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I don't see how this can be an "answer to Tesla" when it has less than half the range, terrible acceleration and seats fewer people than a motorcycle. If price

by Zanni 8y ago

I don't see how this can be an "answer to Tesla" when it has less than half the range, terrible acceleration and seats fewer people than a motorcycle. If price is your driver, get a used Leaf. The article doesn't mention crash reports, but I wouldn't feel safe in this, sharing the road with full-size cars, trucks and SUVs. I understand the appeal of a small, cheap EV. You could design a people-friendly city around these, with narrow roads and less space devoted to parking. But that's what they said about the Segway.

cperciva 8y ago
You seem to be under the impression that this company is in the business of providing vehicles for transporting people around. My impression from this article is that they are instead in the business of funneling government subsidies to unions -- hence the reference to Oshawa, the home of Canada's most powerful union. If you can convince the government that you're creating Jobs Of The Future, you don't need to actually build a product anyone wants to buy.
- rchaud 8y ago
  Please describe how you got that impression. There wasn't a word in the article about government involvement with this company, nor anything remotely constituting a promise to hire people made jobless by the GM Oshawa plant closure.
AzzieElbab 8y ago
I am in Toronto, looking outside I do not know how this thing could get me from point A to point B this very morning
- mcny 8y ago
  I was thinking the same thing. There is a reason the big bad SUVs and trucks sell well. You'd think the people who are in Canada's government would know that it snows in Canada and a three wheeler isn't a good idea.
- rchaud 8y ago
  It says in the article that they are targeting deliveries for West Coast customers.
vonseel 8y ago
> sharing the road with full-size cars, trucks and SUVs. As a Texan, I strongly agree with you. That said, I’m still a proud driver of a regular sedan - no need for a massive truck or anything like that.

by Zanni 8y ago

cperciva 8y ago

You seem to be under the impression that this company is in the business of providing vehicles for transporting people around. My impression from this article is that they are instead in the business of funneling government subsidies to unions -- hence the reference to Oshawa, the home of Canada's most powerful union. If you can convince the government that you're creating Jobs Of The Future, you don't need to actually build a product anyone wants to buy.

rchaud 8y ago
Please describe how you got that impression. There wasn't a word in the article about government involvement with this company, nor anything remotely constituting a promise to hire people made jobless by the GM Oshawa plant closure.

AzzieElbab 8y ago

I am in Toronto, looking outside I do not know how this thing could get me from point A to point B this very morning

mcny 8y ago
I was thinking the same thing. There is a reason the big bad SUVs and trucks sell well. You'd think the people who are in Canada's government would know that it snows in Canada and a three wheeler isn't a good idea.
rchaud 8y ago
It says in the article that they are targeting deliveries for West Coast customers.

vonseel 8y ago

> sharing the road with full-size cars, trucks and SUVs. As a Texan, I strongly agree with you. That said, I’m still a proud driver of a regular sedan - no need for a massive truck or anything like that.