Homemade Electric Motorcycle Stopped on M25 in Hertfordshire

Post by sprafa » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 10:41 AM UTC

Razengan wrote: post #32

adrianN wrote: post #5

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.

Sir Clive Sinclair thought so too and tried to make it happen about 35 years ago, but it didn't quite catch on, to say the least: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5

Post by wazoox » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 10:43 AM UTC

Razengan wrote: post #32

adrianN wrote: post #5

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.

Sir Clive Sinclair thought so too and tried to make it happen about 35 years ago, but it didn't quite catch on, to say the least: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5

Post by adwww » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 10:43 AM UTC

VBprogrammer wrote: post #34

adrianN wrote: post #5

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.

I've expressed the same sentiment before. The problem is that even talking about electric cars gets people's knickers in a twist; they need to be able to drive for 1000 miles straight while towing an apartment on wheels behind them and any vehicle which can't do that just isn't good enough. They'd rather be dead than have to drive one of these.

Post by robocat » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 10:48 AM UTC

jmkni wrote: post #23

thecatspaw wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

is it legal in the uk to drive barefoot?

Yep - https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/road-safety/driving-witho...

Post by prawn » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 10:50 AM UTC

adrianN wrote: post #5

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.