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Yes. It is mostly a Chinese car. However it is a cool idea and I would think the rest of the world can learn a lot from this: Instead of filling the freeways w
by throwaway4good 6y ago
Yes. It is mostly a Chinese car.
However it is a cool idea and I would think the rest of the world can learn a lot from this: Instead of filling the freeways with queues of daily commuters sitting one person in a five person car, then driving around in something smaller suitable for one or two persons.
As other have mentioned - it looks a bit like the French Citroen Ami:
https://www.citroen.com/en/Highlight/131/ami-100-electric-mobility-accessible-to-all https://www.citroen.com/en/Highlight/131/ami-100-electric-mo...
Which as far as I know is limited to 45 km/h.
So maybe the problem here is too rigid legislation? That if it was allowed by law to drive faster etc. these things would useful enough to be popular.
- pjc50 6y agoUsually the limit there is crash safety. It's a difficult argument to make to the public that we should allow a slightly higher rate of death and serious injury in exchange for much less co2 emissions.
- throwaway4good 6y agoIt is all connected, isn't it? A Citroen Ami is less safe than a 2 tonne SUV but maybe not compared to a scooter and maybe not for its surroundings. So maybe we can push the massive SUVs out of the city and leave space for lighter vehicles. I don't have the numbers but I wouldn't be surprised if traffic in China is more safe than in Thailand or Vietnam which have all these gasoline-powered high speed scooters.
- adrianN 6y agoSpeed limits are quite effective at improving crash outcomes.
- jszymborski 6y agoIf most people drive smaller cars, and we reduce speed limits further, I would think we'd be at a similar rate of highway death/injury (which is already too high) if not maybe even lower. Then again, I don't design cars, and wouldn't know.