http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/ Engadget Comments for MIT developing carbon-free, stackable rental cars http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/
-2 stars??]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/442/]]>Nov 2nd 2007 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Dec 1st 2007 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/I think this is a good idea, but I do see problems. First, how do they stack? Most people can't park well as it is, and this seems to need some amount of precision, especially to make sure they charge. Also, you're kind of limited in that you need to pick up and drop off the car in certain locations. ]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/
http://www.conceptcar.co.uk/concept-cars/concept-car-27.php

Electrical, 2 seater, retractable rear wheels. I wonder if this is a coincidence.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/It's an H2 or nothing, pal!]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/
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That's not even getting into the production of the plastic body...]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/
I don't think pure electric will have wheels (see what I did there?) until we solve the battery problem -- they're heavy as hell, expensive as hell, and possibly worse for the environment than the emissions from the vehicles they replace -- but once we get there, it's a useful shift IMHO.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/
I think this idea is good and bad. I agree with the fact that it may congest traffic even more, but as for city transport, I have taken the bus for years and its not all that reliable, and it doesn't take you everywhere.

This is part of our ever changing future I think, and eventually cities might be ale to adapt.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/
and in most places, electrical does not mean carbon free.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/Nov 2nd 2007 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/mit-developing-carbon-free-stackable-rental-cars/
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Imagine paying your money and taking the first one off the stack, and it just happens to be the one last used by a vomiting drunk, or intravenous drug user, or insert-your-disgusting-human-behavior-here.

Civil disobedience would take on a whole new meaning...you'd have groups of people urinating in the cars whenever the price went up, or whatever. I think the idea is great, but I don't think I'd be too eager to open the door on one of these things. No telling what I'd find.

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