This Street-Legal Two-Seater Trike Is No Spyder, but It May Just Be the Deal of the Year ( www.autoevolution.com )

Massimo Electric is the crew responsible for selling this $7,000 electric trike that can fit up to two people and reach a top speed of 50 mph

capital ,

Take a look at your car at about what your head height would be in this thing.

Dirty as fuck.

Assman ,
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Now I can get killed while looking like a dork who can't afford a sports car with four wheels

FartsWithAnAccent OP Mod ,
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You could do that before though

cloudless ,
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Just like this one...

https://lemmy.cafe/pictrs/image/0b227001-ddc2-4e4e-882b-86eace03b38f.webp

Hello_there ,

Deathtrap?

Tylerdurdon ,

It's more of a murder mobile... Maybe a rolling coffin.

Showroom7561 ,

they can hit a top speed of up to 50 mph (80 kph).

Why do we need to create another industry that's designed to kill people? Don't we have it bad enough with cars and trucks? Now we need these tiny thing on the road going 80km/h with two people in it?

DaGeek247 ,
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I just. What a wild take. You know motorcycles exist, right?

Showroom7561 ,

Maybe you missed the article (and the accompanying video), but this trike is about waist high. It doesn't even clear the front height of a sedan, let alone be visible to someone in an SUV or pickup truck going at near highway speeds.

I wouldn't consider this safe, unless it had a huge flag on it, similar to what you see on recumbent bicycles. Motorcycles with a rider on them are at least significantly taller and more visible compared to this thing.

JJROKCZ ,

We’re not going to get public transit in the US, I really want it too but the auto companies own our government so you best just forget it.

Gingerlegs ,

I can’t imagine living with one of these longer than 3 days in the U.S. without being run over by an F-150

Usernameblankface ,
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Yep. It needs a tall flag with a blinker on top to be visible enough in the US

snausagesinablanket ,
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Its not a problem since everyone's too fat to get in one.

Ioughttamow ,

I had a semi forget I was in front of him one time and try to drive through me, and I was in a Subaru forester. These things are going to get pancaked

dual_sport_dork ,
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Drink every time the author says "bugger." Must be Australian.

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