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I just bought a super-cheap electric bike from China. It was a bad idea

Electrek

more… The post I just bought a super-cheap electric bike from China. It was a bad idea appeared first on Electrek. And that’s exactly the story of my latest weird little e-bike purchase. Say hello to the Mihogo Mini, an ultra-low-cost electric bike direct from China.

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Should we all embrace Japan’s kei car model – small, cheap, but not exactly safe?

Electrek

That is, at least, one of the ideas that French automaker Renault’s head Luca de Meo has put on the table. more… The post Should we all embrace Japan’s kei car model – small, cheap, but not exactly safe? appeared first on Electrek.

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Mexico is already building its own cheap EVs that will rival China

Baua Electric

Mexico is done importing cheap EVs from China and India as it plows ahead with a prototype of its own. Sheinbaum confirmed on Friday that Mexico is building a series of small, cheap EVs that are expected to challenge those made in India and China. The country already has several prototypes. “We

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VinFast May Bring The Ultra Cheap VF 3 To America

CleanTechnica EVs

VinFast is toying with the idea of selling its diminutive VF 3 electric city car in America. Its dealers approve of doing so.

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Cheap Sensors for Smarter Farmers

Cars That Think

With the new, cheap sensors, farmers will be able to collect data on their farms without worrying about the variability. Vaggeeswar Rajaram/Northeastern University The idea to use infrared light stemmed from Rinaldi's previous project: detecting exhaust fumes from cars.

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A Cheap Clean RV Option Emerges

CleanTechnica EVs

With more people remote-working than ever, the idea of hitting the road like Jack and never coming back (no more no more) sounds like a great option. After all, who doesn’t want to wake up to the views of Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon every morning? With portable Starlink internet now available, there’s almost no […].

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The BYD Atto 3 and MG4 are great, but there is one cheap Chinese electric vehicle that’s not quite there yet…. Opinion

EV Central

I don’t want to suggest that this car was unsafe, because that would be unkind, and because the GWM Ora seems heavily invested in the idea of safety. It would be fair to mention at this point that the GWM Ora is cheap, very cheap, just about the cheapest EV money can buy.

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