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Such as the Renault Twizy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Twizy
Twizy with closeable windows would be a very nice thing, indeed.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20506703
A (at least visually) nice re-make of the Isetta:
IMHO the future of personal transportation is vehicles like that. We don't have the space in cities to support 2-3 tons of steel per traveler, and plain bicycles are uncomfortable in bad weather, or when you are physically impaired. But small (electric?) velomobiles with three or four wheels are perfect for city commutes when cycling is not an option. They also don't need 15-20kWh/100km like an electric car would.
Also odd, the driver is barefoot while he is stood on the motorway hard shoulder.
is it legal in the uk to drive barefoot?
So long as you can push the pedals safely all is fine. The Highway Code does have a few words about wearing appropriate footwear, the biggest thing is insurance though. If you are driving in high heels and it all goes wrong then your insurance isn't going to necessarily help.
IMHO the future of personal transportation is vehicles like that. We don't have the space in cities to support 2-3 tons of steel per traveler, and plain bicycles are uncomfortable in bad weather, or when you are physically impaired. But small (electric?) velomobiles with three or four wheels are perfect for city commutes when cycling is not an option. They also don't need 15-20kWh/100km like an electric car would.
Also odd, the driver is barefoot while he is stood on the motorway hard shoulder.
IMHO the future of personal transportation is vehicles like that. We don't have the space in cities to support 2-3 tons of steel per traveler, and plain bicycles are uncomfortable in bad weather, or when you are physically impaired. But small (electric?) velomobiles with three or four wheels are perfect for city commutes when cycling is not an option. They also don't need 15-20kWh/100km like an electric car would.
> three or four wheels are perfect Presumably, not like the three-wheeled Robin Reliant car that launched in the UK in the 1970s :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQh56geU0X8
I believe the majority of three wheel motorcycles are also made this way now as well.
It's a velomobile. They're somewhat unusual but surely not so unusual that they're worthy of a newspaper article? There are quite a few manufacturers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velomobile#Velomobile_manufact...
IMHO the future of personal transportation is vehicles like that. We don't have the space in cities to support 2-3 tons of steel per traveler, and plain bicycles are uncomfortable in bad weather, or when you are physically impaired. But small (electric?) velomobiles with three or four wheels are perfect for city commutes when cycling is not an option. They also don't need 15-20kWh/100km like an electric car would.
Remember the Lit Motors C1? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdHo01xYTWQ
And the Monotracer? https://www.peravescz.com/
And the Lit Motors C1 Chinese copy? https://electrek.co/2016/06/14/chinese-copycat-lit-motors-se...