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TopCat said:
Lusting for one of these

Price looks encouraging. Wonder what the import fees and registration costs would be?
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Like an electric tuk tuk?

What license do you think you'd need? Motorbike or car? I'd also imagine it would be a fun call to the insurance company. You've got a what?
 
That's what I do the school run in, have posted a pic on here before, will search in a minute. I'm driving illegally at the moment as they brought in new regulations around the new year requiring a license plate and a sort of MOT and ours can't make it, so I stick to the backroads. Get about 50km range off a charge at 36 kph.
ETA pic here What's the most unusual way you could get to work?
 
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How stable are they? Presumably the back wheels don’t do the clever stuff like the Piaggio MP3s did?

I have a three-wheel electric mobility scooter which I chose for nimbleness around indoor obstacles, but it gets very close to toppling when faced with funny cambers and I wish now I’d gone for one with more wheels. We do seem to be approaching convergence between mobility kit and electric personal transport.
 
Silas Loom said:
How stable are they? Presumably the back wheels don’t do the clever stuff like the Piaggio MP3s did?
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Our one is pretty good, fixed back axle and front steers like a motorbike using handlebars. Have felt it shift a bit in strong winter winds but never felt close to tipping taking a bend. Ours has a bench seat at the back which can sit three kids if needs be, no seat belts :eek:
 
The newer ones which would meet the new regs are a bit fancier and better coachwork and some even have aircon/heating. Old fella who used to do a taxi service from the bus stop in an older petrol version used to have a coal stove in his :D
 
It's also really good over rough ground as like 2CV built with a rural market in mind. Went camping last night, just a kids sleep-out in the next village, but it trundled right up the rutted dirt track to the site with the tents on the roof rack.
 
Sorry to spam, but the other thing here is that there's a mechanic in every village of any size and you can get them fixed for next to nothing too, plus parts are readily available. Our local fellow has also come out to do a disconnected wire for me. Suppose that would be hard in the UK.
 
Silas Loom said:
Probably the future of urban transport, anyway, at least in gridlocked Asian megacities.
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Annoyingly these recent regulations show the triumph of the car, they're clearing these off the roads as they annoy the drivers. Short-sighted, though fully electric cars are getting pretty common. The slang term for the trikes is 老头乐 which means something like "gimmer's delight" as they're seen as things pensioners trundle around in doing the school runs.
 
I'm hoping for a vastly improved range while the batteries are still new, even with winter coming on. It has a rear camera for reversing even but bit pointless; the fact the wing mirrors haven't been knocked off is already a major safety advance! If it can do 60km reliably it opens up all sorts of day trips to old temples in the hills and whatnot while my wife has the car at work. The school run is about 8km each way; the old one would do two days of that before needing a charge in the early days but the last year (of seven plus) it would always need an overnight charge.
 
Delivery was just a lad from the dealers driving it over from a town about ten miles away; I was expecting it to come on the back of a little flatbed, as they took the old one in part exchange and it's no longer road legal, which we did tell them, plus there's something up with it so the charge goes suddenly after just a short trip though the local mechanic swears blind it's not the batteries. Hope he made it back OK and didn't get nicked or stranded. He reckoned they'd come fetch him if needs be.
 
JimW said:
Delivery was just a lad from the dealers driving it over from a town about ten miles away; I was expecting it to come on the back of a little flatbed, as they took the old one in part exchange and it's no longer road legal, which we did tell them, plus there's something up with it so the charge goes suddenly after just a short trip though the local mechanic swears blind it's not the batteries. Hope he made it back OK and didn't get nicked or stranded. He reckoned they'd come fetch him if needs be.
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How much was it ( in RMB or £)?
 
A380 said:
How much was it ( in RMB or £)?
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8,500 which is just over nine hundred quid in pounds; was a slightly cheaper model available too but this had better brakes and coachwork. You can pay about half as much again for something similar size but top end quality. This brand has a decent reputation and gives a full parts and labour guarantee for the first year. Would have considered second hand but not many regulation complaint ones coming on market yet as change is so recent. Bargain if we get as many years out of it as the last one.
 
3 wheelers with one wheel in the front handle like shite, 2 at front 1 at back and it all makes sense.
I speak from experience
 
Reminds me a bit of the BMW moped that was out about 15 years ago that had a shell roof to keep the weather off. That was a 2 wheeler, though. Can't recall the model name. [ Google says it was the C1 ]
Also the Piaggio Ape, scooter/van thingy.

Both a helluva lot more expensive than JimW 's ride.
 
Been enjoying tootling around, suspension loads better than the old one, can crack 50kmh which is half as fast again too. Seems good for two days of school runs and shopping on the one charge so far but expect that will drop off, especially as winter sets in. Not attemped a long run day out yet, want to get to know how accurate the power meter is before getting stranded in the hills.
 
JimW said:
The slang term for the trikes is 老头乐 which means something like "gimmer's delight" as they're seen as things pensioners trundle around in doing the school runs.
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Searching for that on Google produces some rather interesting results :)
 
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