Those benefits would also be true in something like a Messerschmitt car: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messers

Those benefits would also be true in something like a Messerschmitt car: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR200 If we can build electric versions of this that don't need huge crumple zones because they don't crash and don't have to share the road with huge vehicles that do crash, then that might be an appropriate vehicle for cities with inclement climates. But designing cities around todays cars definitely seems to have been a mistake.