Electric Car
Made From Bamboo
To Go On Sale In
Japan
Eschewing the
silver paint and
smooth curves of
most electric
cars nowadays,
the Japanese
Meguru electric
car kind of
looks like a
rickshaw, and is
made from
bamboo.
It'll be going
on sale for
around the
equivalent of
$10,000, with
the makers
Yodogawa Group
and Kinki Knives
Industries
Corporation
(what a name!)
aiming it the
more traditional
cities of Kyoto
and Nara.
While on the
outside it looks
like a
large-scale
fridge magnet
you'd pick up in
a souvenir shop,
internally it's
stuffed with
enough electrics
to power it for
40km after just
2hrs of
charging. Its
top speed may
only be 40km/h,
but it's an
affordable,
eco-friendly way
to get about a
town or city in
style. Shame it
only fits two
people, really.
[Japan
Trends]
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