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Building a Fleet of Personal EVs in Kenya

Cars That Think

Founded in 2020, the company sells a variety of EVs, including e-bikes, scooters, motorcycles, and tuktuks. She started with assembly and maintenance, where she learned about EVs from the ground up. ARC Ride recently received an order for parts to assemble 120 E2+ motorcycles. Its top speed is 75 km/h.

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Ford expands Smart Mobility pilot program to deliver improved access to healthcare in The Gambia; motorcycles with sensors

Green Car Congress

Ford has equipped 50 motorcycles serving Riders for Health with sensor technology so the medical services group can collect a variety of data, including mapping coordinates, to improve the delivery of medical services and supplies—particularly in remote areas of the West African country. Click to enlarge.

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The World’s Most Popular EVs Aren’t Cars, Trucks, or Motorcycles

Cars That Think

House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act last week, a lesser-recognized provision earmarked some $4.1 Hub motors are relatively affordable, low-maintenance, mass produced by the millions. When the U.S. billion in tax credits to further stimulate an already booming EV market that Elon Musk hasn't even dabbled in.

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Can-Am Spyder First Drive: Embracing The Third Wheel

The Truth About Cars

As a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast, I cannot tell you the number of times I’ve wanted to sneak stories about two-wheeled transportation onto this website. Despite having seen them around for years, they were models I had long assumed would be marginally better than the atrocious three-wheeled motorcycles offered by Harley-Davidson.

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Visiting PURE EV factory | Startup Showcase | ETryst electric motorcycle first look

Plug In India

They want to have more data about maintenance costs and resale values before they take the plunge. ETryst Electric Motorcycle The high point of the visit was testing out their motorcycle - the ETryst. In conventional ICE motorcycles you have the tank which goes down on both sides of a central frame element.

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Husqvarna’s new electric demolition robot will smash up your house

Baua Electric

Best known around these parts for their electric lawnmowing robots and motorcycle/scooter concepts , Husqvarna has a long tradition in the construction space, and the DXR 95 represents the fifth such demolition robot introduced by the company in recent years.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Electric motorcycles breakout. Sales of e-motorcycles have been increasing, but the market remains a tiny fraction of the e-bicycle and e-scooter market (5.2 million e-bicycles and e-scooters compared to about 30,000 e-motorcycles were estimated to have been sold in 2013 outside of China), Navigant says.

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