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Advantages listed in the article are that they take up less space and are easier to maneuver which are good things for crowded cities.

I believe the main point was the zero-emissions.

Being all-electric means it will cause some emissions though, whereas a bicycle doesn't have emit any at all (although you could say it's powered by human-energy which in turn is powered by other things)

I read somewhere that if you eat meat (I assume they were talking about beef) then its actually better for the environment co2 wise to just drive.

That was this old article...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2195...

But it was discussing walking, not riding (far more efficient), and used common milk as the calorie provision (effectively a worst-case scenario).

http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html

Please read this. Eating meat is the largest factor for green house gases. So if you want to go Green stop eating meat.

It's not a startup. It has been made for fun, although it may evolve into something else.

Even not all startup solve a problem. They may be a value addition or for fun.