It's meant to be a city car, you'd never be anywhere fast enough to get it up to 55mph. It'll get you to the grocery store and back, although the cargo space might need to be bigger if you're a Costco shopper...
Idk how big of a market pure city driving would be; I imagine most city traffic sources from the suburbs
Unless this is meant for like taxis, similar to auto-rickshaws in Southeast Asia. Or maybe short distance car rentals like zipcar?
Yeah but there are golf carts that go bigger and faster than this car. At about the same price.
In the US, something like 39% of the population lives in an urban environment with a population of 50,000 or larger. That means 61% live in smaller areas. In my city of approximately 55,000, it is hard to make do with not leaving the to go to surrounding towns and that almost always means speeds of 45-55mph.
I'm a little unclear on what cities in the US are large enough that most people wouldn't need a vehicle that can go faster (for the sake of being allowed on the needed roads), and yet would be a city where enough people would want their own car for use inside of the city instead of relying on foot/public transport.
I think that most likely a successful city car in the US would still need to be able to do a minimum of 45mph, and I could see arguments for 60mph or 70mph as the minimum instead. I could see getting away with all the driving I do in a typical month with something that couldn't do more than 45 though. 19mph is too slow for my typical week, unless it took the form of a cargo bike.