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This cheap Chinese electric truck has a face only a mother could love

Electrek

A big part of the fun of finding vehicles for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column comes from all of the interesting fascia designs. These uniquely Chinese vehicles often have interesting faces , giving each vehicle a unique personality.

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Cheap mini e-truck? Flying electric boats? Top 5 wildest non-car EVs I tested this year

Electrek

One of my favorite things about the electric vehicle industry is just how much diversity there is in the designs and types of EVs hitting the market. As Electrek ‘s resident tester of all things not-cars, I was fortunate enough to get behind, on top, and inside of some interesting and far-out forms of electric transportation.

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Awesomely Weird Alibaba EV of the Week: You can literally buy a (surprisingly cheap) electric fire truck

Electrek

I’ll admit that most of the wacky cars and other assorted vehicles that I find for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column are largely just for fun. They’re all about having the coolest, weirdest or craziest personal vehicle on the block.

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This cheap electric half-car/half-truck looks like a botched Alibaba El Camino

Baua Electric

Well after cruisin’ for another proverbial bruisin’ in the Alibaba electric car catalog, I stumbled upon a variant of it that seems to have a truck’s rear end tacked on the back. Meet this week’s Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week! Remember that time someone in China sent me a free panda car ?

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You Probably Shouldn’t Be Afraid To Buy A 2-Wheel Drive EV

CleanTechnica EVs

” I’ve seen this on social media and in a few in-person conversations. People are starting to see increasingly cheap EV crossovers, and the low prices are getting their attention. “That little Bolt EUV looks great, but I’m waiting for them to make one with all-wheel-drive.”

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What One Man Can Do About The Climate — More Than Dream

CleanTechnica EVs

What can one person do? It was cheap at the time, in the outer suburbs of Brisbane, the sub-tropical […]. It’s easy to look at the daily news reporting on climate crisis after climate crisis and despair. Is it too late? My house was built 50 years ago — two stories, brick and glass.

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Potential Motors unveils the Adventure 1: an all-electric Overlanding van

Teslarati

But now, a Canadian startup is attempting to create a better electric experience. And furthering the offroading use case, the electric powertrain ensures instant torque, a low center of gravity, and silent operation. The vehicle starts at $136,600, and a preorder of the van isn’t cheap either at $1,000.