Small, Electric, Traffic Beating Vehicles For Every Occasion! 

i want a sans permis analogue in nova scotia for an enclosed quad, like the old citicar. expanding our limited speed motorcycle license to encompass small cars might work, max speed 72kph up to 100cc, would be just about perfect for mobility everywhere. human powered with electric or fuel assist trikes aren't legal on our roads and the max speed is 30, quad is fine though, without some way of software relocking to drop it to legal speeds, it's not possible to buy the product you've displayed and legally use them on the road here. last time i looked the ONLY provinces in canada that allowed power assist bikes without a license were nova scotia and quebec, meaning everywhere else they need a moped licence, insurance, inspection, tags and plates, all the same stuff they need for a proper motorcycle, how are they getting away with it in bc? have there been changes?

@@felderup What we really need in all countries is dropping licensing and registration requirements for everything under, say, 100 kgs and 40 kph, but that's never going to happen, because we are ruled by greedy, stupid politicians.

@@felderup the UPT at the end.

@@thekaxmax the thing with tires probably not street legal? however, i want something i can license in the limited speed category.

@@felderup The 1-seat microcar version could be street legal, depending on where you are. But they are into generating solutions, talk to them.

Quite frankly, it’s becoming a bit embarrassing.

This company absolutely doesn't cater for me. That's why I have a multi ton EV! ...which is even heavier than the diesel vehicle it replaced. I need to travel up to 200 miles a day with tools and materials. When you get your dream of everyone in/on a micro EV don't expect any help from trades when your roof starts leaking, your plumbing and electric fail. Trades need to have allowances or the customer will have to pay the extra premium.

@@beepthesheep867 I’m sure we all understand and agree with your first paragraph, but you kinda went a bit overboard at the start of the second paragraph there.

​@@beepthesheep867nobody has ever said we shouldn't have heavy vehicles on the road, only that we shouldn't be using them to move your singular fat arse from home to work. This is a weird take if I'm honest.

@DJB01 I'm understandably disgruntled. There's an agenda to ultimately ban all cars. I haven't seen anything anywhere that says EVs will be exempt from this and we know there aren't enough raw materials extracted in 10 years to replace just the vehicle in just the UK with BEVs. I did my research and made the shift to an EV and so did my gf. Don't get me wrong, I love my EV, but I'm also aware of all the negative aspects to driving one too. These micro EVs are not suitable for the majority of the UK. That accounts for why 44 million vehicles are on the UK roads. I showed my gf that these micro EVs would be the way she'll be expected to commute to work. She raised her eyebrows, which said it all. She could manage with a micro EV but only 3 days per week. She'd still need her current small EV which was purchased to suit her exact requirements. I currently have a huge issue with kids on electric scooters terrorising the local supermarket car park, which they use for a meet up. There needs to be legislation in place. That legislation needs to be tough and on a par to riding a moped. Registration, insurance, MOT, indicators, helmets, licence, points, parking, the works.The police shouldn't be turning a blind eye. What is illegal is illegal and there's no excuse. I've seen the accident injury and death report in relation to electric scooters and proportionately, fair worse than cars! You can not combat that fact with flippant comments about the UK being behind without understanding the justification for that!

Yeah I couldn't see trusting the anti-theft to an alarm. You'd have to have a chain for the frame and the rear wheel to a rack.

search on Google Not-a-Wheelchair

Check out OutriderUSA with their Coyote 4WD. They used to and may still make fast trikes, but this is a off road go anywhere quad for people with various disabilities, or anyone

Why not carbon fibre options for those who can afford it? I'm all for diversity, even within the same product. I can get about five different types of cans of baked beans.

Carbon fiber is not viable for the directional torque electric motors will put on them. Carbon fiber has good strength in one direction and bad in another direction. You can pull it in the direction of its fibers just fine. Put force perpendicular to the fibers and it's brittle.

Carbon fiber is also pretty bad about recycling.

I agree with you but to be fair they've been making ice cars for over 100 years but really only been semi serious about EVs for about 5. It's just going to take time, especially when those bigger vehicles are the more profitable ones.

@@morosis82 Probably. Never understood why large and heavy behemoth of cars are more profitable. Maybe due to the more wealthy buyers that can afford to be ripped-off.? 😉 China is building lots of smaller economical EV's, so it can be done.

You seemed to lapse into Dutch there but, here in Aus, our houses are so small we can walk in them without needing a car, lol.

@@aussieideasman8498 a household in Dutch, is an other word for "family that lives under 1 roof') 🤣.

@@BMWHP2 Just segwaying into that joke I made. I hope people got the joke? I have a great admiration for the Dutch. My son speaks it fluently, and lived in Rotterdam for a year while he did his Masters. We visited when they had their second child there, and then we toured Europe and GB on a 20,000 km drive. You have the most advanced country in all of Europe, from what I could tell as a tourist, and I thoroughly enjoyed my time there.

Badum, tssss!

@@zapfanzapfan have no idea what that means, is it some sort of slang?

@@kavanobrien6547 It's a phonetic representation of a rimshot.

@@kavanobrien6547 Obscurai got it right.

@@Obscurai rimshot ? One does tend to think I’ve been living on a different planet.

Some people like to pay for the convenience and knowing what they get is what they expected. If they don't want to spend hours, days or weeks looking through 1000s of dodgy sellers on ebay and Chinese web sites, and researching reputations, video reviews, unboxings etc, then that is their choice. I got my 2kW kit 8 years ago for £400 and made the batteries myself, and it still runs perfectly. Never been happier, though another kW or two would be nice.

It doesn’t seem to be a pedal assist, so it might have to be registered and licensed as a motorcycle in WA.

It is pedal assisted@@cypvh74

3-5kW motor would make it non-street legal, hence wount be able to use bike lanes, would require registration and insurance

@@far-course38 The problem is not with the idea; it's with the laws. Changing the laws by dropping them is the best solution, but our greedy and very stupid politicians will never do that. Nothing under 40 kph and 100 kgs should need a license or registration.

The Bike Bubble thing!

Unfortunately, economics comes into play. With more customers and competition, prices drop, but solo startups are always expensive. We need them, and we need rich people to get us past the hurdle.

..and I'd surely get Robert

There are fully enclosed, heated, micro EVs. Just because one product doesn’t suit you, doesn’t mean there are others that won’t.

@@oliverpolden It's a UK channel. It's a trinket for a handful of people. No one would seriously use it on UK roads. They value their lives.

@@TeaBreak. I live in the UK. Just because you wouldn’t use one, doesn’t mean others wouldn’t. I certainly would.

You're in the wrong movie. ICE are on their way out....get used to it.

A truly awful creation, the Danish U36 that became the MiniEl was a far better machine, 30miles, at 30miles per hour, no peddling and full weather enclosure, it was designed as a moped or scooter replacement and could carry an adult and two young children, unfortunately the c5 killed anything electric in Britain for a generation. I worked with the industrial designer Ray Innes on it as my first project with him in 1982, Stein Jensen approached Ray Innes to do the body and other design work while he concentrated on the mechanical and electrical side, the completed U36 was first exhibited in a Danish bank in Randers, where the first factory for them was built, I believe they are still made in Germany.

@1wuzgray325 I too fell in love with the fully enclosed Veemo. To me, it would be the closest thing to driving an actual car without the expensive maintenance or needing to insure it and no required driver's license. But that model was being used in a pilot vehicle sharing program in selected areas. I actually emailed the company and asked if they will ever offer it to individuals who wish to purchase one for themselves as private owners. The answer I got back was that they were considering it. But alas, we got this semi open model instead. Bummer.

Then perhaps London should improve the cycling paths. Cycling and micro-mobility are increasing in all developed countries (aside from the US), that's not going to stop.

It’s actually surprising the routes you can find in London to avoid cycling with the traffic. Go through parks, along the canal, a dedicated cycle lane, shared pedestrian areas…