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@Wen I have no direct experience riding them myself; I had heard they're faster than bicycles and that makes sense (at high speeds air resistance is a huge factor), I just meant slower than cars (which are cheating by throwing vast amounts of energy at the problem).

Maybe I'm overestimating the difficulty of sharing the roads with cars, but around here (Romania) a worryingly large percentage of drivers will rage at and actively swerve towards bicycles, and road accident deaths are pretty high.

There are certainly places where velomobiles would work very well right now - the Netherlands being the obvious example, but anywhere with a bit more of a safe driving culture than here.

Last time I drove on the motorway here I had a little day dream about all 6 lanes being used by bicycles and velomobiles. That's what I'd like the future to look like :)

@s1m0n4 @Wen if there were no cars on the roads or a good national cycle path network, I'd get a velomobile for medium distance travel. Normal bicycles are fine for the short trips and hopping on and off that I do around my home city but to go to the next town over or further, I'd much prefer a velomobile. The trouble is with all the superheavy quadricycles doing 100km/h+ it would not be survivable around here.

When the cars are gone, I'd love to see the road network filled with velomobiles. They're slower (especially uphill) but there would be much less congestion and almost no noise, pollution or road wear.