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I wish we had ultracompact city cars in the US. Something barely big enough to hold one person and a smidge of cargo. Would take up about as much floor area as
by zbrozek 5y ago
I wish we had ultracompact city cars in the US. Something barely big enough to hold one person and a smidge of cargo. Would take up about as much floor area as a person and a lug-behind piece of luggage. Basically the scooters you see all over Asia, but with a roof.
- cutemonster 5y agoScooters with roof and four wheels? Maybe solar panels on the roof
- mdorazio 5y agoThink you want the Toyota i-Road [1]. They tried to bring them to the US a couple times and no one wanted them. It's a demand problem, not a supply one. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByQ1hkv1rj4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByQ1hkv1rj4
- paulryanrogers 5y agoWith laws and regulations outlawing or discouraging full sized cars in cities I think the demand would suddenly increase.
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- zbrozek 5y agoThese would almost certainly be required to be LSVs in the US, limiting them to <25 mph and forbidding them from many areas and routes. Those limitations suppress demand - it's a chicken-and-egg problem. Other laws keep ATVs, side-by-sides, and other smaller vehicles off streets, and crash requirements push up vehicle frame sizes and weights. It's a slow-motion arms race towards consumer-targeted armored personnel carriers.
- rwmj 5y agoKei cars (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_car) and even kei trucks are really popular in Japan, but that's because they have low prices and tax incentives.