On 4 May 2024 at 12:05, paul dove via EV wrote: > at some point they take away your license. What then?
Here in France we have a fix for that. It's a vehicle class called VSP - voitures sans permis. That's literally "cars without licenses," which refers to the drivers rather than the cars. If you've lost your license - from too many violations, drunk driving, age, whatever - you're allowed to drive a VSP. In some ways, a VSP is similar to a Comuta-Car It's about the same length (3m) and about the same motor power (6kW). It has 2 seats and some space in the back for groceries. It's a little slower (top speed limited to 45 km/h) and lighter (max weight 425kg) than the C-car. Traditionally VSPs were powered by Asian-made gas and diesel small-tractor engines, but electric VSPs are growing in popularity. The idea seems to be that if you run into someone, you can't do much damage at 425kg and 45 km/h. And if you get in someone's way and get mowed down, you and the car will be the crash energy absorber. I don't like to think too much about that "feature." :-( Their big advantage over any current "self driving" car, EV or ICEV, is cost. Typical cost is around 10-11k euros, in a range from about 8k to about 15k. So you can buy 3 or 4 VSPs for the cost of the cheapest Tesla, even without the Tesla's autonomy software subscription That's a good thing, since most of the folks who need them here (I know one) are lucky to even have 10k euros for a car. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Some people ask, "Why?" Others ask, "Why not?" Then later they say, "Oh." -- Found on the Net = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
