EcoMobile -something for you, Russ :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbdkZB9-Sd4&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div

This looks pretty cool. Just wondering...is this back in the 80s?

Regards

Taike

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Bo pen nyang.

I think this is pretty recent. Lots of different vehicles being developed for the US. Original Tuk Tuk's have been approved for sale by the DOT. Problem is, they start at $10,000.00, and you can get a small imported car (Kia Reo) for around $8,000.00. The one that's available now in the US is the ScootCoupe. It's mostly used for rental fleets at vacation sites. It's a 150cc three wheeled scooter-no top. No reverse. Passengers sit side by side. The company will have a 500cc version in a year or so. There's also the Auto Moto, a three wheeled tandem scooter with a windshield and a wiper.

The Tango, a small enclosed three wheeler from South America, had the most potential, but after lots of publicity and pre-orders, the plans to bring them into the country have been canceled. Heard that it was a financial issue involving the importer.

Americans who have never been off the continent would be amaised at the variety of small vehicles used in other parts of the world.


Russ


Neat Stuff!

This is what we call a tuk tuk in Laos:
http://images.travelpod.com/users/tom_za/2.1211946480.lao-tuk-tuk.jpg

They are supposed to be replaced by cabs in 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_rickshaw

Taike

I live in a vacation area, and have seen those little three wheelers on the road. They are a fatality waiting to happen! ZERO protection for the drivers, reduced liability needs (lots of little cracks in the rental liability code) and invariably driven by idiot kids who can barely drive a real car, let alone this scooter derivative.

Until we separate heavy transportation from ultralights, we are going to see a drastic rise in fatal accidents, as go-karts mix it up with 18 wheelers...