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A small EV, even capped at 25MPH to reach regulatory threshold of not being a car, with a range of <100km, with four seats (and optionally, no trunk, or a front
by blagie 3y ago
A small EV, even capped at 25MPH to reach regulatory threshold of not being a car, with a range of <100km, with four seats (and optionally, no trunk, or a front trunk so you don't need all the mechanicals) would sell like hotcakes in some cities. Requirements:
- Easy to park
- Goes far enough to get kids to school and back
- Adequate for occasional trip for groceries
- meetingthrower 3y agoExactly. I've come to the belief that we need to attack the regulatory environment to allow this to happen. Those oldsters driving golf karts all over the Florida retirement communities have it right! But it is basically illegal everywhere without dedicated lanes and regulatory permission.
- EGG_CREAM 3y agoThat’s because it’s dangerous to mix those types of vehicles with full size cars and trucks on the same street. Think about how much drivers hate bikes, and they take up almost no space at all.
- blagie 3y agoImportant caveat: It's not dangerous at all if streets are designed for it. My city's roads are a dumpster fire due to one-wheel idiot-devices, electric scooters, and other micromobility. With the exception of one-wheel idiot-devices, I've seen all the same stuff work in other cities beautifully, which had adapted infrastructure to them. I love micromobility done right, and I hate it done locally.
- EGG_CREAM 3y agoExcellent point! I’m not against non-car transportation at all, and generally am of the belief that if a policy decision is bad for cars it’s probably good for everyone. But in my city, at least, the other pieces of transportation are an afterthought and it can be really dangerous.
- pornel 3y agoYou're describing Citroen Ami.
- arethuza 3y agoOnly two seats though? Edit: Not that I think that this is a big problem.
- yurishimo 3y agoThere are quite a few of these in Amsterdam and other Dutch cities. I don't know if I've ever seen one with more than 2 seats however (but they probably exist). Limited to 45kmph and enough trunk space for some groceries. Keeps the rain off you and they are easy to maneuver in the tight canal lined city streets.