As long as one can steer clear of traffic (as the driver in this video does not demonstrate), this little homemade kart seems like a great way to get around. It’s got a battery for propelling itself, and pedals for extra speed, powerless propulsion, or charging the battery (I assume).
Modest, low-power vehicles like this are also prime for being solar-powered; imagine if everyone in the US had one of these for trips to the store instead of taking the Range Rover. You could probably burn a hole in the world with all the gas we’d save. In fact, that’s a good idea. [via Treehugger]
That’s really neat… it would solve the obesity epidemic in the industrialized world and save gas to power your PS3 off a generator!
Jon
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have a look at the twike. (http://www.twike.com)
it’s a similar approach, but much more advanced and sophisticated.
only the price tag is incredible with about 30.000 euro (~$45.000)
With the way people drive here in Salt Lake City, I’d never ride in one of those things.
If people want to save energy and gas money they should look at getting the new VW Battery Bug:
http://pixible.com/2008/06/huge-electric-car-breakthrough/