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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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When I recently took a trip to China to see the world of electric micromobility, I was greeted with a...

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Even if they did, they'd never sell. Everyone in America is so batshit insane with the expectation of everything NOW-NOW-NOW that practically no one would tolerate a "truck" that can't do 120 MPH or 0-60 in 4 seconds.

On the more prosaic side, there is no way in hell these things would pass American crash safety tests nor comply with vehicle equipment and safety regulations without a significant redesign that would add a lot of complexity and cost. Maybe you could get them rammed through as "motorcycles." They would have the same stigma as motorcycles among the general populace. These things would be absolute litigation machines in the US.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Classify them as some sort of tractor maybe?

[–] KaRunChiy@kbin.run 4 points 11 months ago

Definitely yeah, or they can modify the definition of low speed vehicles they already have. But a lot of states are trying to ban those because m o n e y

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

We can't even sell non-V8 trucks to traditional truck drivers yet. 🥹 Can't coal-roll with an F150 Lightning.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 6 points 11 months ago

Reminder: If you see someone rolling coal, it's morally OK to relocate their stem valves.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

True. I wasn't being entirely objective. 😅

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com -1 points 11 months ago

You mean like a 4 wheeled UTV? They sell them all the time. What are you talking about?