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This town banned cars (except tiny electric ones)

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Zermatt, in Switzerland, bans all private cars and all gasoline cars. But if you run a business, you might be able to buy one of the special, tiny ones that are built right there. ■ Zermatt: https://zermatt.ch ■ Stimbo: https://stimbo.ch/ Camera: Martin Bäbler Editor: Julian Domanski Local production by Viven https://viven.ch Thanks to Kevin Tedore for the suggestion Milk float clip licensed from Reuters via Pond5. 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: https://www.tomscott.com/newsletter/ ❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: https://lateralcast.com/ https://youtube.com/lateralcast/ ➕ TOM SCOTT PLUS: https://youtube.com/tomscottplus 👥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: https://youtube.com/techdif

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I went to Zermatt, Switzerland — a town that’s made a very bold decision: no private cars, and no petrol or diesel vehicles at all. If you arrive by road, you stop outside the town and switch to other ways of getting around. The result is a place that feels noticeably different: quieter, cleaner, and designed around people rather than traffic. But that doesn’t mean there are no vehicles — it means the vehicles that are allowed have to fit the town’s rules. So I looked at the exception: the tiny electric utility vehicles that keep everything running. If you run a business, you can apply to use one — and some of them are built locally, specifically for Zermatt’s narrow streets and practical needs. This video is about what happens when a town bans the default assumption of modern life, then builds a system to replace it: not a futuristic concept car, but little workhorses doing deliveries, hauling luggage, and keeping a tourist town functioning without the usual noise and fumes.

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