Sigh it must be a boomer thing to not.understand how real world class megacities work. If you are taking a client out you use that picked supercomputer and summon a Uber Black that comes and takes you door to door. The point of quads is not ownership very few other than the super rich own cars in NYC, Tokyo ,London or Madrid it’s outside the price range of the middle classes by design. These are for single rider who would have in most of those cities ebiked, escooter or walked to a subway or bus. These are for rentals like a bird,uber erentals ect. The whole point is four fit in the space of a single meter spot or lane. Most people in the cities are going a few miles to work it out to eat hardly anyone cooks in tiny urban apartments why when you have thousands of restaurants, food street vendors and cafes in every corner in a megacity. Most city dwellers are also single or no kids so they are not doing ten bag Costco runs at best it’s a walk or bike to the bodega on the corner for a days worth of food. Tell me you haven’t ever lived in NYC or London w/o telling me you haven’t. I don’t know anyone of my friends in Brooklyn or midtown that own a car if they need a car they Turo or Uber or enterprise which has two offices in midtown and you take the car out of Manhattan nit bring it in and try to drive and park it for $75+ a spot.
What part of these are for single user point to point transport out of the elements while quadrupling density is so hard to understand. They are not meant to be a one size fits all , they are for the most use case and that in urban cores is a single user going a few miles with little to no payload other than the person. Who would have taken a two wheeler in most of those cities in the rain,heat or cold. In a quad it’s enclosed and yes it has a boot for packages more than enough space for a signal persons bodega run.
I'm way past "boomer" stage kid. Far enough ahead to know that those bean shells will never work in our cities, no matter how "mega" they become.
As far as your NY traffic speed, you in your bean shell are still stuck in the same traffic as the dude in his air conditioned SUV. And I might add, his SUV, while only creeping along at 5 MPH, next to your bean shell, will be a hell of a lot more efficient when you're driving thru 5 inches of snow.
I don’t know anyone of my friends in Brooklyn or midtown that own a car
If anyone can afford to live in midtown Manhattan, then you can afford to own and park a car.
You and your friends sound like classic, mid town metro sexuals who can't get by without your Starbucks Latte' and all this BS about your support of these bean cars is nothing but virtue signaling.......
I'm heading up north in my own personal car this weekend and maybe next week I'll take a trip to Ohio.........