China's electric farm trucks are very different than ours. I went there to see how

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

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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.
- 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.
  
  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.
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.
- In the US there's huge tariffs on EV stuff from China anyhow. Hopefully as solid state takes off battery fires become a thing of the past globally.
- I would absolutely avoid any of the high end EVs from China
  Won't be an issue, since Chinese EV tariffs and trade restrictions are going to preclude imports entirely.
  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.
  Are you talking about a particular model? I haven't heard of any BYD vehicles exploding into flames, like the odd Tesla.
  
  Just general news. Such as these:
  https://news.metal.com/newscontent/101781161/there-are-about-2000-fires-in-more-than-800000-electric-vehicle-related-enterprises-in-china-every-year
  https://www.semafor.com/article/02/27/2024/china-ev-battery-safety
  Here's one specifically on a BYD even: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3249963/byd-electric-car-catches-fire-hong-kong-charging-station-expert-says-short-circuit-could-be-cause
- And you would trust the cheaper vehicles? You think they use better parts in cheap cars?
It’s a shame that anything close to that will never come to the U.S.
- You mean a 3 wheeler? Yeah, because they kept killing people. 4 wheeled UTVs are very popular.
  
  I might fuck with a reverse trike though...
- Never say never.
  
  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.
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.
- The brake actuator?
  
  Oh man, that makes me feel better.
Oh hey a 3-wheeled tip-over-mobile. I guess the real difference is in how stupid they look.
Looks just like an Ape (Italian for Bee). I still see them in front of pizzerias sometimes.
Looks awesome! Jealous of the creater, I'd love to tour China someday.
- Hello mister ccp tourism board intern!
  
  You have been banned from r/sino.
- Lol
  
  ROFLMAO