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

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      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.

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          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

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        5 months ago

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