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Tiny Eli Zero urban EV priced at $11,990, goes up to 90 miles—slowly

Baua Electric

feet long, the aluminum two-seat Eli Zero is classified as a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) in the U.S. Eli plans to sell vehicles “through local distributors and dealer partners” and claims to have an assembly plant capable of producing 4,000 vehicles per year. Measuring just 4.5 feet wide and 7.4

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Opinion: We Don't Need No Stinkin' Speed Warnings

The Truth About Cars

The California Senate has passed a bill that, if signed into law, will require all new cars sold or build in the state to have "passive speed limiters" installed by 2032. It's true that some cars offer a similar feature -- I've tested a few. Imagine trying to rush to the hospital and your car is beeping at you the whole time.

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California Air Resources Board Unveils $3.7M in Rebates for Plug-in Hybrid and Zero-Emission Vehicles

Green Car Congress

Eligible vehicles are cars, trucks, commercial medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, motorcycles or neighborhood electric vehicles. million to fund air quality improvement programs that will pay for cleaner equipment such as hybrid truck and buses, zero-emission and plug-in hybrid cars, and motorcycles.

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Bosch launches eScooter sharing service under new Coup brand

Green Car Congress

At launch, 200 connected eScooters will be available in the Berlin neighborhoods of Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg, Friedrichshain, and Kreuzberg. They have a maximum speed of 45 km/h—everyone over 21 holding a car or motorcycle driving licence can use them.

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Polaris to buy Global Electric Motorcars LLC (GEM) from Chrysler

Green Car Congress

GEM cars are used by local, state and national government agencies, resorts, master-planned communities, universities, medical and corporate campuses, as well as by sports teams, taxi-shuttle services and individual consumers. GEM cars are eligible for incentives and tax credits from clean-air districts and other governmental agencies.

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It’s all about connection

Electric Auto Association

I got hooked on the car, and a whole lot of my riders were very impressed, too.” One of the guys has a Tesla like me, has the same motorcycle as I do, and he’s flying an experimental electric plane.”. In fact, half the folks in our neighborhood are using electric lawn equipment now. Temecula Tesla. Sometimes it’s that simple.

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Why this electric ‘car’ the size of two motorcycles should be on your list

Baua Electric

It’s the size of the cars. A new crop of tiny electric cars is changing the game and offering options we’ve never had before. Err, actually, I probably shouldn’t call them “cars”. I’m talking about Low Speed Vehicles (LSVs) , the official term for what many people call Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs).