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Is this low-cost Chinese electric surfboard too good to be true?

Electrek

Electric surfboards aren’t anything new. I’ve enjoyed covering modern electric surfboards for at least half a decade on Electrek and they’ve been around in more primitive forms since the early 2000s. more… The post Is this low-cost Chinese electric surfboard too good to be true? appeared first on Electrek.

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Twingo is GO! Cheap $33k Renault Twingo EV is back on with help from a mysterious Chinese player

EV Central

Just days after Volkswagen said it would go it alone and produce its cheap €20,000 ($A32,500) EV without any help, Renault has announced that it has already found a new Chinese partner to help it create its low-cost Renault Twingo. 1, plus at least two entry-level EVs that are being readied by Hyundai and Kia.

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A cheap Toyota EV? Not right now, the company says

Baua Electric

If you were waiting for a smaller, cheaper Toyota electric car, you may have to keep waiting. Toyota has no current plans to launch a cheap EV despite demand building. Toyota’s European product development boss, Andrea Carlucci, told Autocar that battery costs make a cheap EV unlikely. The post A cheap Toyota EV?

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I just bought a super-cheap electric bike from China. It was a bad idea

Electrek

It’s no secret that most electric bikes come from China. Say hello to the Mihogo Mini, an ultra-low-cost electric bike direct from China. more… The post I just bought a super-cheap electric bike from China. Say hello to the Mihogo Mini, an ultra-low-cost electric bike direct from China.

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Wheel-E Podcast: Honda E-cub moped, RCA e-bikes, cheap electric boats & more

Electrek

This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. The post Wheel-E Podcast: Honda E-cub moped, RCA e-bikes, cheap electric boats & more appeared first on Electrek.

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Cheap tyre dumping is “pure smuggling”: JK Tyre’s Dr. Raghupati Singhania | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

expressed concerns that the dumping of low-cost tyres into the country earlier, which came largely from China, has now started coming from other Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Dr. Raghupati Singhania, the Chairman and Managing Director of JK Tyre & Industries Ltd.,

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Cheap solar panels from China are all over Europe – and everyone is freaking out

Baua Electric

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Europe is installing more solar panels than ever before, thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese solar panels, driving installations by 40% last year. But it comes at a hefty cost: Local solar manufacturers are on the brink of a total collapse that could happen within weeks.

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