2011 Honda Micro Commuter Concept

How small can a vehicle get, and at a certain point is it better considered (and regulated as) a motorcycle…or some other kind of vehicle class altogether? Although these are questions that we should likely consider in the U.S., they’re issues that Japan is evaluating right now. And with the new Micro Commuter Prototype that Honda revealed this week in Japan, we see that the automaker is serious about developing such a vehicle, making it practical and relatively safe, and packing some advanced green-energy ideas into it. The Micro-Commuter Prototype, at just 98.4 inches long and...