My reason to build such a small and 'George Jetson' styled craft is mostly for "Because I can".
I want something that when I'm stopped for gas or food I get delayed for 20 minutes answering questions about Fuel Efficiency and Global Warming Impacts.
But 3 times a year I leave the Seattle area and ride about 600 miles to do Family stuff. My Burgman 650 scooter does this trip just fine but it gets 54 MPG @ 70 MPH and the wind buffeting can get too much at times.
This will be a "Billboard" of sorts. The paint job will be BRIGHT but it will have US ARMY "Still Serving" and DAV stickers all over. I am a 20 year retired US ARMY and 60% non-combat Disabled. After the Army I worked for GTE/Verizon/Frontier 18 years, retired, and then CenturyLink 4 months till I could not "Fake it till you Make it" any more. I was 42 feet up a telephone pole on my 'spike climbers' when Vertigo hit. It took me 10 minutes to climb down with my eyes closed, choking the pole with my safety belt. The new mandatory safety belts kept me from falling 42 feet.