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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

Part of that is due to the way electric drivetrains help break the mold of aging design constraints, but it’s also due to a new wave of forward-thinking engineers boldly pushing products in new and exciting directions. Here are the top five wildest and most awesome personal electric vehicles I tested in 2022. Flying electric boats?

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Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

Cars That Think

We live in an age in which it's cheap to take photos but will eventually be costly to store them en masse, as backup services set limits and begin charging for overages. Was it not the same person because the friend's jaw was more angular? Why would I bother to do that, you ask? That, however, isn't really true.

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Tesla Model 3s from Hertz are going for as low as $14,000

Baua Electric

Hertz is starting to sell some of its Tesla Model 3s and they are going for pretty cheap – as low as $14,000 with the used EV tax credit. Tesla vehicles wouldn’t qualify for the most part since they need to be $25,000 or less, but many of those Model 3s would qualify. It might be your best chance to get a cheap Tesla.

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IoT-ize Your Old Gadgets With a Mechanical Hijacking Device

Cars That Think

Part of the project involved putting some prototypes in the homes of potential users. KAIST/Korea Polytechnic University The paper doesn't directly address the cost of the MHD, and with three motors and some other electronics in it, it's not likely to be super cheap. Or, that was the idea, anyway.

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Junkyard Find: 1978 Chrysler LeBaron Coupe

The Truth About Cars

The two-door was a credibly rakish personal luxury coupe for its time, and probably cannibalized some sales from the Cordoba. Another problem with the 1977-1981 LeBaron was its all-too-obvious resemblance to its cheap Dodge Diplomat and Plymouth Gran Fury siblings. Worth restoring?

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Stuff We Use: Toolboxes & Worktables

The Truth About Cars

That wooden surface atop the drawers is held in place by a lip on the leading edge, meaning it won’t accidentally slide around on ya whilst futzing with a car part. Still, don’t cheap out too much – this is one garage item in which the quality (metal, drawer action, and so forth) tends to correspond to the overall price. &

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