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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: $500 Three-wheeled electric motorcycle

Electrek

Mother Nature may be beautiful, powerful, and mystifying, but it’s Father Time who eventually catches up with all of us. And one day, without fail, Father Time catches us all. We end up right back on a trike, savoring the stability of three wheels to give our old, broken bodies one last wind-in-our-faces highway thrill.

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This new style of electric tuk-tuk makes me want to drive a taxi in India

Baua Electric

But whatever it’s called, these three-wheeled taxis have used their half-bike, half-wagon design to shuttle folks around cities for decades. And now, a new era of rickshaws is seeing electric drives enabling interesting new designs. I’ve got my hands full with a few containers of Chinese EVs as it is. Throw ’em in!

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Bosch overview of global diesel markets; optimistic about US, China

Green Car Congress

This statistic increases to two-thirds of all new registrations if the data are restricted to passenger cars, according to Bosch. Currently, more than half of all new passenger car registrations are for diesel vehicles. India is the world’s leading producer of three-wheel tractors and other three-wheel vehicles.

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China’s electric farm trucks are very different than ours. I went there to see how

Baua Electric

When I recently took a trip to China to see the world of electric micromobility, I was greeted with a wide range of personal electric vehicles. From e-bikes to e-scooters and even e-dirt bikes, I saw it all. In contrast, electric trikes are significantly cheaper to purchase and maintain.

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BYD flexes innovation muscle, unveils intelligent body control system

CN EV Post

The video above, recorded by CnEVPost at BYD's technology launch event today, showcases the latest innovation from the Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) giant. The company had previously warmed up for the technology, which is called 云辇 in Chinese, Yunnian in pinyin, literally meaning the vehicle in which the emperor rides.

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Tokyo 2023 revisited: Every electric concept debut from the best motor show in years

EV Central

Whatever the name, the verdict is this was the best motor show of the post-pandemic era as the Japanese auto giants delivered a series of stunning electric concepts. Maybe Tesla and the Chinese aren’t just going to just roll over the rest of the auto industry after all. And if we missed any, shout out and we’ll add them in.

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Mercedes electric G-wagen review, Chinese EV tariffs, BMW and Honda EV targets: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

In a first drive of Mercedes’ electric G-wagen , we found it to be a better, more precise off-roader than the gasoline model—outshining the combustion versions even before the EV’s party-trick zenith called G-Turn. It didn’t provide any update on the reported Mitsubishi electric pickup to be shared with Nissan, though.

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