Something is rong ear.
100 US miles-per-gallon equivalent (2.35L/100km)
Ummmmmm
That should be 100 miles per US gallon....
AND
There is 4.25 Liters in a US gallon and 4.5 liters in an Imperial Galleon.

Actually the only concern I have about this vehicle is the mass and height inequality with other vehicles like SUV and Hummers etc....
If they were all banned, and the lard arse soccer moms made their kids ride bikes everywhere, and all the people transporters were of a similar height and mass - I\'d have one ASAP.

Mr. Stiffy, Don\'t be worried about mass and height disparage between vehicles. Many people like myself ride motorcycles daily and have no issues with these regards. As long as they\'re relatively safe (more than a motorcycle is okay fine), affordable etc they should sell.

\"remaining practical for real-world use\" doesn\'t that also mean the US government would allow it to be sold in the US? This car could not be sold in the US, it would not meet safety requirements which include systems like air bags, 5 mph bumpers, rollover protection, safety glass, tire pressure monitoring, side impact protection, etc.
All would force the weight of the vehicle to a point that 100mpg would be history.
Nothing more than boys playing with toys.

Actually, a US gallon is just under 3.8 liters.

Yes, I too like to see what it does in the crash test.
I also hope that they will provide model with decent acceleration. Weird looking (well, it\'s ok for me but) and slow car probably is not a too good combination.

I do not care what it looks like. I just want to be able to go on the high way and make 100 MPG. There is only a finite amount of petroleum and demand is increasing not decreasing so with a little common sense we can assume that petrol prices are not getting any cheaper. In fact when I first started driving a gallon of gas went for 94 cents. Just ten years later gas is just under three dollars a gallons. That should say something. Either our money has become worthless or like any product that has a higher demand (wells running dry) than production the prices are only on the up and up, or both. Hope you can afford to fill up your hummer in ten years.

So here it comes. Instead of seeing this great product and pushing towards making this a worldwide standard. And producing millions of them. Partnering with a progressive auto company like Tata Motors....... This will become another good idea that takes forever to implement............. And these people will all rationalize that their approach is the best. But the end result will be what we always see. Slow real results.

Sorry, this is not a practical car. Aside from the lack of bumper/crush zone and other safety factors, no one is going to want to ride in the back seat for any distance. Lack of view from the back seat would mean that this is actually a single seat car, for the same reason that passengers choose to ride in the front not the back seat. Of course you can make a extremely small, light vehicle with a very small motor and get great mileage, but sales would be to an extremely small market. Cars like the Aptera are far more practical, safer and get close to the same mileage and performance!

the old ride was a V.W. that got 50 on the road. And so streamlined those beetles! currently a honda civic is giving around 40 in mixed use.
Tell me again how hard it is to do 100mpg? Ah, it\'s that too slow to get out of it\'s own way issue- where you must clear the intersectin at a terminal 35 mph or be run over by important people with better things to do and places they should already be.
3.5Hp to do 50mpg? not much more than what a 1900 electric achieved on 3 Hp. But talk about streamlined! brass lanterns, spoked wheels...buggy inspired chasis...and much more convenient seating!
Again I am reminded of the tee-shirt: \"this was supposed to be the future.\"