@paul But then again the #TATAnano is completely running circles around both because the people at #Tata know how to do proper #Engineering and didn't have a micromanaging asshole breathing down their necks all the time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGEwG62Q1UQ

Currently the #EU vehicle classes for #PersonalLightVehicles either have severe limits in terms of deadweight and/or power & maximum speed…

• Granted, if they want to incentivize #cheap #EVs they gonna have to either exclude #batteries or incentivize #Methanol #FuelCell or ease up on said restrictions and bring them closer to #KeiCars!

Either way, I wish the @EUCommission & @europarl_en would be ambitious and basically push for the "European EV equivalent of a #TataNano"...

@uastronomer yes and no.

Not shure if #Mahindra even tries to comply with #EuroNCAP or even.has a singoe importer in the #EU.

• Cuz #Tata didn't even try to market the #nano outside of #India and it's direct neihhbours sans *"P.R." China…

#TataNano

Obviously the #TataPixel never went into production and remained a #ConceptCar, since the whole 'need a fucking tablet to use your car' is kinda shit as a concept.

• This ain't the 1990s where people wanted removeable interface units so their expensive car stereo doesn't get stolen.

I mean, just take the concept of the Original #TataNano and get it up to safety specs for like EC Vehicle Class #L7e¹ and maybe do something like the Microlino that isn't priced like a #BMW #Isetta!

And that's why I propose to aggressively work towards #PersonalLightVehicles and whilst some people may easily consider products like the #TataNano yet another billionaire's doodling turned into a product of a person who is inherently not perfect (but who'm I wished to have the chance to have tea with, but sadly never got.)...

• Needless to say what one thinks of the Nano (which I'd love to have one as collectible if I ever got more money than sense!) or it's predecessor, the Indica (which looks like an #Opel #Corsa C 5-door.), we can propably agree that if we can't have #PublicTransport reach every village in a reasonable frequency 24/7, Personal Light Vehicles are the way to go.

Cuz we can all agree that the #WankPanzer by #SwastiCar isn't going to "save the world" (despite some dellusional #BEV fans thinking!) because it's overall #wastefulness is the Problem.

@ai6yr @breadandcircuses and then we get some old (pre-) #Boomers teasing us #Millenials with something halfway cool just to then give us the finger with an absurdly high pricetag of € 111.000 and only 200 available for purchase.

• The #VW #XL1 feels like the #AstonMartin Cygnet but worse…

Instead of #SuerUselessVehicles we need #PersonalLightVehicles, and I know #EcoHipster will hate me for it but a #TataNano or my used #Corsa D 1.0 will habe way less impact on the envoirment than any #CyberTruck because it ain't a fucking #WankPanzer / #IncelCar but I do at leasr try to max efficiency on every trip by asking before going if.I should get something.(on the way back)...

@tk personally, I'd rather stick with older cars if not oldtimers if that's what it takes to not have a tracker 24/7 [aka. #eCall] running...

• If I was a #billionaire, I'd basically invest in building #PersonalLightVehicles instead of #SuperUselessVehicles and basically do the "Anti-#CyberTruck" in terms of #design and pricing!

Pulling a #TataNano instead...