Of course "low speed" in this car could be 25mph, and "short trips" could be 2-5 miles.
Most people faced with going this distance are going to jump in their car, not walk. By comparison, this is a very ecological alternative.
A comparison to biking would be more apt, but then you have the problems of storing/securing your bike when you get there, and taking a shower or offending folks if it is a broiling summer day.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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Hmmm... "short trips at low speeds". Sounds like the perfect environment for, say... a walk.
I hear ya! Talk about being lazy!
Home built segways FTW :)
...or reclining bicycles...
Of course "low speed" in this car could be 25mph, and "short trips" could be 2-5 miles.
Most people faced with going this distance are going to jump in their car, not walk. By comparison, this is a very ecological alternative.
A comparison to biking would be more apt, but then you have the problems of storing/securing your bike when you get there, and taking a shower or offending folks if it is a broiling summer day.
Let's hope they rely 100% on automatic GPS navigation so that someone ends up swimming in a ditch just for funsies!