A man, from Spokane, Washington USA, has created a tiny electric car that costs $420,000 to build.

Watch the tiny electric car with a length of 102 inches

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Rick Woodbury is the president, founder and sole employee of ‘Commuter Cars’ which he claims can solve the world’s traffic congestion problems.

Rick started the company 21 years ago because of the horrendous traffic he faced daily.

Rick told BTV: “I used to drive a Porsche from Beverly Hills to Hermosa Beach every day and the traffic was horrendous. I noticed that everybody around me was a single occupant in a car, taking up the whole lane.”

Rick then decided to create a tiny car with a length of 102 inches so it can solve the traffic congestion problems.

The microcar – the Tango T500 – takes up less space on the road and can be parked anywhere.

Rick said: “I don’t think there’s any other answer except doubling lane capacity. The length is the same width of a semi-truck so I can park perpendicular to the curb.”

“The coolest feature for me to that it can get through traffic faster than any car in history. You just come up to the stoplight but instead of waiting in line behind all the other cars you just go right up to the line in-between.”

The car may look tiny but it is very comfortable and has enough space. The car is also very safe as it has a roll cage certified by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) for 200 miles an hour race car.

The microcar – which has a Momo steering wheel, a MoTeC dash, and a 4-point shoulder harness – cost an average of $420,000 to build.

Rick said: “It can avoid accidents better than any other – it has the same rollover threshold as a 911 Porsche and it turns instantly unlike a motorcycle which has to counter-steer before it can turn to avoid collisions.”

“The current Tango being built has a 90 kWh hour battery which will give it around 300 miles of range.”

 

 

 

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