http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/ Engadget Comments for Takeoka Jidosha Kogei's electric minicar gets slightly more macro, even more cute http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
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I do question whether it would be comfortable for anyone larger than the standard japanese person.]]>Feb 1st 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
This is the direction we need to go anyway. People need to get over their egos and stop buying these huge, stupid SUVs that they drive to work alone in.]]>Feb 1st 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
Did he say he would ban this car?

He probably wouldn't cycle either.]]>Feb 1st 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 2:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 2nd 2009 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
This is a one seater constructed of fibreglass, the wind is going to knock this thing over]]>Feb 1st 2009 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
all we know is... he is called the Stig]]>Feb 1st 2009 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
Am I the only one or does this look like one of those cars in James Bond films that the guards drive around the factory in?]]>Feb 1st 2009 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/and i noticed how do you get in the car, dont see a door on the left of the vehicle ]]>Feb 1st 2009 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 2nd 2009 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
A 50km range is plenty to get you back and forth from work, and 55km/h is easily fast enough for dense city driving. An ecologically friendly commuter vehicle that minimizes the volume of car on the road and is designed for the habits and needs of actual users seems like a pretty good idea to me. But then again, I guess to a lot of Americans the American automotive industry has also been producing some good ideas...]]>Feb 1st 2009 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
Unfortunately, due to the fact that every mom, dad, grandma, and pet chihuahua wants to own their own Hummer H2 (single occupancy, of course!), who can't park between the lines to save their lives, and who equally have sh!t for local visibility (the "it gives me better visibility" claim is a f*cking myth; sure you can see a wee bit farther, but only at the expense of seeing things that are CLOSER to you!), this Japanese car still would be ill-appropriate for the streets here.]]>Feb 1st 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
When they can make these (or any other car for that matter) robotically- or remotely- driven for part of their trip, then we'll have a real revolution for the Japanese market -- even if it wouldn't catch on yet here. Log on and have the car meet you at a certain place and time for a one-way trip (during which you would be the driver), or have it show up with food in the driver's seat; It'd certainly be cheaper and more resource-effective than having the delivery guy haul his own body plus a 2,500 pound car down to your house to deliver 2 pounds of food.]]>Feb 1st 2009 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
Anyway, that vehicle reminds me of some of those vehicles in the original Dragonball manga.]]>Feb 1st 2009 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
Which is cool because the mini SUCKS.]]>Feb 1st 2009 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
there are some "real" cars that are cheaper than that]]>Feb 1st 2009 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
idiot.]]>Feb 1st 2009 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
I am annoyed by the people talking crap about these kind of cars and comparing them to mini-vans, SUVs, and full sized cars. I would think this would be a great alternative where as a bike or electric scooter wouldnt work, but the same range as a car but less comsuming.]]>Feb 1st 2009 5:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/
And it was designed by Hitler.]]>Feb 1st 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/01/takeoka-jidosha-kogeis-electric-minicar-gets-slightly-more-macr/Feb 1st 2009 7:08AM