstarts like Tesla and Coda. The Hiriko (it means “urban car” in Basque) can fold up in small parking spaces, has a 75-mile range on ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Years ago, and far from Boston, Reagan James and his wife would trek back and forth with their three children from their home in Norway to visit James' native New Zealand. Over time, ...