Lv. 3 Pidgey used Gust
It's super effective!
Fiat Panda has fainted!
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Wtf is the title on about. Its an art project and absurdly impractical as a car.
Almost like all the things mentioned in the title are brought together in the art he made. I don't remember the title saying practical car alternative.
Not really sustainable?
Part of sustainability is being content with less and this art can be seen as a literal embodiment of that ethos.
Someday the car brains might invent bicycles, at this rate.
How does that not tip over when you turn?
Just stick the leg out the door in tight turns
That's the neat part—you don't [turn].
By keeping the speeds low.
From the article:
"Power comes from a modest electric motor, thought to be sourced from an e scooter and powered by a 24 V battery, pushing the car to about 15 km/h (9 mph) with an approximate 25 km (15 mi) range."
I'm surprised it didn't fall over when he opened the door
Yeah, a motorcycle tilts as you turn so you stay stable. This looks like it would just fall over.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commuter_Cars_Tango
Not sure, but this is an example of an incredibly narrow car that had a pretty reasonable top speed
Some of the claims seem... un reasonable but it would have to be relatively stable to hit highway speeds
Not to mention hilarity. Cool project though.
Now drive it over a slightly slanted road.
He turned a 1993 Fiat Panda into a 1993 Flat Panda.
Uplifting? Why?
Despite being too narrow for legal road use and only offering toy car speeds
OP just spams articles utubepublisher dot in
It’s bot posted crap and people are blindly engaging with it. Lemmy is going to end up like Reddit, I fear.
The bar is pretty low these days. I'll accept it.
Electric bobsled more like. I would have the fear of god in me for any turn faster than 10km/h. Straight paths or banked turns would be fun though.
Neat, but wrong com: This thing is not road legal or practical.
Ride a bike, walk, or take public transport if you want sustainable transportation!
Coffin shaped so he can be buried in it with no fuss over prep
Looks like the kind of thing you'd drive in a parade.
Every once in a while the driver's feet come out the bottom, he reaches his hands out the windows, and he picks the car up like it's a dress being kept out of a puddle.
Is this a joke? First minor accident and that dude is toast. This is a guy fucking around not creating the next great invention
This car would do fine in cities that primarily commute with motorcycles and bicycles.
The fact this car would be toast in some countries speaks more to its car dependency infrastructure, creeping vehicle sizes, dangerously high front end heights, and extraneous emotional support trucks.
It would flip onto it's side the first time you tried to turn at all.
For a solid 5 seconds I thought the JPEG rendered wrong
So glad I was not the only one who saw that and immediately heard "Mike Wazowski!" in my head.
It has the speed of a toy car...
How the hell does that not just tip over taking a turn?
I imagine it's like driving a Reliant Robin
Can't watch but the thumbnail showing the car biffing it after losing a front wheel tells me that Robin wasn't very reliant. Then again, it's Top Gear. That might have been one of the guys' fault. 🤔
Then again, it’s Top Gear. That might have been one of the guys’ fault. 🤔
TV magic:
The Robin used by Jeremy Clarkson, the Stig and Ken Block had the differential modified to allow the car to roll over more easily. The car also had unequal sized wheels fitted creating an imbalance toward the driver's side.
Iirc the top gear one was rolled on purpose, but they didn't have to try very hard.
Too slow. Lol
Clarkson will be proud.
Anyone ever had nostalgia for a Fiat Panda?
You seem to assume that newer cars are all better. I can tell you, only in part.
Economy Airline seats for most planes are 17-18”, so thats pretty cool. So this car with 19” is yet another seat that my shoulders won’t fit in. At least I won’t be fighting my seatmates for arm rests.