America Is Missing Out on the Biggest EV Boom of All : Considering the E-Rickshaw

05 Apr 2023 | Abstracted from The Atlantic

"...rickshaws require less power than your typical four-wheeled passenger car, they are simply easier and cheaper to electrify than cars...Mahindra manufactured its 50,000th e-Alfa, an electric passenger rickshaw with a 1.5-kilowatt motor - about two horsepower - retails for less than $1,800."

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