--- description: Find out why City Transformer Electric Vehicle is one of the best inventions of 2020. title: City Transformer Electric Vehicle: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt878dcb3e0b3fd1b9/698a14508fd2ee21fa361f9a/best-inventions-of-2020-Foldable-electric-city-vehicle.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 19, 2020 # The Smaller Compact Car City Transformer Electric Vehicle by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Courtesy Frustrated trying to park when driving around downtown? A [City Transformer](https://www.citytransformer.com/ "undefined") could be the answer. The Israel-based startup’s two-seater electric vehicle is tiny, but can reach speeds of up to 55 miles per hour. Even better, when you’re not traveling at cruising speeds, the vehicle can retract its wheels, pulling them closer to achieve a one-meter width for narrow streets and snug spots—four of them fit into a standard parking spot. While the car is still in the prototype phase, the start-up expects the first vehicles to be on the road in Tel Aviv by 2022, with mass production beginning in 2023\. _—Patrick Lucas Austin_ **Buy now:** [City Transformer Electric Vehicle ](https://www.citytransformer.com/pre-order "undefined") City Transformer Electric Vehicle: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911457/foldable-electric-city-vehicle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911457/foldable-electric-city-vehicle/"},"headline":"The Smaller Compact Car","datePublished":"2020-11-19T01:19:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:45:19.598Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911457/foldable-electric-city-vehicle/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt878dcb3e0b3fd1b9/698a14508fd2ee21fa361f9a/best-inventions-of-2020-Foldable-electric-city-vehicle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt878dcb3e0b3fd1b9/698a14508fd2ee21fa361f9a/best-inventions-of-2020-Foldable-electric-city-vehicle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911457/foldable-electric-city-vehicle/","name":"The Smaller Compact Car"}}]}] ```