Cheap Chinese electric cars are coming to the US and Europe

Re:Cheap Chinese electric cars are coming to the US and Europe by bluGill on Monday February 04, 2019 @11:58AM (#19077953)

That is one of the things not mentioned. Do they have heat/AC, do they work when it is -30, how do they do in a crash (granted at a 28mph top speed they don't need much production). Will they be road legal?

I'm interested, my 4 mile commute never gets to 30mph anyway, but I need to be sure it will work for me vs just be another ATV that I have no use for. (I just moved, my bike is someplace but until the weather improves I'm not in a hurry to find it).

After looking closer I have more questions: will I fit? I'm only slightly taller than average (about a standard deviation more), but the pictures I can find in a search suggest that I wouldn't fit.

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Re:Cheap Chinese electric cars are coming to the US and Europe by AJ007 on Monday February 04, 2019 @12:44PM (#19078567)

I may wildly presumptive (based on the photo in the article), but if there aren't any doors I'm not sure how useful heat/AC would be.

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Re:Cheap Chinese electric cars are coming to the US and Europe by bluGill on Monday February 04, 2019 @01:08PM (#19078844)

If heat/AC is not useful, then I'm not a customer. If they can (magic?) make useful heat/AC without doors I'm fine with that. (though that does bring up the question - if I go through a puddle will I stay dry?)

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Re:Cheap Chinese electric cars are coming to the US and Europe by BRAlNlAC on Monday February 04, 2019 @01:00PM (#19078773)

>granted at a 28mph top speed they don't need much production(sic)

I have to disagree. When it comes to crash safety I am usually much more worried about a large SUV with bald tires than I am about crashing my own car. That SUV is on the road regardless of what you drive unfortunately, which drives the arms race of ever safer (and bigger and more dangerous) vehicles.

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