BBC NEWS | Technology | Green petite cars tempt tourists

Clark Boyd, technology correspondent for The World, a BBC World Service and WGBH-Boston co-production, reports on a tiny, blobby electric car being offered by a rental service in Cordoba, Spain - an entrepreneurial project getting money (and dedicated parking spaces) from the local Communist-controlled government.

The local taxi drivers call them "caracoles" (translation: snails) and honk at them.

The Spanish car rental company is called Blobject. It has recently opened a second office in Seville. The Blobject cars come equipped to provide GPS-linked tourism information in Spanish, English or French.

The cars themselves are Gems, or Global Electric Motorcars, made in the US by a division of Daimler-Chrysler.

Mr. Boyd's article here.

Semi-related previous Suitable For Mixed Company post about using something other than the standard automobile or truck to get around town here.