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Honda Motor Co. (HMC) even says its white bubble-shaped rubbery-surfaced Puyo, equipped with a panoramic window, is supposed to be a pet. The cabin part of Puyo, a fuel-cell vehicle, rotates so it never has to go into reverse.
The body glows in various colors of lighting to communicate with people, such as turning green when it's happy about its condition, according to Honda. The speedometer glows in a subdued blue tone from its dashboard that resembles gray cloth so the interior feels more like a room.
....To make sure its message of cuteness isn't lost on visitors at the Tokyo Motor Show, opening to the public Oct. 27, Pivo, derived from "pivot," has a bobbing robotic head near the steering wheel that talks in a high-pitched voice.
For some reason or other I have visions of Japanese car designers being forced to watch endless Teletubby re-runs.
Though these features would come in handy when parking in cities like Paris (still can't figure out how anyone gets OUT of a parking space there, considering how they park each other in so the bumpers touch...)
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The cabin of Nissan Motor Co. (NSANY)'s Pivo 2, an electric vehicle, can rotate on its wheel base so that it can face the opposite direction. The vehicle's tires can also turn 90 degrees, allowing it move sideways into tight spaces.
