Someone in China Sent Me an Electric Micro-Car 

You had enufff people there, why not just lift it out/off the car..& kept the cage intact.

How much new?

it still has a cute panda face tho

兄弟👬！你应该买一部五菱宏光迷你电动车，不到一万美元。建议你买两款，一款没有敞篷，一款有。绝对会惊讶到你，让粉丝们狂欢，你上下班开它绝对是最佳的选择😊

我建议你就开箱中国的各种车，很多，而且实用，包括汽车，电动汽车。不信你可以试试，你的点击量绝对大

The panda was great.

I think the panda is cute! If you have anymore already imported to the states I want one!

Honestly it seems like a reasonable little vehicle. Low-speed vehicles like this would do pretty well in some parts of the country if it wasn't for the import taxes on vehicles. That said, You could probably do pretty well selling motor/driveshaft/battery kits to DIY people. There are tons of old Go-Karts around here with no motor sold on the cheap. I wager that'd be a cheaper (and frankly better) option than the expensive Segway e-karts that putter around town....

It is a great little car and panda was cute.

The panda is lovely - I'd leave it on!

Thank you! I'd say that fits!

Google Translate agrees.

BTW, you can just point your phone at it and use whatever smart search it offers. On Android this involves opening Lens (square search icon) and selecting Translate.

​@@antibrevity​ exactly, I have been reading a lot of stuff in Japanese for my trains and Lens just makes it all so much easier.

老头乐，😊

That's efficient!

I am aware of new laws in China regarding this type of vehicle. Some call then Happie Grandfather car . The problem is that they have been involved in a large number of traffic accidents. Resulting in new restrictions for using them in China . It looks like a complete ban is coming soon.

Some states will allow you to register them as "motorcycles" primarily for off-road use, but no one is checking up on where you use it.

Makes a good ice cream truck😊

😂

In America We The People call it junk, to much landfill potential.

@@timothyhults2549they build what the American public wants. Not their fault we don't have the ability to build anything but bought from overseas for the past 5 decades. Walmart exists because Americans love cheap stuff. Goto China for high-quality stuff though.

I live in China, and I drop my kids to school with one of these every day. : )

@@tongzhouwarrior i wish these were legal in australia,i would definantly have one....im one person and a dog yet i drive a 7 seater 6 cylinder gas guzzling monster as its the cheapest car/suv i can afford...

Its not a mobility scooter. I live in Greece and they are starting to bring in a lot of these lower speed electric vehicles here.

@@stewartmackay In China, it's primarily for elderly folks to run neighborhood errands and such - the same functions that many seniors use golf carts in the USA. Compared to a typical American golf cart, this is much more car-like, being fully enclosed, faster, more comfortable, etc. It's a great value for just getting around locally, and would make a ton of sense for Greece or pretty much anywhere speeds are limited.

@@ZweiZwolf Yes, I agree, I was just pointing out its not a mobility scooter. Thats a different thing.

@@stewartmackay Yes, I agreed with you and just wanted to give a little context. I think these kinds of vehicles can be globally significant if produced and exported en masse, especially to the Global South and Eastern / Southern Europe.

It's not a scooter.

That and the inability to pass safety standards.

Or garage sells

​​@@sspence65 ye but if you see dutch minicars this is more safe and they have hundreds of them, this minicars are designed to drive in urban cities and not suburban *cough* American *cough* cities that need everytime highspeed roads to get to somewhere

​@@sspence65 SUVs or Those oversized monstrosities pickup trucks arent save either yet they passed

I wish they would lift that mess! 15k dollar golf carts here are ridiculous and these would put them out of business

Definitely! I think that's the right way to compare it. It's more like an upgrade over a golf cart than a downgrade from a "real" car.

@@EbikeSchool I feel if you put on a golf bag rack on the back, it would be a really nice upgrade to a golf cart. There are the quirks that come with it being china made, like the weird pedal placement and the questionable screws on that back seat. If those got improved in next versions of this car, it would be really nice, especially if it starts to rain on the golf course.

Hi, I'm in NJ just love this! Thanks for the video!! I would love to get a street legal one. Do you know anything about how to get one?? I'm disabled, but can walk a little with a rollator, and so I only get a small limited income. Thought something like this would be much less expensive than a gas car. Hope you have some insight to street legal small electric cars from China. Thanks for your time.

@@nancyliguori5005 I know there’s people in Michigan I think they’re called scootercars but they sell Changli’s that you can drive on certain roads under like 35 I think. There’s more to it than that but a guy on RU-vid called shooting cars has a few videos about them. But price wise you might be better off just getting an older used car since these things get expensive with import fees and stuff. But you would save money on gas though.

Why do they care... Angle grinder carnage

When you're the "cool" uncle you're a "funcle"!😂

i hope full automous driving become a reality in the near future as my parents are getting older

Wow, you totally sound like a real person and not a Chinese bot, because everyone talks about how perfect things are for driving around their village.

Rod, I'm a American citizen who lives in a small village in Lao. I live here for a couple of reasons: I try to help the kids to get a better education. I can live better here on my small Social Security check. It's still a very austere life, but I love it here.

@@terrellkaucher2186 LOL! Yes, all Americans who live in small villages use the use austere. Very believable.

​@@rodmunch69Well you sound like an American government bot.

technically its illegal to drive these cars on public roads in china.....................

​@@bohu4586 The express guys are allowed to drive these mini cars on public roads in cities legally.

In fact, these are illegal, but the traffic police don't care about it, because many people do not obey the traffic rules without a license plate, causing many accidents. Recently, China announced that this kind of car is illegal. It will start from January 1, 2024. will not be able to drive this vehicle on the road

COOL!

that is what olders doing……it is illegal 😅

That's kinda of ingenious

Unlike other channel inbox and destroy at the same video.

Yeah, I was thinking Florida wouldn't exactly be the most difficult place to sell one of these..

They wouldn't be caught dead in that lol

Many Americans that feared China putting American car companies out of business if these Chinese cars are allowed into the US market like to make things up about the safety of these mini Chinese electric cars, but they are actually a hundred times safer than those overpriced American golf carts that are completely wide open with nothing to protect you in an accident whatsoever and they have a lot more safety features than those golf carts as well! Costing 5 times less than a typical American golf carts if they are allowed into the US they would definitely do some serious damage to the golf cart market! Who wants to pay 5 times more for a vehicle that does 10 times less than a mini electric car that are not only much safer, but much cheaper to boot? Now you know why those American politicians and Elon Musk himself are now openly saying they must use whatever excuse they could find to stop Chinese cars from coming into the US because they are that good! In fact, China doesn’t ban any American cars from being sold in China whatsoever, the American cars are now struggling to compete in China simply because Chinese cars are far superior to American cars and they are being sold at 1/3 of what an American car is being sold for in China! China is so confident that its cars are superior to foreign cars that it welcomes all foreign car companies into its market, unlike the US! The American politicians are so worry about the quality of Chinese cars being so much better these days than the American cars (That they would outcompete the American cars and put American cars out of business) that they are talking about completely outright banning Chinese cars from coming into the US or putting a 200% tariff rate or more on them! Elon Musk is so worried about Chinese electric cars putting his electric cars out of business that he has pleaded with US politicians to ban them in the US by telling them Chinese electric cars “Are that good!” and that they have the capacity to put all electric car companies in the world out of business since China now makes the best electric vehicles in the world, even better than Tesla! What’s more Chinese electric cars are being sold for 1/3 of what a Tesla electric car is being sold for if the US government doesn’t put a 200% - 300% tariff rate on them! For those that may not know, the best Tesla cars are made in China and, in fact, most Europeans refuse to buy a Tesla car that is made in the US because a Tesla car that is made in the US tends to have a lot more flaws than a Tesla car made in China! For this reason Elon only sends Chinese-made Tesla cars into the European market because they demand higher quality than the Americans since the Americans are more willing to overlook the flaws in the car if the car is made in the US! The same goes for iPhones, only the iPhones made in China are sold in Europe because the iPhones made in India have many flaws and defects in them than the iPhones made in China! This is one of the main reasons Apple has decided to send most of its manufacturing that was done in India back to China! Apple loses too much profits if it has to continue to sell its Indian-made cell phones for half of that of a Chinese-made cell phone in the International markets! That’s why all of the cell phones that are made in India Apple has to sell them in India for 50% off because people outside of India refuse to buy the Indian-made cell phones! This fact shattered the Americans’ notion that Chinese products are no good, doesn’t it? The fact of the matter is that China is making some of the best products in the world if you are willing to pay more for them!

Yes, Peachtree City, is a great place to offer NEV's like this.

Yes, Peachtree City Georgia has a great model for travel by golf cart throughout the city, many other Georgia cities are following suit by creating cart paths within their communities. If you want to see something crazy, ride by Peachtree City High Schools during operating hours and view all of the golf carts on campus. 😬👍

I had the opportunity to spend time with friends in Peachtree City, loved it there and everyone drives golf carts.

Use for three months and the engine needs replacement at the price of the whole car.

If you are a student and live on a college campus, you could drive to class.

I had one of the first batch of smart Cars in January 2008. I had to budget an extra 15 minutes to any errands I ran to answer questions from bystanders. And we won't mention people taking pics from their cars while I was on the road. Sold it 8 years later as I was accumulating too many vehicles. Still miss it. It was a #1 errand runner.

They're cute but the car itself is dangerous. They don't have crumble zones, flimsy metal, seats are cheaply attached, no seatbelts, there is a reason why they are not street legal. Some drunk idiot could rear end you and that's it. No thanks. It's better served on a golf course, or on a farm. Would be perfect for either. Public roads, no way!

The USA won't get cars like this. General Motors is part of the consortium that builds the Wuling Mini EV, and they currently import the midsize Buick SUV from China. It would be trivial for them to import the Wuling EV. The problem is that GM doesn't want tiny

@@ZweiZwolf There is indeed a huge market in the US for small EV, but it can only come from an american (or mexican ?) newcomer for all the reasons you cited. The big US brands will do everything they can do to kill this newcomer (like they tried to do with Tesla), from lobbying in Congress to launching smear campaigns about their security, etc. Nevertheless, Americans shouldn't be afraid to go down this adventure.

This would be perfect for campgrounds!

No, it does not add character. It is a childish, puerile thing that should be reserved only for small children. This world is a complete mess; it desperately needs actual adults, behaving as adults-- not matured people behaving as children.

Wow, this is the most novel comment I have seen. I have seen it before when I went to China, but the real estate industry in the United States seems unsure whether this service is available.

I can definitely see them being used as a second car for a short drive to a grocery store, to pick up kids from the school, to go to a nearby park, to go fishing at a nearby river or lake, a car for traveling within in a resort or a housing complex, or as a golf cart that is fully air conditioned and protect you from the rain! The list goes on! But due to the fear of the American politicians and car companies these types of vehicles would be banned in the US! If they allowed them into the US there would be a 300% tariff rate on them! I once watched a video that showed how the Chinese could build some of the best modular homes in the world for $8,000 or less, but the US government banned them from coming into the US! Could you imagine what a $8,000 3-bedroom home could do to solve the homeless problem in the US? But as always our politicians are owned by corporate lobbyists that pay them large sum of money to keep all foreign competitors out so that the American companies could charge the American people $90,000 for a house that China charges $8,000!

Don't rejoyce too quickly. Small, inexpensive EVs will never reach the US coasts as the cartel of big US manufacturers will do everything they can to kill them because they don't want people to buy sub $10k cars when they can sell them $50k-$80k oversized trucks.

可以考虑从中国进口，和制造商商量可以定制。

They should use bicycles/ tricycles/ ebikes

that's what I wondered, you can get slow vehicle license plates in South Dakota as well, basically stay within city and don't drive it on higher speed streets, otherwise, good little short range grocery getter.

@@frankfuller975 I'd still rather have a little Kei truck like a Honda Acty as a lot of those have AC and most are 4WD standard.

Add seat belts and to my surprise, same with New Jersey

... and couldn't hurt to install a larger wiper blade . . . then there's also wiper spring clip /wing clip-ons to add addition pressure on the window glass or plastic ( IDK)

Seems to me it would be hard to take a security officer very seriously if he pulled up in it.🚓

@@Marvinfj32 Nonsense. Just paint a hat onto the Panda.

还有同样类型的卡车，可以拉货，一点点。比较适合庄园

Guys in a trade school learning to be mechanics would see it as a "field trip" to come help you unpack. Or a church youth group.

@2degucitas Or aspiring bike theives looking for more practice with angle grinders

EV off-road wheelchair ！ in china price 2000 US dollar

It wasnt meant for Mikey, the guy in California that actually ordered and paid for it died, his widow didnt want it so they sent it to Mikey so as not to pay overseas return shipping

I❤ the panda..! 😂

also longer lifespan

I am learning from guys like you....thank you

I know. That type of car is meant to be cute. That's why panda is on there. It could be a cute tiger, cat, or a puppy.

would be fine for some rural area's too though idk how well it handles hills, if it doesn't, then it might be fine in kansas considering it's as flat as a pancake.

way cheaper too. a new golf cart is above $10k. you could get one of these landed to your door for alot less. i'm digging it. the battery pack builder in me is like "man all i need is like 1000 modem packs and i could build a battery to go across the state in it)

@@MrSGL21 Ironically, the pack builder is technically correct. with a big enough battery - You would definetly be able to cross the smalled states.

Who golfs in the rain?

Maybe those vehicles can be registered as NEV in somy jurisdictions in the USA. Some places in Georgia have extensive golf cart small road networks which might be fit for this kind of vehicle as well .

@@nevco8774 Yup yup🤠, we have folks with Golf carts, dune buggies, Quad bikes driving all around our streets since Havasu is a small city so anything could be registered down here in this part of town in Arizona. The bigger cities have more restrictions because of population.

yeah but they're absolutely useless and defeat one of the main purposes of a car (luggage/storage) lol.

@@ysw8291 you do when you go to a superstore, electronic store, furniture/home store, etc and pick up a ton of stuff. This barely fits anything lol.

These Chinese e-cars and bikes, and even the busses they have over there have a tendency to catch fire randomly. These e-bikes rnt allowed on Chinese public transit due to their explosiveness (as far as I understand). They r not safe, that is one of the reasons they rnt allowed on our streets in the states. So if someone wants to risk it on their own land, then so be it, but I wouldn't take that chance.

people do need to drive safer, slower & quieter

e-scooters already do that. I think micro-cars are better as a go-getter like a neighborhood grocery store and whatnot.

We do. Many retirement communities are set up to have golf carts on the main roads or special golf cart paths. This can be a second car or even an only car for someone there.

There is a market for them in the US. A lot of people have properties that could use then without needing them to be street legal. The cost of the American UTV-s is so expensive now, these would be great

It's legal in the states and you can even get a low speed vehicle tag

@@roodick85 source?

It's legal, you'd register it like a golf cart. It's just a huge PITA to go through the import paperwork.

@@ZweiZwolf There is a company (probably more than one) which does import these sorts of vehicles. They overcharge around $1000 for the service, which I think is fair, especially if you don't have to wait months for the shipping. Can't remember their name but they have videos on RU-vid.

​@@InXLsisDeo 1000美元？这个车低配价格也就1000美元，不算电池。

Thanks Minghong!

In fact hardly ANY come with a full spare nowadays.

Why not a suzuki jimny. It's not a micro car but it's the smallest offroad car available.

Look at the Renault Twizy about the same size but only 2 person car

Only body on frame, 4x4, traditional gear (non CVT), high low range, diff lock is called SUV. 4x2 fwd CVT are crossover (bigger hatchback), van or MPV. Some hatchback are higher and bigger room than crossover.

@@GF-mf7ml I know what a crossover is but it seems most car reviewers these days call them suvs

@@modarkthemauler because the vast majority of people who buy those so called SUV's never have any intention of going off-road.

"you can't register one anyways" Not even as a kit car?

@@SummonerArthur I'd have to ask but from what I was told, at least in KY, since it doesn't go above 35 and since it doesn't meet NHTSA standards, it cannot be registered.

Some of those golf cart communities if you look around there are little golf cart license plates size of motorcycle plates and some require insurance when you get the plates

@@jeffhawley2441 Those communities, like The Villages, FL, are different. As far as I know, these Chinese mini EVs are still illegal to drive (not illegal to own) in the US, so that means that they'd be illegal to drive in a golf car community too.

@@matthewjbauer1990 my experiences are in southern Arizona where MDV says $25 plates each year plus proof insurance plus drivers license if you go on the under 35 roads plus equipped with blinkers.

For a city car, I'd want something more like the Hongguang Mini EV, even though it's marginally more expensive. That microcar segment is exploding with lots of competitors and there are going to be fantastic choices coming out over the next few years.

Been driving my G-Wiz since 2012 for local journeys, saves a packet on fuel costs

My question would be if it can carry a full load from a grocery store visit. Can it hold 10 full bags, 12 can soda boxes, cakes, etc? I don't think it can.

@@lancethrustworthy I can in my G-Wiz which is about the same physical size no bother at all.

​@@lancethrustworthy You don't understand the torque of electric motors. I wouldn't try to tow a house trailer with it, but what you described.....no problem! The mini....and I do mean mini electric truck we used inside a stadium to transport scaffolding was amazing. Even going up fairly steep ramps.