The Toyota i-REAL is a one-seat electric vehicle that wraps around the passenger's body and runs at a maximum speed of 30 km per hour in the high-speed mode and moves slowly among pedestrians at same eyesight height in the low-speed mode. The 'car' uses three wheels, two at the front and one at the back.

Image: Katsuaki Watanabe, president of Japan's auto giant Toyota Motor, drives the concept car I-Real at a press preview in Makuhari, suburban Tokyo. | Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images