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Seems like a lot of effort to not ride a bike but I respect the pink fit
I assumed money is tight. He put together a cute project out of scraps.
eBikes are expensive
My EV would do the job better, faster, and use even less gasoline, but I’m not fooling myself that most people can simply buy one
Americans will do literally anything to continue burning fossil fuels.
Electric carts have existed for decades, and don't cause noise or air pollution.
Most people don’t have a spare electric drivetrain in their garage, though.
Do you think most have a gocart?
No, but most in suburban America have a gas powered lawnmower
A lot have gone electric the last decade actually.
Might just have the old gas powered one laying around then.
We can't afford new cars. I mean some can but most of us buy what's barely affordable.
Electric cars do cause air pollution. A lot of the pollution cars produce is from tyre dust.
The funny thing about this article is that small cars have existed since forever but Americans always go for the larger, for inefficient cars.
Are we judging him as if we were to judge a CEO selling a bs product, or as a bloke who built something cute in his garage?
Because as the later it's a really cool project, and looks well executed.
Wonder why so many comments are hating on that
Yes it’s a fun project, but it’s also painful to see how much effort Americans will go through to keep driving something gas-powered.
I guess it’s because America’s addiction to gasoline and the shit they make the rest of the world go through because of that doesn’t make it funny anymore.
At most gas prices inspired him to make that, but it isn't like he did that JUST for the gas prices. Look how happy he looks.
Electric is obviously a better way to go, but he used effort and things he already had because he couldn't he couldn't afford to fill up his minivan. I recently was shopping for an EV, looked for used ones online and sorted by price, the cheapest one within 100 miles was over $12k. Even an electric bicycle is a few hundred dollars minimum, and it won't have any more utility than what he built for free. He might be wishing to get away from gas, but just not have a real option.
It's a cool hobbyist project but was spun into a "way to save on gas" in the news report.
Man, did you know that small cars use way less fuel than oversized yank tanks? We should totally adopt that concept never.
And if we shared cars instead of owning them it would also save on gas for everyone
And if we paid someone to drive the car around for us it would be swell
Also if we do that we might as well make the car bigger
You know what's more efficient on gas than rubber on road? Metal. If we made the wheels metal we would have like zero rolling resistance
That tears up roads though so we should probably pave the roads with metal
That's kind of expensive, so we should only pave metal directly underneath where our metal wheeled car will drive
If we're going to do all of that it should be bigger. Multiple cars connected together.
Hey we can get rid of gas entirely? We could run this thing using catenary arms and overhead cables. GENIUS!
But what if I crash, because of running red lights or because I don't know how to operate a vehicle? I can't possibly put my life at risk. Let the other guy take the hit.
ha. its a gocart with a barbie car top.. im surprised the cops are letting him be
Nearly everything on wheels is street legal in some states - Georgia might be one of them?
I've lived in GA my whole life and have built stuff like this. It is street legal if it has mirrors, head and brake lights. I would say these cops are being very lenient with him as long as he is not holding up traffic.
this certainly wont pass any crash tests
Neither do any motorcycles, and they’re allowed on the road.
I guarantee that a small motorcycle would get better mileage and go faster.
It would look way less cool though
Right? There's something exceptionally cool about not giving a fuck.
Local TV newsclowns are so cute when they play journalist. "And that minicar costs about $3 to fill up compared to about $60 for his minivan." Yeah thanks Anderson Cooper, that's a really insightful comparison! Who does your hair?
Anyway, I'm glad the guy's invention gets him around town - essentially a go-cart that's practical. Alternatives are good.
Americans will do anything to avoid an EV
Surely an electric scooter would be just as cheap to run (though probably not to make, even by converting an old scooter).
You ever shop for an electric motor? Dood could likely make like 4 go carts for the cost of an electric conversion. Shits wild.
Interested in the range per liter though...
Not far. And not street legal either.
a go kart. He is in a go kart.
Man that smirk on the newsreaders face.
“Ain’t that cute, a teeny weenie wittle caw”
AINT THAT CUTE, THE ECONOMY IS FUCKED