cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/48712513

Smaller vehicles that do not need to meet the same safety requirements as existing cars could be Europe’s answer to maintaining its automotive industry.

      • trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works
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        3 days ago

        They do have the kind of AC you can wind down by turning a crank handle in the door. A/C is nice, but you can live without it.

        The actual problem with those moped cars is that they are too slow to not even impede the relatively slow traffic in cities.

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          3 days ago

          A/C is nice, but you can live without it.

          That depends on where you live.

          It’s now 29°C where I am (feels like 32°), and if you don’t find a parking spot in the shade (quite likey, given how coveted they are) entering your car will feel like entering an oven.

          Yes, I could survive without A/C (we used to in the olden days), but I am not more likely to buy a car without proper A/C than a Dane is to buy one without heating.

          those moped cars […] are too slow to not even impede the relatively slow traffic in cities

          They go 45km/h… how fast do you drive inside the city? (I agree that they are slow and a PITA to encounter outside cities)

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            3 days ago

            around here, the typical limit is 50km/h.

            In order to “swim” with the flow of traffic, a vehicle should have some margin above the top speed it’s supposed to go.