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So, this is devastatingly bad. Far from being 'perfect for Paris', anything that's deliberately aimed at replacing journeys that would otherwise involve physical activity (see e-scooters thread) is wrong.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/11/ami-the-tiny-cube-on-wheels-that-french-14-year-olds-can-drive
This is especially if middle-class parents actually do buy these en masse for their 14-year-olds. Let's hope they never get legalised here, but given the current fiasco around e-scooters, I'm not very hopeful.
For context: Every time cars have been made 'greener', smaller, 'more fuel-efficient', more aerodynamic, the upshot has been more driving that easily offset any gains and has made people more ill and destroyed the environment more.
This vehicle was announced last year, and rather predictably for boosting an investment made by a French manufacturer, regulatory hurdles appear to have been overcome very quickly.