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by CalRobert 4 hours ago
"The car is designed for urban settings and has a top speed of 50 kilometers (31 miles) per hour."

I don't think range will be an issue at that speed tbh.

Cool little transport but not really a "car" in the way we think of them.
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dieselgate 4 hours ago
> The car is designed for urban settings

Huh, the speed limit is odd because in my urban/city driving in the western US (San Diego, LA, SF, Portland and Seattle) all major cities still basically necessitate non-zero highway driving. Even mopeds (and bicycles) can pretty easily exceed 31 mph.

I've spent about 2 months total in Mexico City and there are still in-city areas where it'd be common to exceed 31 mph. The main rate limiter being traffic...

Anyway not to pooh-pooh the idea too much, I am sure there are plenty of use cases but maybe enabling a top speed of 55 mph would increase utility IMO

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fluoridation 2 hours ago
How many people do you know who can "easily" exceed 50 km/h on a bicycle?
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catlikesshrimp 3 hours ago
An amusing coincidence: the maximum allowed speed in Nicaragua is 50 km/h If This wasn't about to countries in America, I would suspect something technical behind those decisions. The only thing I can think of is the loss of energy efficiency when driving over 60km/h

As with everything, finding an official announcement of something in Nicaragua might be horrible, so have this instead https://ni.usembassy.gov/message-for-u-s-citizens-new-speed-...

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