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The Hiriko is a folding two-seat urban electric car being developed by the Hiriko Driving Mobility consortium in the Basque Country. The electric car is the commercial implementation of the CityCar project developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab since 2003.〔 The name Hiriko comes from the Basque word for "urban" or "from the city".〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hiriko, and what it means for social innovation in Europe )〕 Three versions are being developed: the Fold microcar; the Alai, a convertible; and the Laga, a small truck. The Hiriko is designed specifically for short-distance urban carsharing programs and municipal fleets.〔〔 A manufacturing trial of 20 pre-production cars began in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, in July 2012.〔〔 A pilot program is scheduled to take place in Germany in 2013 to integrate the Hiriko Fold into Deutsche Bahn's railway service to allow their customers the possibility of using a vehicle parked at the station with which to complete the last mile of the journey to their final destinations.〔 Production was planned for the second quarter of 2013 with retail deliveries initially scheduled to begin in 2014, at a price starting at () plus battery leasing fees.〔〔 In May 2013 the Hiriko consortium announced the project is having difficulties to continue with the commercial development phase due to lack of financing.〔 ==History== The concept behind the Hiriko urban electric car was originally conceived by William J. Mitchell and his Smart Cities Research Group at the MIT Media Lab in 2003 as the MIT Car and later the CityCar project. Upon William Mitchell's death, the project was led by Kent Larson, director of the Changing Places Research Group. The commercial development of the Hiriko began in 2010 in the Science park of Alava, Basque Country, by the Spanish consortium Hiriko Driving Mobility in collaboration with the Changing Places Group and the Spanish government, which provided million ( million) in financial support.〔 The Hiriko Driving Mobility consortium includes seven Spanish companies under the promotion and leadership of the Association for the Development and Promotion of Industrial and Sport Activities from Alava (Afypaida), the Basque Center for Innovation Denokinn, and the Entrepreneurship and New Business Development Epsilon Euskadi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hiriko.com/consortium )〕 A production prototype of the Hiriko Fold was formally unveiled by the President of the European Commission José Manuel Durão Barroso in January 2012. The variable wheelbase concept of the Hiriko first featured in the 1992 Renault Zoom concept car.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.autoconcept-reviews.com/cars_reviews/renault/renault-zoom-concept-1992/cars_reviews-renault-zoom-concept-1992.html )〕 The folding city car was invented in 1929 by Engelbert Zaschka, a three-wheeler with a single cylinder engine on the rear, which could be disassembled into three pieces.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zaschka )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hiriko」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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