Cute and Smart, Just What I'm Looking for — In a Car
Yay!! Smart Cars are FINALLY coming to the US– after a 3-year delay. Most importantly, they come in a convertible version. And they get 60 miles to the gallon.
They’re tiny– four feet shorter than a Mini Cooper (I fantasize about parking in NYC in one…) and are damn cute. AND they can crash into a huge Mercedes safely, which is just great design. It has something to do with being shaped like an egg, which millions of years of evolution has figured out is a pretty sturdy package.
Did I say Yay?
Starre Vartan
Starre Vartan is founder and editor-in-chief of Eco-Chick.com and the author of the Eco-Chick Guide to Life. She's also a freelance science and environment writer who has published in National Geographic, CNN, Scientific American, Mental Floss, Pacific Standard, the NRDC, and many more. She lives on an island in Puget Sound with her partner and black cat. She was a geologist in her first career, and still picks up rocks wherever she goes.
