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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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The camper, developed by 2012 rowing silver medalist Jeremiah Brown, has been named the Cyberdrop.

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[โ€“] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It could've been so pretty if they'd made it more like the teardrop caravans from the 60s but no, it looks like a four year old drew it ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's much cheaper to manufacture something from straight boards than trying to get an organic shape.

Unless you have a mould.

[โ€“] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh that'll be why it only cost seven grand then ๐Ÿ˜‚ BTW a full size, new teardrop caravan is 5k

We've had greenwashing, this is greenrobbing

[โ€“] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I mean, if you are a car manufacturer and have the hardware to mass manufacture bent sheets of metal, things are going to be cheaper. And is 5k after inflation?

I'm not saying the thing is reasonably priced, just that there's a lot of factors to consider

[โ€“] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 7 months ago

Molded fiberglass would be REALLY easy to have organic shapes. And way lighter. This is done 100% for aesthetics.

Look at all the cheap dune buggy kits from the 60s. All molded fiberglass.