cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21667133
I'm a country boy all my life. I can't cycle or take the metro anywhere. Walkable cities are great but they're a hundred miles away.
Everyone goes on about how they hate cars, but what else are you supposed to do?
https://electrek.co/2023/12/04/livaq-equad-unveiled-as-most-capable-electric-atv-ever/ – this article talks about something with a 108km/h and a range of 273 km. It's mad expensive unfortunately, but that is normally to do with adoption rates and scale.
(It says "claims a range of 170 miles (273 km) from its 15.4 kWh battery pack", which implies consumption of about 55 watt-hours per km travelled, though that'd be variable depending on speed and conditions)
If I had one of these, I could get to town, get to a train station, without a car. I could carry one child, which is worse than a car, but the energy consumption is a 3-4× lower than a car. If train stations had swappable batteries, that would be ideal, but I don't see that coming any time soon.
Edit: Micromobility does not have to be urban, any misinformed reports to that effect will be disregarded. Micromobility is something that everyone can use.
If it cuts down on the absolute cunts who tool around town on loud quads, I'm all for it.
Just make sure they're taxed and insured.