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[image] People would probably hate cars a lot less if they were limited in size and speed to a golf cart
(lemmy.world)
Pros of golf carts and neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) replacing all private cars within a city:
- Only goes as fast as a bicycle, so isn't a viable suburban commuter vehicle, meaning you'll probably only take it to the nearest transit station
- Only goes as fast as a bicycle, so isn't likely to kill people
- Excellent visibility, so less likely to run over children
- Much smaller and lighter, so building parking garages for park-and-rides would be a lot cheaper and less objectionable than with our current style of cars
- Electric
- Smaller batteries than jumbo EVs
- Compatible with dense, transit-oriented city development
- Could be installed with mandatory speed limiters
Cons:
- Less profit for GM and ExxonMobil
So it's less practical than a bicycle and still encourages a sedentary lifestyle.
Still more likely than a bicycle, without the advantages of a bicycle
But not perfect, which a bicycle has
Bicycles are so small that you can take them into your apartment, completely nullifying the need for infrastructural storage accommodation near your home.
You will have to explain this, as it is not an inherent pro of a vehicle to have electrical propulsion.
Electric bicycle has even smaller battery, still!
Less so than a bicycle
So could regular cars
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You've built a solution that compromises on all the advantages of either and doesn't excel in any.
Some people have never had to balance two massive bags of chicken feed and a propane tank on a rusty bicycle with a bent wheel and it shows.
you can attach a trailer/carrier to a bike for that reason if you need to
"Hop in the bakfiets, grandma, let the good doctor check out your arthritis. We can't take the car because an internet stranger says so."
I've got arthritis and loooove bicycle rickshaw rides.