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I love the concept and would definitely drive one if they were available here and reasonably priced. They're not (yet) and they're not. There are already hundreds of them warehoused in California waiting for government approval to begin selling them. The problem is the price. A loaded one is gonna sell for >$20,000. That's too much. A loaded Mini-Cooper can be had for about the same price and is obviously a more substantive product IMO. In fact, lots of well-equipped traditional-sized cars can be had for the same dollars. This thing should be far cheaper to manufacture, with its plastic body panels, etc., and this fact should be reflected in the selling price.
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Relatively expensive, yes. They are built for a particular market: young/yuppie types who live in extremely densely populated areas. Sure it costs the same as a nice normal car - but you simply can't fit a normal car into the parking spaces this thing is designed for. It was created for European cities, not American freeways.
Holy cow, that's much worse than I had suspected up-thread. I'd buy one but only if it's closer to a Segway than to a Camry in price.
The amount of amortization they are trying to cover on each unit must be fearsome.
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