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sarahsaurroar
I loved Lowly's apple car. It. Could. FLY! And he was like....8 year old? He lived with the Cat family and went to elementary school so that little guy was really going places if he had his own car before he hit double digits.
foo431
I remember talking to my husband about an idea of a car that moves like an inch worm. He made me realize that to move at highway speeds the driver would be tossed all over the insides.
adventureswithadhd
I basically drive the Apple car. Red fiat 500 and I love it so much. Except having to constantly get work done it because of the strain I put on the clutch and transmission and the terrible roads here. Like clockwork, every six months it’s in the shop. The mechanic just laughs at me as he takes my money.
Bi1chPudding
AgentKGB
@Op I want a feature film on Goldbug!
AgentTasmania
There's far too much glass on those to be modern cars. Need ever thicker pillars for when you crash due to not being able to see out of the damn thing.
bigfatdan1
I found Lowly! That was my game.
KoziKoz
Electric cars are not a viable solution until we figure out how to power them cleanly
Mithi
No. If you'd run power plants with diesel or gasoline, the electric car still would would have less emissions per mile driven.
RunawaySpoons
Average UK fuel mix for generating electricity last year was 27.7%. Even if higher demand with more EVs meant a slightly higher fossil fuel usage for generation at first (but intelligent charging uses electricity when there's less demand / excess generation anyway), a reduction in fossil fuels used for cars is way better than nothing.
Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. Or even of 'better'.
poorwegian
It's a big scarry world out there
friendsofsandwiches
When you can see through the streets and walls.
ThrashAndChemistry
Really makes you wonder... What DO people do all day?!
Sechran
Vehicles prioritize function over form - aerodynamics and minimizing drag to maximize mileage.
Except the cybertruck. That's there to maximize douchebaggery.
MadamPuddifoot
I was in the tire bay at work today, chatting with the tire guys, when I noticed a douchemobile in the parking lot. I pointed and started laughing, and both the guys went "oh look! It's the biggest idiot in the area!" 😂
I genuinely don't know of those things would got in a hydraulic lift, come to think of it... They might be too wide.
sv1rr
And it does so splendidly.
cadesama
Nah, almost all cars are functionally the same. They prioritize marketing via lifestyle images
Peffse
I'd just like a car that isn't black, white, grey/silver, or beige. I asked for green at the dealership and they said that despite being in the catalog it wasn't available. Nor was blue. They had 1 red that was sold earlier.
Procrastinator57
A lot of the new "functionalities" are no longer optional and don’t maximize safe and efficient driving from point A to point B.
Tarmaccian
Acktually… It's ugly as sin, but at least it's decently-aerodynamic sin.
The prototype models had drag coefficients around 0.4 (comparable to small trucks or large cars) and the production model has significant improvements, feasibly reducing drag to the Tesla-claimed 0.34, which is comparable to a sedan.
https://youtu.be/j_E8wi0IwCE and https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-">IwCE">https://youtu.be/j_E8wi0IwCE and https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-drag-coefficient-analysis-video/
JarJarBinksKisser
ImGoingToGoFallAsleepOnABench
IIRC Kei-class trucks are legal to import in Texas - probably one of vanishingly few benefits to living here.
CybranKNight
My BiL just bought one, but we're in Canada(BC), the guy he bought it from does all the little tweaks and upgrades needed to be road legal here. Sadly it's manual so I don't dare try to drive it but very cute!
OozingRabbit
I miss driving my Suzuki Wagon R Stingray; would trade it for my SUV in a heartbeat.
Drakhma
MA resident here, we just turned around a thing that would make those not be able to be driven or registered in this state. so now we can continue to buy and use them [i don't own one, but would be cool to have one]
JarJarBinksKisser
I could get down with Massachusetts. Get me the fuck out of Virginia holy shit this place is wack. Moving out of California was the biggest regret of my life holy fuck I want to go back.
m0problems
They're not illegal because they would destabilize the car market, they're illegal because they don't remotely meet any US safety standards. If you get hit by an SUV in one of those you'd be splattered across the road.
Gogoglovitch
That's a problem with SUVs, not small trucks. The constant arms race to make bigger SUVs and bigger pickup trucks has resulted in making the driver marginally safer, at the expense of making collisions exponentially more lethal for whoever they hit. Which in turn has led to even larger vehicles so you're not the smaller one in any collision, which just makes things worse...
JarJarBinksKisser
That logic makes no sense. Then motorcycles should be illegal. The real reason has to be because they are better priced. US laws are paid for.
ZackerySchaffer
Famously Motorcycles aren't being sold as trucks. If they were, they likely wouldn't meet the safety or size standards
JarJarBinksKisser
Does not make sense.
RunawaySpoons
So sell them as vans?