• invertedspear@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    They are skirting the “street legal” and safety stuff by making an electric motorcycle instead of a car. Months (years?) ago I read something about how they are planning to tackle helmet laws in court because of this. Accident safety features are heavy, this thing is going to be a death trap on US roads in order to be as light as possible.

    Overall I think that’s the right move, but I wouldn’t get in rush hour traffic in this thing.

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 month ago

      That’ll help keep it as light as they’re planning. They still won’t get 45 miles a day on solar unless they’re doing 15mph on a flat road in Nevada during the summer. No way would it be an expected rating.

    • ramenshaman@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      You should actually watch their videos and do some research before spewing your speculations. Seems like it’s going to be pretty safe to me.