landtransport
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The RadTrike is a Three-Wheeled E-Bike That Wants to Replace Your Ute
Since 2007, American bicycle builder Rad Power Bikes has been creating affordable electric bikes with the aim of encouraging people to leave their car at home. Now, the Rad is launching a new electric trike that the company hopes can attract people out of their utes and SUVs and into the open air.
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This U.S. State Wants to Charge EV Owners $400 for the Privilege
Tennessee’s Republican Governor Bill Lee is considering a set of new road-related rules to fund a proposed transportation infrastructure bill. On the docket: raising the fee electric vehicle owners pay to register their cars. Currently, EV drivers pay $US100 (around $139) in the state every year; under newly announced budged scheme, that would triple to…
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U.S. Feds Recommend Speed Limiting Technology in New Cars: Everybody Panic
The National Transportation Safety Board has a simple request: Cars need to slow down to save lives, possibly via technology if the dumb humans behind the wheel refuse to do it. While it sounds like a potential nightmare scenario let’s take a look at the facts.
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The Latest Hummer EV Competitor is its Chinese Copy, the Mengshi M-Terrain
Chinese carmaker Dongfeng is making good on its promise to produce not just one Hummer EV copycat, but an entire lineup. As a followup to the Dongfeng M18, the Chinese carmaker has debuted the Mengshi M-Terrain EV under a new brand. And the Mengshi M-Terrain borrows both the looks of the Hummer EV and its…