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

Electrek

more… The post I just bought a super-cheap electric bike from China. It was a bad idea appeared first on Electrek. And that’s exactly the story of my latest weird little e-bike purchase. Say hello to the Mihogo Mini, an ultra-low-cost electric bike direct from China.

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Should we all embrace Japan’s kei car model – small, cheap, but not exactly safe?

Electrek

That is, at least, one of the ideas that French automaker Renault’s head Luca de Meo has put on the table. more… The post Should we all embrace Japan’s kei car model – small, cheap, but not exactly safe? appeared first on Electrek.

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VinFast May Bring The Ultra Cheap VF 3 To America

CleanTechnica EVs

VinFast is toying with the idea of selling its diminutive VF 3 electric city car in America. Its dealers approve of doing so.

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A Cheap Clean RV Option Emerges

CleanTechnica EVs

With more people remote-working than ever, the idea of hitting the road like Jack and never coming back (no more no more) sounds like a great option. After all, who doesn’t want to wake up to the views of Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon every morning? With portable Starlink internet now available, there’s almost no […].

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The BYD Atto 3 and MG4 are great, but there is one cheap Chinese electric vehicle that’s not quite there yet…. Opinion

EV Central

I don’t want to suggest that this car was unsafe, because that would be unkind, and because the GWM Ora seems heavily invested in the idea of safety. It would be fair to mention at this point that the GWM Ora is cheap, very cheap, just about the cheapest EV money can buy.

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Comment on NIO says Abu Dhabi investment took just 3 weeks from talk to deal by Augustus Meyer

CN EV Post

Great idea; terrible execution. Why did Mr. Li not buy these cheap shares by himself, to show confidence in NIO ? Old time small investors, who believed in NIOs general concept, are deprived of their money. Simple solution: Make battery swapping tech "Open Source" for other NEV producers.

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Ford Announces Ranger Plugin Hybrid EV, But It’s Not Coming To The US

CleanTechnica EVs

For some, the idea of only offering a few miles of electric range followed by combustion is already hopelessly obsolete. For others, they’re a cheap scheme to get tax credits or HOV lane access. Plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) can be a pretty contentious topic in the EV scene.

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