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Are three wheeled cars still legal?
patrickl:
--- Quote from: TOK on May 27, 2008, 06:25:52 am ---I think the thing with 3 wheeled cars is that you have to make the decision to compromise stability (single front wheel) or traction (single rear wheel). The single rear wheel is the far better setup, and there are 3 wheeled cars in North America, though none made by large manufacturers.
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No kidding. The Reliant rolls everytime it appears in a Mr Bean clip ;D
The Carver fixes the stability issue of the single front wheel my making the body tilt.
patrickl:
Lol, someone thought the Smart was a bit too big, so they trimmed it down ::)
Cree
How about an electric one?:
What's the point of having a three wheeler actually? I can sort of understand it with the carver (it's basically a more stable version of a motorbike), but for the rigid body versions I don't get the advantage of losing a wheel.
:edit: nevermind, I see they are classified as motorcycles.
patrickl:
--- Quote from: TOK on May 27, 2008, 06:25:52 am ---I think the thing with 3 wheeled cars is that you have to make the decision to compromise stability (single front wheel) or traction (single rear wheel). The single rear wheel is the far better setup, and there are 3 wheeled cars in North America, though none made by large manufacturers.
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Those are from Canada though. Would they have sold any of those in the US?
Seems like the producers of the Carver licensed their technology to the US based (LA of course) company Venture Vehicles. They are working on the VentureOne
patrickl:
Oh, the Cirbin is cool too:
patrickl:
OK, last one I promise. Amazing how many of these three wheelers are being developed actually. There are a lot more than I posted here. I guess Californian emisson legislation is bringing out the creativity in people.
The Aptera looks more like an airplane without whings.
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