CityCar

This article is about the concept car. For urban cars in general, see City car.
Not to be confused with Citicar.
Sketch of the CityCar, the ultra-small vehicle developed by MIT Media Lab.

The CityCar or MIT CityCar is an urban all-electric concept car designed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab. The project was conceived by William J. Mitchell and his Smart Cities Research Group. It is now led by Kent Larson, Director of the Changing Places Research Group at the Media Lab. The project came into reality in 2003 under the support of General Motors. Time magazine choose the CityCar to be one of the "Best Inventions of 2007".[1]

Hiriko Driving Mobility, a Basque consortium, created a commercial version based on the CityCar and began manufacturing of test pre-production cars in 2012. The production car, called Hiriko, is scheduled to begin a trial in Vitoria-Gasteiz by late July 2012 as part of a carsharing program.[2] Other trials are expected to follow in Bilbao, Boston, Malmö,[3][4] and the Hiriko Fold, one of the three models planned for production, is scheduled to go on sale in 2013.[5][6]

  1. ^ "The Best Inventions Of 2007: Car, Compacted". Time. 2007-11-01. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
  2. ^ Ania Elorza (2012-07-05). "Vitoria dejará de recoger las basuras los sábados para ahorrar - El servicio de alquiler de coches eléctricos arrancará este mismo mes". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  3. ^ "Hiriko EV Car Will Help The Environment And Lousy Parkers". Huffington Post. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
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