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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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Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company and its financing subsidiary, Ford Motor Credit Company, introduced the North America auto industry’s first sustainable financing framework, focusing on and paying for ambitious plans in vehicle electrification and other environmental and social areas.

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This Chinese electric car is almost entirely windows

Baua Electric

V6 that my parents’ Pontiac minivan came with, this Alibaba version has a 4,000W electric motor ready to clock in for a union job driving around those snot-nosed kids every day. But if you’ve got a local neighborhood carpool going then you might want to opt for the six-seater version. But instead of a 3.2L

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

I was at a trade fair and I saw this little neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV). There was no NEV legislation on the books that made it legal,” White said. “I I had a Mini Moke from British Motor Works. Our house was very popular because we always had hot showers and cold beer.” White’s Polaris GEM with added solar panel.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

Waters worked on the battery for the General Motors EV1 and also worked at Ener1, which makes lithium-ion batteries. million gallons of gas consumed by those white little trucks trolling your neighborhood. The car will go 30 miles on batteries before the gas engine kicks in and be street-legal.

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Pike forecasts NEV market to remain small, although with double the growth rate of light-duty vehicles to 2017

Green Car Congress

The total number of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs)—low-speed street-legal electric vehicles—on the world’s roadways will grow from 479,000 in 2011 to 695,000 by 2017, a 45% increase, according to a new forecast by Pike Research. Motors are either DC or three-phase AC. Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

which is located at the end of a peninsula, and boarded a lobster boat, motoring out into water so shockingly cold it can induce lethal hypothermia in as little as 30 minutes. As such, there are many reasons to be concerned about its use in the criminal legal system. Stillwell rode down to Atwood Lobster Co., A 2020 U.S.

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