The little mopeds have a top speed of 50mph, which means that in America it's great for in-town/in-city driving... but once you're on a backroad or main highway... you're out of your league since back roads are 45-60mph (usually more like 55-60mph average driving speed) and highways are 60+mph with 65-68mph being the average speed. But for general vicinity driving, they're pretty great.
When it comes to gasoline vs electric... I guess it depends where your electricity comes from. PNW... so much of it is the dams, which is clean as long as you don't bother thinking about drowned communities and the killing of river wildlife and habitats. But.. other parts of the US.. its coal-fired plants, or natural gas, or nuclear power, or burning garbage.. *shrug*. At least driving for two hours on 1 gallon ($3) worth of gas feels efficient compared to so many other gas-vehicles.
Even cheap electric cars are expensive... but a tiny 2-person version was invented in my city and does limited sells each year... the Tango! https://www.consumerreports.org/xprize/commuter_cars_tango.html (My city is strangely famous for inventors... even though its a small city. My friend grew up living next door to the guy who invented recumbent bikes and tried some of his early versions as a kid, and another friend was the inventor of modern film holography. Spokane is an extremely strange place...)
But for general vicinity driving, they're pretty great.
When it comes to gasoline vs electric... I guess it depends where your electricity comes from. PNW... so much of it is the dams, which is clean as long as you don't bother thinking about drowned communities and the killing of river wildlife and habitats. But.. other parts of the US.. its coal-fired plants, or natural gas, or nuclear power, or burning garbage.. *shrug*. At least driving for two hours on 1 gallon ($3) worth of gas feels efficient compared to so many other gas-vehicles.
Even cheap electric cars are expensive... but a tiny 2-person version was invented in my city and does limited sells each year... the Tango!
https://www.consumerreports.org/xprize/commuter_cars_tango.html
(My city is strangely famous for inventors... even though its a small city. My friend grew up living next door to the guy who invented recumbent bikes and tried some of his early versions as a kid, and another friend was the inventor of modern film holography. Spokane is an extremely strange place...)
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