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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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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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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 73 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Only 10HP? It's not likely to live very long with such a low amount of hit points.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

It makes up for it with enough mana to keep a shield spell up indefinitely.

If you're still worried, though, you can pair it with a Volvo for tanking and a Fiat 500 for nimble single target dps and flanking.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A Fiat 500? Glass cannon much?

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[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Looks like if you ever hit a pebble on the road it would probably flip and kill you. Note also the conspicuous absence of a seat belt. Cute little death machine.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Did anything have a seatbelt in 1944?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Volvo filed a patent for some sort of seatbelt in 1889. SAAB became the first car company to make any sort of seatbelt standard in 1958. Volvo became the first car company to install modern 3 point belts as standard equipment in 1959.

So yes, but actually probably not.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Gotta love those safety conscious Swedes showing the rest of the world how it's done 😁❤️

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I never owned a GM SAAB, and I still refuse to buy anything GM because of what they did to SAAB. I had 5 of the '80s models, and a '90.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

SAAB is GM-owned now?? Since when?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

1992 till they closed in 2011, iirc

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[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (5 children)
[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 week ago

I like it. Why live with potentially life changing injuries, when you can simply have your neck broken by your seatbelt instead.

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[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (6 children)

It's almost a motorcycle. Something like this would be great for commuting, if not for all the Compensator™ Trucks and SUVs on the road.

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[–] Tehdastehdas@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That last picture doesn't look too bad

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

^^^

Even comes with a napping package

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[–] genuineparts@infosec.pub 36 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] tetris11@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] frezik@midwest.social 32 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It's easy to make a 100mpg car. All you need is to make it small, flimsy, no aircon, no heater, no stereo, no airbags, toss emissions standards out, pack you in like a snake going up a bear's anus, and drive around at a steady 25 mph without any stops.

[–] FuzzyDog@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Idk, Dutch micro cars are pretty comfortable. They're quieter, safer for pedestrians, and environmentally friendly. Had a chance to use one last time I was in the Netherlands. The American mindset of "it has to be a giga-truck or it's bad" really sucks.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (19 children)

I'm in love with the Citroen Ami

I mean just look at this little guy. If I had ovaries, they'd be popping right now.

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[–] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's that last thing that america (or at least California) has an issue with. We fucking love stop signs. If you have a stop sign every other block, your mpg is gonna be in the range matt gaetz would be interested in regardless of what car you drive.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

That thing looks like it falls over on its side if you look at it funny.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not sure I'd want to do 45 in that thing, hell of a way to go if you got speed wobbles. I could see a use for kei vehicles in downtown areas. Traffic is so bad that a car's top speed might be 30 if you are lucky. Mass transit, bikes and tiny vehicles are what most people could easily get away with day to day.

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[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it looks like a Twinkie fucked a space ship.

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[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

The world would be a more fun place if we all drove bumper cars

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

So a motor scooter with a car-like wrapper.

[–] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's terribly inefficient for a motorcycle

[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How do you figure? 70mpg isn't too shabby for a motorcycle today. In the 40s? 70mpg is pretty bonkers for a 40s machine.

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

One wheel in front?

It's a TRICYCLE!

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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 10 points 1 week ago

If you sneeze you can do a kickflip.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

It looks like a bumper car without the bumpers and pole

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