#keicar
Swoon. I think that I need this #van in my life....
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-power-van-electric-kei-puzzle-b2451676.html
Saw someone driving one of these on I35 in Lewisville, TX today:
The #Autozam AZ-1 Is The Ultimate Japanese Pocket Rocket That You Simply Can't Ignore
https://www.topspeed.com/the-autozam-az-1-is-the-ultimate-japanese-pocket-rocket-that-you-simply-cant-ignore/ #KeiCar
@tikibunnyimports yeah, a classic #KeiCar aka. #PersonalLightVehicle!
Very cute and smol indeed.
Bathed in sunlight, a vivacious red car rests outside a quaint Japanese residence. Its energy, too fervent to be contained, has seemed to dissolve its protective cloak, revealing the undeniable spirit of the vehicle beneath. 🚗
日差しの中、鮮やかな赤い車が日本の家の前で休んでいます。そのエネルギーは、その保護クロークを溶かして、下の車の明らかな精神を明らかにするほど熱烈です。静けさと車の潜在的なダイナミズムの並置は、現在の放置状態に対する静かな反乱です。🌅
#streetphotography #streetphotographyjapan #griiix #ricoh_gr #aichi #nagoya #japan #keicar
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https://www.carscoops.com/2023/10/tesla-who-japans-favorite-ev-is-a-13k-shoebox-with-a-112-mile-range/ #EV #KeiCar
This video explains why cars and trucks keep getting bigger in the US.
Basically the gas mileage a new vehicle has to hit for the manufacturer to avoid paying extra fees, depends on the footprint calculated as wheelbase times track width.
Obviously that doesn't apply to EVs, but many drivers are afraid of buying a small vehicle for fear of what would happen in a collision with a now-standard behemoth.
https://youtu.be/azI3nqrHEXM?si=cQk8HbdwMDdk5yKv #fuelEconomy #climatecrisis #keiCar
@threetails @douglasvb @GreenFire @fuchsiii @notjustbikes That's just a #KeiCar-esque electric #Minitruck and they are great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo&t=1095s
So much that #PICNIC uses them exclusively for their #GroceriesDelivery service and #DeutschePost / #DHL literally bought a manufacturer for their electric minitrucks and calls them #StreetScooter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StreetScooter
And #UPS converted a lot of their trucks to a drop-in electric kit in order to serve Regulated areas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-emission_zone#Germany
There is part of me that needs this #KeiCar #CamperVan...
Nicht ganz #KeiCar-Maße, aber mit Schiebetür! 💕🤗💕
Und die Allradversion nennen wir dann X-Ray. 😉
(unbezahlte Produkt- und Markennennung)
@dragonarchitect precisely!
There is no incentive to build smaller vehicles in the word except the #KeiCar classification in #Japan and few nieches like Drving license Class B1 and A1 and subsequent "legal and/or engineering hacks" that serve nieches like "turning a car into legally a motorized tricycle that a 16yr old can legally drive on their own." by neutering it's engine to 15kW & 90km/h Vmax and modding the rear axle...
@renwillis that's a cute #KeiCar-size #Minibus!
@multiburst #KeiCar sind ne De-Facto Norm für #PersonalLightVehicles und an sich auch ne gute Idee...
Wenn schon kein flächendeckender #ÖPNV & #ÖPFV möglich ist, dann doch bitte effiziente Designs statt #Padpanzer aka. #MotorisierteGewalt per Design!
@TheWarOnCars what we need is to either ditch the concept of a #car entirely in favour of a #PersonalLightVehicle (#PLV) or decentivize their ownership, production and purchase with taxes on excess size, width, lenght & dead-/net weight.
Kinda inverse of the japanese #KeiCar standard.
OMG I have found the perfect #sUV for the urban world.
Just checkout the advertising images! Doing exactly what a 3 ton 4x4 lifted 'offroad' brodozer would do.
@bhtooefr @TechConnectify @notjustbikes that's because #Japan has the #KeiCar standard, which incentivizes small vehicles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_car
Something I do acknowledge...
https://github.com/KBtechnologies/PLV#standards
#suzuki is also seemingly working on an #EV #Hustler. They seriously should bring that to Europe. It’s such a fun #keicar.
https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/suzuki-jimny-electric-and-hybrid-due-before-2030
I saw this in the parking lot at the gym. I would be lying if I said that I have never been tempted to get one, myself.
Nissan Sakura: Testfahrt mit Japans preiswertestem Elektroauto
