[HN Gopher] Japan cracks down on use of rideable electric suitca...
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Japan cracks down on use of rideable electric suitcases amid
tourist boom
Author : bookofjoe
Score : 27 points
Date : 2024-08-02 17:59 UTC (4 days ago)
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| wkat4242 wrote:
| Meh. 13kmh is not a lot and these are only suitable for really
| smooth floors. Don't see the point though because these things
| are so big they must be checked in which is the first thing you
| do at an airport so they can't be used after that.
|
| I also wonder how much useful space is left in them after the
| slide-out steering mechanism, batteries and motors.
|
| I'd be more worried about tons of lithium batteries made to the
| cheapest price going inside the cargo hold.
| dylan604 wrote:
| > I also wonder how much useful space is left in them after the
| slide-out steering mechanism, batteries and motors.
|
| looking at the image in TFA, that looks about the size of a
| carry on which is much smaller than I was imagining. to
| counter, there's a Visa commercial running as part of the
| Olympics with Simone Biles next to her suitcase which is as big
| as she is. It is disturbingly large. Like, it can't be real,
| can it? Or she is just that little. Either way, I'm remembering
| the wrong parts of their commercial, but I could see a suitcase
| of that size being something Transformer-ish into something you
| and your family could ride
| bootloop wrote:
| They need a new vehicle category? Why does an electric bicycle
| need a driver license in the first place?
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