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Kandi’s new collapsible electric golf cart is the latest tiny EV coming for your neighborhood

Baua Electric

Golf carts aren’t just for golfers anymore. In fact, they’re getting much more use away from the golfing green as an alternative to cars in neighborhoods all over the US. Now Kandi America’s new collapsible mini golf cart is trying to reframe the concept of low-impact urban transportation.

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

Electrek

Electric microcars are a tricky to define subset of motor vehicles, especially in the US. 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.”

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Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

For the past two years, there’s been a whole lot more awareness and interest in electric vehicles (EVs),” Douglass continued. The site has definitely been improving with his help.”. “I remember one guy who was irate just because he had to drive around us as he left a box store.” Fortunately, things are different now.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The government sees environmental upsides and a chance for its car makers to gain ground on foreign rivals, since electric vehicles are simpler to engineer than gasoline-engine ones. Making electric vehicles affordable will be critical for them to have an impact on the environment, as vehicle ownership continues to rise quickly.

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"Spirit" and the First EVer in the World Plug-in Parade in Santa Monica, California - 17 January 2009

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Photo by Gerry Gaydos, Vancouver EVA Regards, Gerry Gaydos,Funkymoto Electric Vehicles Inc. I think Ed Kjaer, head of electric transportation for Southern California Edison, had the best quote at the podium saying that nobody should think EVs are just golf carts or that the technology isn’t ready: “It is so ready.

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I went to China to test drive Yadea’s electric scooters, e-bikes, and A LOT more!

Baua Electric

Together, they produced over 16 million electric vehicles last year, more than all of the big electric car manufacturers combined. Since these pint-sized electric vehicles are so massively popular, I wanted to go there and try them myself and see what all the fuss was about.

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National Drive Electric Week 2023 Recap: Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About

Plug in America

By Zan Dubin-Scott I’m standing on the sidewalk in the sun, proudly gazing at 70-plus vehicles lined up and ready to go for a history-making event–the world’s first electric vehicle parade–when my phone rings. We’re following the trend,” McCarthy said. Change is never as fast as some of us would like.

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