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There’s a significant percentage of the population for whom ebikes and scooters are an impossibility, but who can still drive or be driven.

• asdff 4y ago
  And for how many of their trips do they actually need a two tonne automobile instead of e.g. an electric rickshaw or golf cart? Sure not everyone can walk, not everyone can bike, but its still insane to think that for every trip most humans take, 95% of the energy consumed is going to just moving the vehicle around versus you.
  • astrange 4y ago
    Children and heavy groceries can use bike trailers as well. Golf carts are definitely less dangerous but they still fail the “makes you out of shape” test. I’m going to make you exercise and you’re going to like it.
    • asdff 4y ago
      Definitely, but the context was about people who can't walk or bike presumably because issues with mobility. Getting in shape is important but if you can't move at all because of other health reasons, asking someone with terrible knees and no endurance to bike everywhere is not going to be realistic. They practically need paratransit.