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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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[Peter Holderith] set out some time ago to build an electric go-kart. That by itself is not terribly unusual, but where his project diverts from the usual is in the fact that each of the four wheel…

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[–] femtech@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rimac announced on May 17, 2023, that the Nevera set 23 performance records in a single day, including 0–97 km/h (0–60 mph) in 1.74 s, 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) in 1.82 s, 402 m (1⁄4 mi) in 8.25 s, and 0–400–0 km/h (0–249–0 mph) in 29.93 s.[26]

Wow.

[–] femtech@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

I would like this to be available to rent at the track when they have other super cars there.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Rivian trucks have optional ones too, it’s how they can do tank turns.

I think there was a Mercedes as well, but I’m not sure if it made it to production.