When I recently took a trip to China to see the world of electric micromobility, I was greeted with a…

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    6 months ago

    Its a 3 wheeled electric utv. We moved away from 3 wheeled designs because theyre dangerous. Basically, china made another cheap dangerous product.

    You can buy an 4 wheeled electric UTV at tractor supply and other retailers, and they wont try to flip over and crush your head like a watermelon.

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      6 months ago

      We moved away from 3 wheeled designs because theyre dangerous.

      Slingshots are a common sight on American roadways, and they’ve only got three wheels. The difference is that slingshots are designed to end run vehicle regulations, while these appear to still be bound by Chinese regulatory standards.

      You can buy an 4 wheeled electric UTV at tractor supply and other retailers, and they wont try to flip over and crush your head like a watermelon.

      No shortage of large trucks and SUVs that will flip at high speeds, particularly in the rain or during hard turns.

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        6 months ago

        Those are a reverse trike, and made to sit low, and they have roll bars so it rests on those instead of your head.

        China did the opposite of those things.

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    6 months ago

    Low end electric vehicles of this type seem trustworthy, but I would absolutely avoid any of the high end EVs from China. The amount of battery issues (and fires from those) and other structural problems with their more expensive EVs seems like a lot of corners are being cut.

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      6 months ago

      You mean a 3 wheeler? Yeah, because they kept killing people. 4 wheeled UTVs are very popular.

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        Even if they did, they’d never sell. Everyone in America is so batshit insane with the expectation of everything NOW-NOW-NOW that practically no one would tolerate a “truck” that can’t do 120 MPH or 0-60 in 4 seconds.

        On the more prosaic side, there is no way in hell these things would pass American crash safety tests nor comply with vehicle equipment and safety regulations without a significant redesign that would add a lot of complexity and cost. Maybe you could get them rammed through as “motorcycles.” They would have the same stigma as motorcycles among the general populace. These things would be absolute litigation machines in the US.

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    6 months ago

    Is that ~10mm rod on the green one the trailing arm?! They look fragile and like they would get stuck really easily. Might be a spooled 2wd but I sort of doubt it.

    If the paths are made for them, they would probably work fine but on a western ranch? nope.

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    6 months ago

    Oh hey a 3-wheeled tip-over-mobile. I guess the real difference is in how stupid they look.

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    5 months ago

    Looks just like an Ape (Italian for Bee). I still see them in front of pizzerias sometimes.