Then they'd have a much more comprehensive lineup. They could even add in the Can-Am Spyder for the hat-trick.I’d buy one! Live out in the country where it’s 5 miles to anything (makes for exhaust systems lasting forever), and I can save the miles on my Cayman S and my ‘96 F-150..........
I could use one to get to work. But it’s gotta do 100 easily.
With three wheels it would qualify as a motorcycle requiring it to be licensed as such and requiring the driver and passenger to wear helmets in many states.
I have toyed withe the idea of making a similar vehicle out of the rear half of a wrecked Harley or Goldwing or other large motorcycle and the front half of a VW bug.
I can see these selling well in Europe. Gas much more expensive and streets much narrower.
Then they'd have a much more comprehensive lineup. They could even add in the Can-Am Spyder for the hat-trick.It’s convenient and a time saver. Your dead in any major accident, no medical bills and just be buried in whats left of the car saving on funeral cost...
In Virginia, they will call that a “motorcycle”, and will require a motorcycle license to drive it.
I wrote my representative about this, but for some reason nobody wants to fix the law.
Not so fast buddy - NTSA is going to have a long, hard look at this thing.
The newest prototype shows fender skirts covering the wheels and they look more like motorcycle skinny wheels than the prototype shown in the 1st post that has car wheels (which looks more like a Prowler than a 3 wheeled Citroen). How would you jack this thing up to rotate tires or replace a flat tire?
Back in the day, we had three-wheeled starter jeeps to provide auxiliary power for helicopters on the Princeton. They were a blast to drive and they turned on a dime. Most fun were the races down the flight deck!
I just spent the whole day a Singularity University lectures, one which focused on Moonshot Projects. ‘
It was interesting. The group conscience seems to have lost confidence in guvmint projects like Apollo in favor of the Ansari X-Prize space project which was so successful with someone like Burt Rutan at the forefront.
I was under the impression crash test ratings are based upon the class of the vehicle. 5 star rating in a subcompact has little to compare with 5 star rating in a pickup.
Will this be a 5 star rating in a motorcycle class?
Crash survivability for one is a problem. And being able to see over or around larger vehicles in traffic is a safety issue, as well as visibility to other drivers when entering traffic.
To me the economics don’t work.
I can’t see how the cost numbers make any sense at all.
Looks like they took a Can-Am and put an enclosure around it.
The Can-Am Spiders are amazingly agile and fun to drive.
If they get a 5 star rating and keep the price low this could actually be a hit.
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Even though I bought an electric car and partook in the $7500 tax credit, I have to bust on the economics of this.
If the gov’t bought each of these and gave it to everyone who bought an electric car for when they needed to drive long range, we’d have saved $700 over what we spent per vehicle.