SHANGHAI — It's not fairly as foldable as the space vehicle that cartoon figure George Jetson pops into his suitcase as he bops into the office.
But the EN-V concept car, GM's automobile solution for the future, just might fit into an apartment lobby.
General Motors and its Chinese associate SAIC will showcase the Electric Networked-Vehicle launched Wednesday in their joint exhibition area at the Shanghai Expo, which opens May 1 and runs for six months.
The EN-V, pronounced envy, is GM's latest endeavor to burnish its credentials as a future-focused, environmentally friendly company and shed its image as the bastion of the gas guzzling Hummer. The automaker is in the process of winding down Hummer after a contract collapsed to sell it to a Chinese heavy equipment maker.
GM is not alone in viewing China as the eventual landscape for tiny urban vehicles. Daimler introduced its Smart ultracompact here in 2008, though little of them can be seen yet on Shanghai streets.
The two-wheel, two-seater EN-V, which looks impressive like an oversized vacuum cleaner, is not just about making vehicles little, lightweight and emission-free, the company says.
What we're talking about here is entirely redoing the automobile, says Michael Albano, director of product and technology communications at General Motors International Operations its worldwide headquarters for international business in Shanghai.
With the trunk-less EN-V, GM has jettisoned the conventional three box system and gasoline-fueled engine in place of a pure-electric mini vehicle meant firmly for city driving. Five fit in the parking space needed for one conservative vehicle, says Kevin Wale, president and managing director for GM China Group.
But the EN-V concept car, GM's automobile solution for the future, just might fit into an apartment lobby.
General Motors and its Chinese associate SAIC will showcase the Electric Networked-Vehicle launched Wednesday in their joint exhibition area at the Shanghai Expo, which opens May 1 and runs for six months.
The EN-V, pronounced envy, is GM's latest endeavor to burnish its credentials as a future-focused, environmentally friendly company and shed its image as the bastion of the gas guzzling Hummer. The automaker is in the process of winding down Hummer after a contract collapsed to sell it to a Chinese heavy equipment maker.
GM is not alone in viewing China as the eventual landscape for tiny urban vehicles. Daimler introduced its Smart ultracompact here in 2008, though little of them can be seen yet on Shanghai streets.
The two-wheel, two-seater EN-V, which looks impressive like an oversized vacuum cleaner, is not just about making vehicles little, lightweight and emission-free, the company says.
What we're talking about here is entirely redoing the automobile, says Michael Albano, director of product and technology communications at General Motors International Operations its worldwide headquarters for international business in Shanghai.
With the trunk-less EN-V, GM has jettisoned the conventional three box system and gasoline-fueled engine in place of a pure-electric mini vehicle meant firmly for city driving. Five fit in the parking space needed for one conservative vehicle, says Kevin Wale, president and managing director for GM China Group.
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