This is a Honda concept, um, "car" called the Ie-Mobi. From the article linked, "The Iambi (pronounced ee-a mo-bee—“Ie” is the Japanese word for “home”) is either an oddly shaped but roomy (54 ft2) vehicle or an extension to the house that can take you to work. It can also be used to supply electricity from the car to the home or from the home to the car." It has laminate flooring inside:
So now you'll be able to drive your house to work. 
You too can be Uncle Rico and drive your house wherever you go!
Gonna be a hard pass for me. Less room than a rv and it probably can't tow. BUT I see why in a crowded urban environment it would be useful
Patrick said:You too can be Uncle Rico and drive your house wherever you go!
I can't wait to ruin everyone's lives and eat all the steak.
I think its cool. Wouldn't own one new, but I would setup a dealership in San Francisco.
Without the passenger side rear seat laying out into a sleeping arrangement in conjunction with the ottoman, and the other rear seat* containing a hidden cassette toilet, I still don't get it.
*Or maybe even both integrated into the passenger side rear seat 
Almost a wheeled version of the transportation pods from Motorcity...lose the steering wheel and make the seating more living-room like and you're there.
MazdaFace said:Gonna be a hard pass for me. Less room than a rv and it probably can't tow. BUT I see why in a crowded urban environment it would be useful
It's not an RV. It's a room in your house that can move. If you're a big American in a big American house, you won't get it. But imagine you lived in a very densely populated area with ridiculously expensive real estate. This allows you to combine your parking space with a house extension.
For urban use where speeds are generally low, I could see it having a purpose. I can imagine apartment buildings built with these in mind and the car "docks" into your apartment. Then a system of rails and elevators that take the car from your apartment to the street.
It needs a bathroom and the ability to automatically dump when docked for charging.
Granted, I don't believe any of this is actually realistic, but it's fun to dream of walking to a room in your apartment/condo, speaking your destination, and then sitting down and relaxing until you arrive.
Why does it need a bathroom? Do you have a toilet in every room in your house?
On second thought, don't answer that last question. If the answer is yes, I don't want to know.
So that when you're stuck in city traffic for 2 hrs and need to go...
Maybe it's because I spend 2.5 hrs (or more) in a berking car every day... and as I approach middle age, having bathroom access has become more important than it was in my youth.
In reply to Keith Tanner :
The problem is, unless there's a gangway, you need to leave your house to go to your sitting room, which is about the size of a sheet and a half of plywood (or 3 tatami, if you prefer).
I get the concept as a thought exercise, though.
In reply to Duke :
I need to install a gangway. It would be the most bad ass part of my house by far.
Keith Tanner said:MazdaFace said:Gonna be a hard pass for me. Less room than a rv and it probably can't tow. BUT I see why in a crowded urban environment it would be useful
It's not an RV. It's a room in your house that can move. If you're a big American in a big American house, you won't get it. But imagine you lived in a very densely populated area with ridiculously expensive real estate. This allows you to combine your parking space with a house extension.
In buildings that are more than one living unit tall, passage ways and elvevators for cars to be maneuvered in the above ground portion of a building would do nothing but eat away at valuable above ground square footage that could otherwise be used for more living units. Underground parking garages make much more sense for vehicle parking, but are also not really viable as an extension of the living space either.
In buildings that are only one living unit tall, there already exists designs to make it more than one story such that the garage does not in any way increase the footprint of the dwelling. So there is no real benefit there either to building the units without a living room, and using this in its place.
So no, I don't think my Americanized point of view is the only thing preventing me from getting it.
No Honda, stop it and just give me a new Motocompo please.
In reply to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :
Or even a new S2000.
jstein77 said:In reply to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :
Or even a new S2000.
like the Sports EV?
My comment, is I like Honda. Doesn't deserve it's own thread, while not the most experienced mechanic I've worked on SBC SBF cars trucks from 70s to 00s, several makes models. If anyone has an inkling for engineering you may notice the drivetrain design and everything on these cars. In 1989, the CRX that was available in Japan made almost the same horsepower as the 305 v8 Camaro. To be real blunt not trying to be mean, you can pretty much issue a challenge to find a single peformance or economic metric that does not favor the Honda by a considerable margin. That's pretty much where I get stuck. Not to say that the last few decades have been attempts to catch up by other auto makers, but you just have to call it like you see it I think. When you consider the size of the country and resources I guess it makes sense. I like all the cars pretty much, but these guys make a heck of an engine without question.
I would have bought one when I was working as a dispatcher. I would spend 8+ hours at my post and having a place to get out of the weather, do my paperwork and have some peace on my lunch break would have been very welcome. I still spend at least one night a month sleeping in my car so I’d probably consider it depending on how it does on the highway the rest of the month.
Or you could just park your Odyssey's sliding door right next to a door to your house. And if you want to sit in bucket seats, IIRC the Odyssey can be had with six of them.....
Honestly, maybe I'm not thinking outside the box, but I don't even remotely get the point of the OP's vehicle.
Parking the Odyssey next to the house is the same concept, assuming you have an electric Odyssey that can share power with the house. The difference is emphasis - this is more of a room that you can drive than a car you can pretend is a room. The Odyssey is very much a vehicle first and foremost.
Jeremy on Top Gear built this years ago, a couple times in fact. It didn't do well in the Hammer Head...
Here is the more modern multi story condo version...
In reply to Keith Tanner :
"I wish I could drive around in my bedroom closet"
Said nobody ever.
Meh, nothing new.
The first electric cars were designed like the interior of a house too.
Here's a Detroit Electric:
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