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I have a big car, and an electric cargo bike, and frankly, the latter covers a lot of my use cases. It weighs a lot for a bike, around 30-40kg, but carries one
by rich_sasha 4y ago
I have a big car, and an electric cargo bike, and frankly, the latter covers a lot of my use cases. It weighs a lot for a bike, around 30-40kg, but carries one adult and two children plus some bags.
I can imagine adding 50-100kg to it, making it 4 wheels, fully enclosed lightweight roof, max speed of 20-30 kph and fully electric, and covering a lot of bike use cases, plus weatherproofing. It's not like a lightweight car, it's like an extremely beefy bike.
The thing that would be missing is road infrastructure and laws. The bike works because it can go everywhere, and things I need are within cycling distance. I wouldn't happily "ride" the beefed-up version on a public road with cars though.
- bitschubser_ 4y agothere are some great concepts (hopper mobility for example) but the infrastructure has to be planned accordingly, even in the us, there are some nice liveable "golf cart" communities. We also use our ebikes for everything in at least a 10km radius, in every weather... the car is only used for long distance trips :)