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

Electrek

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.” Now after recently test-driving one myself from the New York-based startup Wink Motors , now I definitely know it.

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Are electric micro-cars, NEVs, and LSVs street-legal in the US? Here’s how to know

Electrek

In Part 1 of this series titled “Everything you need to know about electric micro-cars, NEVs, LSVs, & golf carts,” we discussed the various categories of micro-cars, neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs), low-speed vehicles (LSVs), and golf carts.

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This new street-legal electric utility vehicle is a mini pickup with a dump truck bed

Electrek

Club Car, an iconic golf cart producer, introduced the Club Car Urban LSV and XR on Wednesday, its latest street-legal electric vehicle. more… The post This new street-legal electric utility vehicle is a mini pickup with a dump truck bed appeared first on Electrek.

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Less is more with this ‘street-legal’ tiny Chinese electric SUV

Baua Electric

I’m not sure if you could really call it a legit SUV, but these fun-looking little Chinese electric vehicles might just be an interesting alternative to the car bloat clogging the streets of cities around the world. Oh, and they make an excellent entry for this week’s Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week.

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Wheel-E Podcast: Electric bike rebates, Polestar e-bike, electric jet skis & 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: Electric bike rebates, Polestar e-bike, electric jet skis & more appeared first on Electrek.

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EV-maker Eli launches its $11,900 electric micro ‘car’ in the US

Baua Electric

Eli Electric, the manufacturer of the popular Eli ZERO electric microcar, announced this morning the opening of reservations in the US. Microcars, often referred to as quadricycles in Europe and Low-Speed Vehicles (LSVs) or Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs) in the US, are a niche category designed largely for urban travel.