Kill Two Birds with Three Wheels?

By: Eric
Published On: 1/2/2008 1:48:22 PM

Check out this car, umm motorcycle, hmmm - how about a carcycle?   Ugh.  Nevermind.  Whatever you want to call it, it's pretty cool.  Check it out in the video.

Why the "kill two birds" title?  Well, if this car lives up to its hype, it'll get great gas milage (around 100 mpg - better for the environment than any current hybrid) and take up as much room as a motorcycle - meaning, in theory, that we could double the capacity of our roads if everyone got one of these.  Ok, that's not realistic, but as a single person commuter vehicle they could make a huge dent in rush hour gridlock with minor changes to the roads and related traffic rules.

Since it has car like features (a protected cockpit for safety and to keep the driver out of the elements) and car like driving controls, it's not unrealistic to think regular people would be able to use this thing.  

Plus, it looks like a hell of a lot of fun to drive.

More links and chatter on this thing...
http://www.flytheroad.com/
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gad...
http://www.hybridcars.com/plug...

Comments



Europeans have had these for years (Rebecca - 1/2/2008 10:14:16 PM)
Europeans have been driving these "mice" for decades. Since they don't subsidize oil companies their oil prices have been closer to reality. Now maybe Americans will wake up to the idea that small is beautiful, and fun too. But maybe they should have a tall red flag on top of these small cars so SUVs will see them.


Good point (Eric - 1/2/2008 10:54:28 PM)
these things may have more safety features than motorcycles, but people still won't see them... just like they don't see motorcycles.