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When It Comes to the Environment, There Really Is No Such Thing as a “Good” Car (www.nakedcapitalism.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I personally think of “automobiles” so self powered vehicles. Velomobiles (human powered) are cool but i live in the mountains and I do not get decent comfort with them.

two people sitting in renault twizy

My daily driver, is a Renault Twizy. It comes with a (electric) engine, steering wheel, gas and brake pedals, a roof, a windshield and other stuff most people associate with “car”. It also weights about 400 kg empty and four of them use less parking space than one traditional car. I power it with solar power for my own roof. It maxes out at about 80 km/h which makes it suitable for short trips on the Autobahn.

Might not be a usual car but still quite traditional and much more energy efficient than a 2100 kg Tesla.