The smaller you make a gas vehicle, the uglier, noisier, dirtier, they become . In addition, they are proportionally less efficient. So small gas vehicles are generally a bad idea: they are responsible for much of the horrific pollution you see in much of asia. . But electric vehicles downsize beautifully: they are always quiet, clean, and very efficient. Given that 75% of all trips we make in cars today are within 10 miles, and the average number of people in a car is 1.7, very small electric vehicles could make a major difference in our cities.
Right now, the only type of micro electric vehicle that is surging in a major way, is the electric bike. But I believe that NEVs should also become a major part of the mix. On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 8:07 PM Peter VanDerWal via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > There are only two ways out of my neighborhood. The short way is on a > highway with a 55mph speed limit. The long way (adds 6 miles) has a posted > speed limit of 45. > So technically NEVs would not be a legal way to get to town. On the other > hand, I doubt anyone else around here ( including the cops) realize that, > so you could probably get away with it. > > On the other hand, every used NEV I've seen for sale costs as much or more > than a used EV, so I've never serious considered buying one. > > My PGP public key: https://vanderwal.us/evdl_pgp.key > > May 22, 2021 5:05 PM, "Peri Hartman via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Depends on your needs. I bicycle. My wife could use a small NEV, not a > moped. She needs protection > > from weather and a place to put groceries, etc. And additional safety. > We live in a place with > > mostly 20 and 25mph streets for miles in every direction. > > Peri > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -- Larry Gales -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210524/273d8792/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
