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History of the GEM Car and a Look at Its Future

Clean Fleet Report

A Small, Slow EV That Has Found an Expanding Niche You don’t need a high-speed sports car or heavy-duty truck when driving around your neighborhood. Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) has pioneered neighborhood electric vehicles (EVs), demonstrating a prosperous past and promising future. However, its slowness filled a particular need.

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Opinion: We Don't Need No Stinkin' Speed Warnings

The Truth About Cars

At this point, you might point out that these systems would only start scolding drivers at speeds more than 10 mph over. I'd retort by suggesting that while driving 35 in a 25 mph residential zone with kids present is not defensible, there are plenty of freeways in California where traffic flows at 80 mph, even if the speed limit is only 65.

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On National Golf Cart Day (seriously), here’s 10 ways they beat cars

Baua Electric

In fact, these days, they’re more commonly found zipping through neighborhood streets or joy-riding around beach communities. Ideal for short distances Golf carts are perfect for short-distance travel, such as going to the local market, visiting friends in the neighborhood, or commuting within a residential area. Customizable and fun

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UGREEN PowerRoam LiFePO4 stations hit new lows from $269, Save up to $1,099 on Vvolt extra battery e-bike promo, Segway, more

Baua Electric

Coming in as the smallest of UGREEN’s power stations, the PowerRoam 600 delivers a personal 680Wh LiFePO4 battery capacity and 600W power output that peaks up to 1,200W (bumps up to 1,500W when utilizing its solar charging capabilities). MPH for up to 23.6 You’ll be able to top out at 12.4

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EV-maker Eli launches its $11,900 electric micro ‘car’ in the US

Baua Electric

Microcars, often referred to as quadricycles in Europe and Low-Speed Vehicles (LSVs) or Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs) in the US, are a niche category designed largely for urban travel. That permits owners to operate it like a traditional vehicle, but only on roads posted up to 35 mph (56 km/h).

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Razor Rambler 16 $152 off, latest Bluetti AC50B power station hits new low, Anker PowerCore 60,000mAh station, more

Baua Electric

Today’s Green Deals are focused on more personal ventures out of the house and beyond – whether that entails keeping to the neighborhood, wandering around town, or heading off beyond to spend some relaxing time in nature. MPH and a 36V battery that can last up to 11.5 miles at a faster 20 MPH top speed. inches by 4.59

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

Green Car Congress

One of the studies showed that it is highly distracting to use hands-free voice commands to dial phone numbers, call contacts, change music and send texts with Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri and Google Now smartphone personal assistants, though Google Now was a bit less distracting than the others. The smartphone assistants’ scores were 0.3

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