Their thing won't solve the parking problem, that's what struck me ... It's the main problem in town. Instead of deploying a hardtop from rear to front, I would have deployed the vehicle width-wise (with telescopic wheel axles) the body deploying like a folding of black carbon fiber panels (deployment inspired by the 'origami)
Around a core consisting of the driver's seat mounted in, and protected by, a double aluminum hoop ...
The vehicle would then take no more space than a bike parked on a sidewalk ... And it would deploy automatically thanks to small hydraulic jacks (which would also act as a suspension)
One of their sketches could be an embryo of that and made me think of it (too bad ...)
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There would hardly be that the roof and the floor to unfold (or inflate) the walls of the left and right side flanks, would remain parallel throughout the operation. Approaching or moving away to complete the unfolding of the volume of the body - by sliding sideways - such as two sections in the form of an aerodynamic hull ... small telescopic pins) to protect the battery, engine, driver's seat, airbags and on-board electronics ... or against the double roll bar (and unless this is the role of the latter.)