Electric Vehicles - Really?

[User211]

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it. Electric scooters are coming... well at least in France. Uber stylee.

Uber 'to focus on bikes over cars' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45317025

[walpurgis]

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it. Electric scooters are coming... well at least in France. Uber stylee.

Uber 'to focus on bikes over cars' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45317025

It's about money of course. A scooter maybe costs a twentieth of the price of a car. Bet it won't be a twentieth of the comparative cost per mile and there's no driver to employ or pay.

[User211]

For Uber yes. For the politicians they just want to solve the congestion issues I suspect. Or I am giving them too much credit?

[User211]

I ordered a Xiaomi M365 yesterday from AliExpress. The EU version. Oddly it cost £365. Made me smile.

[walpurgis]

I ordered a Xiaomi M365 yesterday from AliExpress. The EU version. Oddly it cost £365. Made me smile.

Is it road legal?

[User211]

Is it road legal?

In all honesty nothing is apart from one machine as I highlighted earlier. People are on them in London, and the general vibe is the Police do nothing apart from show interest, if anything.

[User211]

https://youtu.be/Tk6D1UUfTZ0

[walpurgis]

Hmm. Running into a pedestrian and injuring them, on an uninsured and illegal vehicle could have 'interesting' consequences.

[User211]

The enforcing law was written in 1835. It's on about horse and carts etc on the pavement.

[User211]

Hmm. Running into a pedestrian and injuring them, on an uninsured and illegal vehicle could have 'interesting' consequences.

Agreed. Have to be careful. Very careful.

Where I will ride it will be pretty god damn safe.