Smart cars, with nearly a million sold in Europe and increasingly visible in the US and Canada, are 8 feet, 8 inches (2.5 meters) long, about a meter shorter than a Mini Cooper. They can be parked perpendicular to the street, front or back wheels to the curb while still inside a parking space, as is often done in Europe.
However, this practice would run head on into North American parking laws. Smart USA Director of Communications Ken Kettenbeil says the company will be talking with NYC and Washington, D.C. initially about how to handle this issue. You might want to start thinking about it. Just what you needed, right? But they do double your parking space. Maybe more?
Read more In Motion items.
Set as favorite
Email This
Hits: 584
Comments (1)
Subscribe to this comment's feed
Show/Hide comments
Write comment
Show/Hide comment form
.gif)
