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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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French company Cixi is developing a vehicle that combines pedals, electric power, and an enclosed body

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 105 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Seems like a potentially interesting commuter vehicle...

When it finally hits the road, ownership won’t be an option either, as the Vigoz will only be offered on subscription

...never mind.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 33 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (24 children)

"You will own nothing and be thankful for it"

E: still to will

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[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I would like to build my own car but have no idea where to start.

[–] miguel@fedia.io 13 points 6 days ago

If you live in the US, the best place to start is with a junkyard chassis, because if you have a VIN, all else is possible. If you want to go REALLY nuts, you can effectively create a sandrail type custom vehicle, but it'll never* be allowed on freeways

(it's not impossible, but the regulations and testing is a bit excessive)

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 13 points 5 days ago

Offered on subscription

Fuck yourself with a bayonet

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

Pay Monthly, Not Own

Unfortunately, the Vigoz is not yet available for purchase. Cixi still has to build a working prototype with a production-ready design before manufacturing begins in France. When it finally hits the road, ownership won’t be an option either, as the Vigoz will only be offered on subscription, with prices set once production costs are confirmed.

Confirmed - fuck this business and everything about it.

[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 46 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My my, that first paragraph reads like marketing material straight from Cixi.

The last lines take the cake though. It's not a purchasable good, it's a subscription service.

Leasing a tricycle, what a time to be alive.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A lease is an ownership arrangement, at least as much as a mortgage on a house gives you ownership. This is a rental at best.

[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

In theory, yes. Though "leasing" makes for a better joke.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 24 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Bikes are reasonable because they weight next to nothing. This is insane. No reasonable person asked for this. This is tech-bro nonsense.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

A small hatchback is already very cheap and efficient, electric ones even more so.

I'd be willing to bet the total cost of ownership of a small electric car is way lower than this idiotic thing.

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[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 30 points 6 days ago

Capable of 120 km/h, that looks like a Darwin Awards preselection tool, rather than a means of transport.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 26 points 6 days ago (4 children)

A 75 mph trike sounds... questionable,

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 13 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I can't wait to see their 100 mph unicycle .. coming soon no doubt.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

I feel like e-unis (which are real and very fast btw) would actually be safer, at least when it comes to cornering.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Once I was passed by a motorbike while on the highway, it must have been around 100 mph while I was at about 60 ... and on top of that, they were doing a "wheelie", meaning that motorbike was basically turned into a unicycle !
Yes, people are crazy like that.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Every time I see one of those, I say "Meat crayon" out loud. No one else can hear me. It's for my own amusement.

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

ER nurses call them donor-cycles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj08WmiYl1E

Close. You'll have to be way sillier to do hyperbole these days

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[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

Pedaling an EV would do almost nothing, right? You'd be contributing 100W to a motor that uses 10,000W. An hour of pedaling would produce 100Wh. That's a tiny amount, like a decent sized power bank. The article says the onboard battery is 22,000Wh.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

22kwh battery for 160km range

This seems extremely low for even an EV car at under 8km/kwh. Ebikes can often do 100km/kwh at 32kmh speed. Aptera design can do 16km/kwh with double the battery (and weight of battery). Citroen Ami would be a heavier vehicle, cheaper for being much simpler, and gets 14km/kwh with 1/4 of the battery (but 45kmh top speed). Very surprising their range is that low, and no way it should be.

Covered bikes add a lot of weight and expense, as does tilting. Covered bikes increase drag as well, and reduce range. Most designs will rattle if not "over weighted". Still a roof would allow better weather resistance to outdoor parking. Could hold solar

I still like a pedal system for both speed control and maintaining low speed power contributions with exercise. 70lbs and 30kmh is a limit to where useful contribution can be made, and a winner in this category is going to be something much lighter meant for bike speeds instead of car/motorcycle speeds.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago

I suspect the pedals only really exist to allow you to use bike lanes.

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

It seems to me that the pedals are the only throttle control via pedal pressure.

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago

Only 100w sustained for an hour would be pretty embarrassing for an adult, but even with a trained athlete it would be a drop in a bucket at 120km/h

[–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T-LegOd8Jxo

Aging Wheels bought Trike, he talks about the pedals

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

75 mph in a thin can doesn't seem safe.

[–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Is it any different than a motorcycle? The subscription part sounds dumb and the pedaling seems basically useless but safety just seems the same as any old trike

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Now what happens when a 2025 truck hits it.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 6 points 6 days ago

The truck driver will know. The thingy driver won't.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You'd be surprised at how strong small frames like that can be.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I know a well designed cage would potentially stay intact (smart cars are a good example), but there is no room to dampen the forces applied to the human inside. Even if you can manage to preserve the vehicle frame integrity, the human inside can get pulped. I don't know if it's better or worse than a motorcycle in terms of safety during a wreck, but it's a consideration that would need to be taken if these were to be highway legal.

[–] remon@ani.social 4 points 6 days ago

That's a suicide booth ... on wheels.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

The audience? 5 people

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