americans care too much about looks, the consumption propaganda is too internalized in their "culture"

And if we shared cars instead of owning them it would also save on gas for everyone

And if we paid someone to drive the car around for us it would be swell

Also if we do that we might as well make the car bigger

You know what's more efficient on gas than rubber on road? Metal. If we made the wheels metal we would have like zero rolling resistance

That tears up roads though so we should probably pave the roads with metal

That's kind of expensive, so we should only pave metal directly underneath where our metal wheeled car will drive

If we're going to do all of that it should be bigger. Multiple cars connected together.

Hey we can get rid of gas entirely? We could run this thing using catenary arms and overhead cables. GENIUS!

But what if I crash, because of running red lights or because I don't know how to operate a vehicle? I can't possibly put my life at risk. Let the other guy take the hit.

Not far. And not street legal either.

It's a cool hobbyist project but was spun into a "way to save on gas" in the news report.

Yes it’s a fun project, but it’s also painful to see how much effort Americans will go through to keep driving something gas-powered.

I guess it’s because America’s addiction to gasoline and the shit they make the rest of the world go through because of that doesn’t make it funny anymore.

And think about the wear & tear on those cheap plastic wheels. Not sure if those are even replaceable. That would be a whole new effort & expense to replace those after they quickly wear down.

I assumed money is tight. He put together a cute project out of scraps.

eBikes are expensive

My EV would do the job better, faster, and use even less gasoline, but I’m not fooling myself that most people can simply buy one

Or just ride an ebike

Electric cars do cause air pollution. A lot of the pollution cars produce is from tyre dust.

The funny thing about this article is that small cars have existed since forever but Americans always go for the larger, for inefficient cars.

Most people don’t have a spare electric drivetrain in their garage, though.

The first cars were actually electric.

We can't afford new cars. I mean some can but most of us buy what's barely affordable.

Spira also

It would look way less cool though