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Would you rather have one $50k EV or 50 of these $1k Chinese electric cars

Baua Electric

Meet this fun little purple three-wheeled electric car that barely manages to fulfill the requirements of a car. Then there’s the wrinkle of these not being street-legal anywhere outside of China, and potentially not even there. So let’s just enjoy them from the safe distance of our computer screens, shall we?

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Piaggio MP3 is a three wheeled maxi-scooter already being sold in the USA! If a go-cart cant legally drive there, then this thing wont be able to either. Topics: Deals and investments , Transportation Tags: GM , Segway , city transportation , 2009 New York auto show Share: Digg Del.icio.us America is too much into BIG.

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Electric cars back on track?

Plugs and Cars

An unusual entrant into the EV arena, Aptera , a three-wheeled futuristic electric car, continues to stir excitement, and would appear to be more than science fiction. Still, with all the activity, showrooms remain devoid of a highway-legal electric car. Smart has begun testing a small electric fleet in England.