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Failed SONDORS Metacycle motorcycle was never street legal, reveals employee

Baua Electric

The Metacycle was the first motorcycle built and sold by SONDORS, a company that had previously built budget-priced electric bicycles. The Metacycle made waves upon its unveiling in early 2021 , both for its novel design and the shockingly low price for a supposedly highway-capable electric motorcycle at just US $5,000.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country, and the increasing number of EVs available in New Zealand , we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. A battery electric vehicle (BEV) uses an electric motor instead of an internal combustion engine.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. The government assisted the shift by giving sugar companies subsidized loans to build ethanol plants, as well as guaranteeing prices for their ethanol products. Donovan, CEO Renergie, Inc.

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

Paine was one of the first to lease a General Motors EV1 in 1997 — only to get the car wrenched away from him five years later when he took it in simply to get a brake light fixed. After all, it takes someone who refers to his Prius as “the gas guzzler&# and his Culver City, Calif., In Who Killed the Electric Car?,

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2024 Kia EV9 First Drive – Setting Expectations

The Truth About Cars

Not the first – all six of the luxury EV SUVs that Kia considers competition are on sale now, and one of the three mainstream rivals, the Chevrolet Blazer EV, has launched. Poorly, perhaps , but it’s available for sale. Being on sale now will give the EV9 a bit of a leg up – but it’s not clear it needs it. inches longer.

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Toyota electric ute could be less than 12 months away from Australia, but will fast-tracked HiLux and Ranger-sized dual-cab finally silence diesel-loving doubters?

EV Central

Meanwhile, Hanley promised the bZ4x would be competitive priced against the Tesla Model Y. And before you ask me, in 2024 we will have good numbers of those vehicles for sale.” Overseas the bZ4X is available as both a 150kW/266Nm single motor front-wheel drive and 160kW/337Nm dual motor all-wheel drive.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Some of the new and updated models, such as a battery-powered version of Geelys Panda hatchback, may hit the market as early as October, and in some cases they might carry price tags low enough for farmers and other rural residents with limited financial means. Great Wall Motor Co., Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co. in late 2010.

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