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Motorcycles are the obvious "solo" vehicle, but they're plagued by rather ominous issues of safety. By this I mean the fact that in any but the most trivial bump, the rider/driver is separated from the vehicle, and become a projectile. A loss of tire-traction can result in a slide and a very serious injury, whereas the driver of even the tiniest and flimsiest 4-wheel vehicle would only have an embarrassing spin.
Between having no cargo/passengers, present residence in a warm/dry climate, parking-challenges and traffic-challenges, a motorcycle would be ideal for me personally... were it not for fear of snapping my spinal chord.
I'd rather they focus on drag coefficient so they can make more fuel efficient vehicles. It could be done but they are afraid that the masses wouldn't buy them because of the ugly factor.
If I was living in one of those golf cart retirement communities where you can get everything you need without leaving the community....maybe. But for $20k there are a lot of options for a golf cart type experience, enclosed with A/C.
Being that this is the typical occupancy load of almost all 5000 lb SUVs and Light Duty trucks, one, being daily driven out there as well as easily meeting 90% of daily mileage range for most drivers I get why this is being produced and marketed but Americans will never go for it. We’ve gotta have way more metal, horsepower and seats around us than we ever need to feel comfortable.
Well, here's an interesting thing I have heard yesterday. Apparently, after city conglomerates were hit by COVID and, primarily, due to major human mass aggregation and, add to that that many started working from home, there is a strong trend to go suburb/rural now. Suburb/Rural real estate is in big demand.
Now, what exactly is that you need to make a quick jump out of your home office to, say, grab a pizza? That is few miles away? A full blown sedan or SUV?
Also, folks that work from home, may find such thing appealing as a techy toy. And, you do not need to go to gas station to fill her up ever so often.
I am not saying, this particular one. But, such concepts have been produced by Honda and Toyota for few years.
http://www.google.com/url?q=https://...9ZBUm8bISri3u7
Interesting concept, but only a one seater. Advertised range of 100 miles, maybe all right for long distance commuters. But you can't take anyone with you. Your thoughts?
Well, some people just like odd ball things.
100 miles
$20,000
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Nope. If it was under $10,000 maybe but it's not going to sell for $20,000 in any appreciable numbers beyond a few people that just like odd things.
Meh.
We have a 2015 Spark EV. Right now it is getting an avg. estimated range around 95 miles/full charge with a max estimated range of 112 miles or so. It easily seats four people, has lots of torque and you could buy one now for less than $10k.
If you want a cheap EV, that is the one to buy.
Doesn't matter where you live, either. Carvana specializes in them and they deliver.
Consumers rarely even buy two-seat vehicles. With a one-seat car, everyone will think, “even though I might be the only person in the vehicle 99.99%, there’s still that 0.01% where I will need it!"
Motorcycles are the obvious "solo" vehicle, but they're plagued by rather ominous issues of safety. By this I mean the fact that in any but the most trivial bump, the rider/driver is separated from the vehicle, and become a projectile. A loss of tire-traction can result in a slide and a very serious injury, whereas the driver of even the tiniest and flimsiest 4-wheel vehicle would only have an embarrassing spin.
Between having no cargo/passengers, present residence in a warm/dry climate, parking-challenges and traffic-challenges, a motorcycle would be ideal for me personally... were it not for fear of snapping my spinal chord.
They're surprisingly expensive to run, too. Tires go much faster, and service intervals are much shorter. I commuted by motorcycle for 5 years or so - anything to get the better of Los Angeles traffic - and just didn't see much difference, monetarily. Saved some time, but having to change in and out of full protective kit at each end of the trip ate into that. And rainy days meant taking your life into your hands.
Only if you have the money to buy another car, a normal one, for everything else you use a car for. And nothing better to spend all that money on.
I don't see the point of the little one at all.
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