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Old 01-19-2019, 03:51 PM   #120 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
All of the start ups such as Electra Meccanica and Archimoto are relegated to building three wheelers in order to circumvent nanny state crash testing. Mandating every car to obviate user responsibility via 500 kg's and $5,000 of safety structure and equipment is regressive. It prohibits development of ultralight 4 wheeled transportation which would be much more sustainable than the 2,000 kg monsters we are stuck making now. This mandate killed Aptera.
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3 billion people cannot all have a 2,000 kg car that costs $40,000.
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If you can get rid of left turns and synchronize all traffic lights,mass becomes meaningless,as now you have the ability to remain in constant motion until you arrive at your destination.
Any low drag car could be of stamped-steel and glass construction,just like any entry-level vehicle.There's absolutely no reason for exotic weight reduction if you have zero transient operation.
To get there,you'll need to divorce states and federal government from fuel taxes and use a different mechanism to underwrite the Highway Trust Fund.Otherwise,there's absolutely zero incentive to save fuel.
You'll also need to forbid federal,state,county,and municipal government pension funds from investing in oil corporations and manufacturers of gas-guzzlers,as is presently done,in order to disincentivize fuel waste,which presently supports extra fuel sales, producing additional tax revenue.
You'll also want to have a moratorium on any new real state development (residential or commercial),where there exists any traffic congestion,which is the major driver for fuel waste in the US.
Burn the Civil Engineer's handbooks.
Demolish all corner real estate development and replace with cloverleafs,as existed at the dawn of the highway system.
Tell the tax appraisal districts to sit on it and rotate.
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