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Expected a monowheel got something about cars. Blegh.
Cars are never going away entirely, and no one wants them to.
If we can make them better.. then that's great
Well, some people do... but those people are out of touch with reality.
I have one word for those people:
Ambulance.
I don't want to get rid of cars as a technology, just privately owned passenger cars.
I'm glad you said it this time. My fingers are starting to get tired from harping on them all the time.
And I will fight you before you confiscate my last motorcycle.
My completely unfounded hypothesis is that a lot of these guys are just all sour grapes because they are in a position wherein they can't afford a car (or a motorcycle, or whatever). So they think everyone else should be miserable like them, too.
The environmental aspects I get, but I also get the feeling that's actually just a post-hoc rationalization to the whole no-personal-transportation sect.
I had three cars and a motorcycle at one point, though now I'm down to one car and a bicycle. But whatever makes you feel superior, I guess. Fuck the people with legitimate ideas to improve life and the environment.
Certainly with the reality of suburban life in the US.
Reality is what we make it. Fuck cars
Nah they're great. And they're not going away, thankfully.
I think it's actually pretty cool. Takes the sprung weight of an electric motor and reduces it's footprint significantly allowing for more range in electric vehicles because now that footprint can be used for batteries. And it doesn't sacrifice driveability or comfort? Kind of revolutionary. If it allows for streamlining of manufacturing it could help bring down the cost of electric vehicles which would make them more palatable for people who don't live in the most ideal place for an electric vehicle. Especially with increased range. It would also allow for hopefully less moving parts that fail and need to be replaced.
Almost no vehicles have unsprung motors anyway.
My 50cc scooter does! And I guess technically my electric bicycle does too, because it's got a rear wheel hub motor and the wheel is on its own suspension independent of the frame.
...That's about all I can think of off the top of my head, actually.
Because it throws things out of balance a lot of the time and causes damage to the components.
What makes you think a monowheel could be remotely preferable to cars in any possible way, whether from an individual or societal perspective?