This Floating Electric Car Is Designed for Disaster Relief

And it's tiny, too.

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Being the smallest four-seater car does not sound like something to brag about to us, but luckily the Fomm Concept One has a better feature to boast. Nicknamed the "water-world spaceship," the Japanese electric car can float and move on water. That makes it especially valuable in the aftermath of a tsunami or major flood. 

Hideo Tsurumaki, the president of Fomm, wanted to design a car for disaster relief after seeing tsunamis devastate his hometown. The result is an eight-foot long car that uses a water-jet generator to propel itself through the water. It's only made for one disaster, so it requires maintenance after each use. But with such a low cost at $9,000. there shouldn't be too many complaints. 

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[via International Business Times

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