Our Chicago Blog » alternate transport http://ourchicagoblog.com chicago or bust! Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:22:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Tech Tuesday: Another Country Heard From http://ourchicagoblog.com/2009/04/tech-tuesday-another-country-heard-from/ http://ourchicagoblog.com/2009/04/tech-tuesday-another-country-heard-from/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:33:00 +0000 shana http://ourchicagoblog.com/?p=720 No, this is not some techy thing from an actual different country, as the title might lead you to believe…. it’s Shana’s first ever Tech Tuesday post!  Don’t worry though, pigs are not flying, this is as much “alternative transportation” related as it is techy.  

Anyway, check it out: this morning, Autoweek (yeah, I definitely don’t read Autoweek, it was forwarded to me) featured the following headline: 

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… with a gallery full of pictures, including this one: 

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yeah baby

You know, a lot of us have been saying for a long time that you don’t need a whole big, gas guzzling car to go five blocks up the road and pick up a bag of groceries – cars are, as the article states, “overengineered” for a lot of everyday situations.  This baby can reach speeds up to 35mph and lasts for about 35 miles between charges… yep, that’ll get you to the g-store and back, with a lot less wasted along the way. 

Anyway, they’re apparently not actually legal to drive on either streets or sidewalks at this point… which leaves us with… golf courses?  Just so long as it’s not bike lanes.  Anyway, they’re not commercially available yet, we’ve got lots of time to iron out logistics.  

 

Also, on totally unrelated note, my birthday’s in September, so… if you haven’t decided what you’re getting me yet… ;)

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