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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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[–] 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.

[–] 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.

[–] 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 6 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

[–] 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

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 105 points 1 week ago (28 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.

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