Return of the Bubble Car?

mikeebbbd writes: Back in the 1950s, many European carmakers (some even still existing, like BMW) made tiny cars for one or 2 people that ran on tiny amounts of gas, and make a Smart Car look huge. The remaining examples have become sort of a fetish. Now two Swiss brothers, according to Reuters, are trying to resurrect one of the more iconic designs — the BMW Isetta. One wonders how it could meet any kind of safety standards, but a prototype is shown in the article. Perhaps it might be registered as a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle, which gets it by a few standards?