In much of the turd world, the most popular vehicle is the “tuktuk” — 3 wheels, 2 cycle / 1 cylinder motor.
“In much of the turd world, the most popular vehicle is the “tuktuk” — 3 wheels, 2 cycle / 1 cylinder motor.”
Can confirm with eye watering accuracy; that was the case but the air pollution is horrendous. All new tuks are four stokes and most are CNG or LPG fueled in India, Thailand and other Asian megacites now by law. The turnover time is short on a two cycle engine the four strokes pay for themselves via increase fuel.economy and double the ring/bearing lifespans. Still the triwheel is queen , king is still two wheelers also four stokes now. You can’t go two feet in India, Thailand or Vietnam and not be next to a motorbike. LPG is near perfect fuel for a trike dense clean and cheap. You can make it via fermentation to please the greens or go the electrofuel route and literally make from thin air or seawater. Another company has a nonthermal plasma process that directly converts methane and ethane into propane and butane with excess H2 as a CO product the later two are liquids at under 120psi in plastic tanks. CH4 has two extra H vs CH3H6/8 or C4H8/12 alkanes vs alkenes . Hydrogen is valuable by itself for a slew of uses it’s worth more per Kg than either the propane or butane.