Car of the Future? I Really Hope Not…

…I always kind of hoped it would look more like the DeLorean. But "evolutionary" designer Ross Lovegrove has a hankering for a futuristic automotive jellyfish that’ll seat four, run on solar energy, drift around on caster wheels, and double as a streetlight. That’s right: when parked, the empty people-pod will ascend upon a telescopic pole and radiate light, illuminating pedestrian walkways and "keeping the ground level free of parked vehicles." Well okay, that’d be a good idea if it weren’t for the fact that scoping out parked vehicles is a major reason for walking around at night. I guess there’d be a lot less reason to do so if said vehicles didn’t look any more interesting than water balloons. Even the mannequins look sad about it. More views at BornRich.