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There’s a big problem with McClaren’s ‘World’s most powerful trail-legal’ electric mountain bike

Electrek

McClaren, better known for its high-performance sports cars, has just announced a series of new electric bikes, including what the company calls the “World’s most powerful trail-legalelectric mountain bike.

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This 100 MPH ‘street legal’ 2-seater electric race car from China looks pretty legit

Electrek

Most of the fun and funky vehicles I manage to dredge up for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week are big on weirdness but short on power. This time, that seems to be reversed, as this electric race car is more wild than weird and comes with some seriously impressive performance.

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The best street-legal electric micro-cars, NEVs, and LSVs you can buy in the US

Electrek

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series on LSVs and electric micro-cars, we discussed the definitions, use cases, and street-legal rules regarding this important class of tiny vehicles. Now in Part 3, the final installment of the series, we’ll look at which street-legal vehicles are actually available in the US.

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Porsche says electric Mission X concept would be fastest road-legal car ever

Electrek

Porsche has unveiled the Mission X, a new electric hypercar concept, which the automaker says could be the fastest road-legal vehicle ever to do a lap around the famous Nürburgring racetrack… if it goes into series production.

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Tamiya Wild One MAX is a full-scale, road legal, electric vehicle built with adventure in mind

Electric Cars Report

The Little Car Company, manufacturers of hand built electric scaled cars, revealed the Tamiya Wild One MAX.

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I test-drove the only street-legal electric microcar in the US, and it’s wild

Electrek

Electric microcars are a tricky to define subset of motor vehicles, especially in the US. Open-air neighborhood electric vehicles , fancy golf carts , and other small vehicles tend to blur the line, leaving microcars in that weird category of “I know it when I see it.”

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Beetle-inspired Ora Punk Cat electric car raises some eyebrows in VW’s legal department

Electrek

A new electric vehicle unveiled by China’s Great Wall Ora brand this week has attracted the interest of Volkswagen’s legal department for its resemblance to the classic VW Beetle. more… The post Beetle-inspired Ora Punk Cat electric car raises some eyebrows in VW’s legal department appeared first on Electrek.

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