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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. Here’s how to know appeared first on Electrek.

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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 stumbled across these $2,600 gems while perusing Alibaba, and one of the first things to catch my eye was the “street-legal” moniker in the title. The 40 km/h (25 mph) top speed means it will be limited to golf cart-style local errand running, but you probably won’t want to be driving this on much faster streets than that anyway.

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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.