If you are willing to accept a 3 wheel vehicle Oregon doesnt make it impossible.
4 wheels and you have to jump through hoops.
I was penciling a $500 vehicle for elderly that would be just in town -
grocery and trips to doctor sort of thing - electric.
http://www.americanspeedster.com/index.htm
some tubing frames here
Kirk
Dawie Coetzee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
They still don't get it.
How about, rather, a contest for a vehicle that answers these requirements:
"methods and equipment which are
- cheap enough that they are accessible to virtually everyone;
- suitable for small-scale application; and
- compatible with mans need for creativity.
Out of these three characteristics is born non-violence and a relationship
of man to nature which guarantees permanence. If only one of these three is
neglected, things are bound to go wrong. (E F Schumacher, Small Is Beautiful)
I would say that the first point applies to the methods of manufacture more
than the vehicle itself.
One can add to that,
4. Suitability for broader systems of fuels, roads, etc. in which the
automobile does not play an important role; and
5. Suitability for very limited use over a very long product life, i.e. a
vehicle that still makes sense to own if one is only going to use it some
twenty times a year, which won't deteriorate unduly if left standing for long
periods, which is not dependent on the continued existence of the original
manufacturer for repairs, etc.
The result would be very different indeed.
-Dawie
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