$2,000 brand new Chinese pickup truck.

An entry level 2WD John Deere Gator probably runs about $5 - $6 K $9 K now. 900 lb. payload, 13.5 hp engine. Hmmmm...........

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Looks like a gutless wonder. I had a Chinese clone mini bike which looked like a Honda Mini trail 70 that I purchased new a few years ago. It was a total piece of junk from the tires to the bolts to the engine to the transmission. I wouldn't waste my money on that little truck.
 
This YouTuber in south Florida (EBikeSchool) made a series of videos about this same type purchase. In fact, go to the 19:32 mark of this video - of his unboxing and he details the costs associated with this purchase. Yea, a lot more than just "$2,000.00".
 
From the videos, I like it. If I had a lot of private land or lived in a megacity with traffic and red lights every couple hundred feet, I think this would work well. Certainly more cargo flexibility than an electric moped and easier to store and park than a full size car. In the US though, apart from niche conditions, nahhh.
 
What crash test does it pass? Hit the garbage cans at the end of the driveway at 10mph?

Didn't wast my time watching the vid, but it can't be road legal. I recall Chery or some other junk couldn't pass NHTSA crash tests
over a decade ago.


Probably can be registered as a low speed vehicle so it wouldn't need to pass most tests, at least in can/could in MD. Requirements here were that it have the top speed limited to 25 mph and it can only be driven on roads with a 35 mph speed limit or less. Got this brand new leftover 2007 Miles EV back in 2009 and had it for a year. Souped it up to hit 35 mph on a level road. Once hit 47 on a down hill, yeehaw.

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