Comments on: The Sleek Shape-Shifting Scarab Vehicle http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/02/scarab-vehicle-by-david-goncalves/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:39:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: John E. Fidlerhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/02/scarab-vehicle-by-david-goncalves/comment-page-1/#comment-113339 John E. Fidler Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:29:01 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/02/scarab-vehicle-by-david-goncalves/#comment-113339 That would be a NEW interesting direction for GM! (Now IF they'd only fund it, if they bought it...but alas, they'd probubly just do what they did to my Corvair 3...AKA: "FIERO"! Re-badge it and junk it up. GM missing, my simple concept all together.) That would be a NEW interesting direction for GM! (Now IF they’d only fund it, if they bought it…but alas, they’d probubly just do what they did to my Corvair 3…AKA: “FIERO”! Re-badge it and junk it up. GM missing, my simple concept all together.)

]]> By: phillydrifterhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/02/scarab-vehicle-by-david-goncalves/comment-page-1/#comment-112663 phillydrifter Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:02:01 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/02/scarab-vehicle-by-david-goncalves/#comment-112663 Autobots! Transform and roll out! Autobots! Transform and roll out!

]]> By: Fair Tradehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/02/scarab-vehicle-by-david-goncalves/comment-page-1/#comment-112263 Fair Trade Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:18:11 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/02/scarab-vehicle-by-david-goncalves/#comment-112263 I'm still trying to get my head around how the front wheels work! Great looking vehicles. I’m still trying to get my head around how the front wheels work! Great looking vehicles.

]]> By: glspshttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/02/scarab-vehicle-by-david-goncalves/comment-page-1/#comment-112255 glsps Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:42:01 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/12/02/scarab-vehicle-by-david-goncalves/#comment-112255 These cars look amazing, and incredibly useful--imagine all the ways we could save the landscape by folding up cars instead of building more and more parking lots. However, how can we ever expect these vehicles to reach the market, when the electric car (which was running and test driven) was entirely axed for no reason? The innovation, it seems, has to come from abroad, as the U.S. car makers will never go for this.I also saw a great mutlimedia story on the topic over at FLYP, with cars like these that actually have a real potential to enter the marketplace: http://www.flypmedia.com/issues/12/#4/1 These cars look amazing, and incredibly useful–imagine all the ways we could save the landscape by folding up cars instead of building more and more parking lots. However, how can we ever expect these vehicles to reach the market, when the electric car (which was running and test driven) was entirely axed for no reason? The innovation, it seems, has to come from abroad, as the U.S. car makers will never go for this.

I also saw a great mutlimedia story on the topic over at FLYP, with cars like these that actually have a real potential to enter the marketplace: http://www.flypmedia.com/issues/12/#4/1

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