Solaemon-Go
Car of the Day #143: 1992 Solaemon-Go – The first soul•ar car
Me phoning it in would be to state that all of our vehicles could look like this, so long as it met all of the regulations it needed to. Then close my laptop and walk away.
Rounded bumpers? Check. Low emissions? Check. Two whole cartoon eyes that can follow you around? Check and check.
Solaemon-Go is a real car, because I deem it so. Major automakers don’t think twice about pushing what amounts to a large-scale Tamiya model onto the stage and calling it a “concept car”. At least Solaemon-Go has real mileage under its cape — in the early ’90s, it drove 3,000 km over 10 days, and hit a maximum speed of 70 km/h.
I realize you still have every reason to be skeptical, however, I think the official promotional video (in Japanese) will answer the rest of your questions:
