micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!
"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.
micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"
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I'm always rooting for velomobiles, though I feel like 91 kg is a bit too heavy for what this is. Supposing we start with a cargo ebike for comparison, a RadWagon 5 weighs in at 39 kg and has a comparable battery capacity, motor, and payload rating. This velomobile will likely have a sturdier recumbent frame than the upright cargo bike frame, and of course it has the fiberglass fairing.
But a difference of ~50 kg seems just too much. 20 kg would be plausible for a fairing, and maybe add another 10 kg for all the drivetrain component changes, like a more-complicated steering assembly and that third wheel. But where is that last 20 kg?
And I don't think the question is irrelevant, as one online reference indicates that existing velomobiles fall in between 20-30 kg. So this 91 kg behemoth -- even considering its cargo capabilities -- is very much the odd-one-out. The remaining weight difference is akin to carrying a second velomobile onboard the first one.