• Tehdastehdas@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Full-size cars, yes, but I wish we the people now stopped the fossil-lobbied lawfare against microcars.

    Renault Twizy, top speed 80km/h




    Kyburz Plus, top speed 30km/h

    • Gross weight ~10% of a typical electric car, so probably ~10% tyre dust too.
    • For bikeways. If the plastic surface were designed to yield in a crash, a pedestrian could be safer hit by this than by a bare biker on a bare metal bike.
    • Takes less space than a biker because a 4-wheeler can be steered more accurately than a naturally unstable bike needing wobble margins.
    • Banned in many places through lawfare: https://xfwnofqagsnmdxuf.quora.com/Lawfare-against-tiny-cars-velomobiles