Smart Electric Go Kart For Kids

[HardOCP News]

Awesome "toys" like this are one of the best reasons in the world to have kids. There is no way the wife would approve trying to buy a $1,000 smart go cart like this for yourself but, when you can totally claim it's for the kids, now it's a go!

 

[SilverSliver]

If my son was a year older this Christmas, that would be under the tree.

 

[lenardo2]

MY kids would have a blast with this, unfortunately, they are a bit old for it.

one will be driving next summer, the other two will be 13...now if this was 4 years ago.,..3 of them under the tree....one for each.

 

[Hagrid]

Yeah, 1K is a bit much. Maybe a version that doesn't have all the wifi stuff added.

Hell with the kids, I would have fun driving it.

 

[Rahh]

1000$? Get them a small dirt bike or atv instead like when I was a kid. So much more fun even though gas powered.

 

[Gweenz]

1000$? Get them a small dirt bike or atv instead like when I was a kid. So much more fun even though gas powered.

This, and forget the Chinese made garbage that ends up at the dump in a year. Get an old Honda ATC or XR or go cart and spend some time fixing it up. Then you can sell it 5 years down the road for more than you bought it for because guess what, it still runs.

 

[drescherjm]

There is no way the wife would approve trying to buy a $1,000 smart go cart like this for yourself but, when you can totally claim it's for the kids, now it's a go!

Maybe if it was significantly greater than 12MPH max.

 

[Loop242]

Is that thing street legal?
The entire video has her driving in the street.

 

[thesmokingman]

$1k is a bit steep. I'd rather build a mtb and take em to the slopes for that cash.

 

[DukenukemX]

Real parents make the kids learn the hard way. Get them a welder and some metal piping and make them build their own.

 

[Eiolon]

Is that thing street legal?
The entire video has her driving in the street.

In private communities and subdivisions kids can drive anything without tags. It's like taking your kid to an empty parking lot to drive when they don't even have a drivers permit.

 

[MV75]

1000$? Get them a small dirt bike or atv instead like when I was a kid. So much more fun even though gas powered.

Yea, that, or even a regular go-kart. Get off your phone and stop meddling mum! And take us to a track instead of on the street that only reinforces into me that it's ok to blindly do stupid shit on public roads with no regards to cars because mum and dad says it's safe to do. And also that it's our private space that we can fill the entire road with cones because it's ours.

 

[BloodyIron]

It's worth noting that electric motors last longer than internal combustion. I'm not sure exactly if this is a good price, but I would expect it to retain value quite well.

 

[Glyphic]

Considering that a shitty PowerWheels will set you back 3-400, its not that far fetched.

 

[Blown 89]

I can get a real racing kart for that kind of money.

 

[dgz]

oh cool. prompted me to search for electric go karts on youtube and found this



obviously not the same thing but damn. as a kid I would've said fuck computers. this is so much better

 

[MrAhlefeld]

http://www.ev-fun.eu/

These are the guys who made the cart in the youtube video.

Check out their other videos and website for info.

Specifications:
120-130 HP
165 NM
130 KM/H

Now that's a fun EV cart ! "for adults as well"