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

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    2 months ago

    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

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    2 months ago

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

    Dirty as fuck.

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    2 months ago

    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?

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        2 months ago

        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.

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      2 months ago

      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.