Here's What The World's Cheapest Electric Car Is Like To Drive

You’ve all been so very patient, but, finally, it’s time. The world’s cheapest new electric car you can buy has been ordered from Alibaba, shipped over from China, trucked to my house, unboxed, and now it’s finally time to see if this ridiculous thing actually drives. Are you excited? Of course you are; you’re human. So go ahead and watch that video up there and see for yourself.

Like all of my experiences with the Changli so far, I’m genuinely surprised at how much better it is than I was expecting. It drives! It drives in a perfectly usable manner, not quickly at all, no, God no, but for a neighborhood vehicle, it absolutely works.

I mean, yeah, we got it stuck in the mud almost immediately, but David and I just lifted the back up onto the bricks and were good to go.

-Jason Torchinsky

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[EddieJazzFan]

General Motors rear view camera: About $900 extra
Chinese rear view camera: Free with purchase of $900 car.

[Tom_Losh]

My grocery store is 3/4 of a mile from home, and that looks like a "grocery getter" to me...

[cristianramirez]

It looks like a mini firetruck with those colors and the light on the roof.

[eddieh]

Drivers with a DUI should be made to drive this for a year.

[dram]

I think if you compare this to a golf kart, instead of a car, you realize how amazing the value is

[everglow]

I like how he's just such a happy laughing man. Laugh is kind of infectious. 😂

[kurrizzle]

Hey man turn off the headlights when you're going uphill, you'll go a little faster!

[brysonkuhn]

I'm really liking this series on this cheap car!

[svuvmdv]

features:
-no speeding tickets
-charge this thing with a hand crank

[NIAtoolkit]

I think the 'speedo' is battery range

[thechuckinator]

I feel like this would be a perfect substitute to a golf cart in a community that uses them

[vendingdudes]

3:10 Mailman sighting: "I'm sure he has a lot of respect for sad underpowered vehicles." Bwahahahaha!

[daddyfeelit]

This type of “car” was originally designed for people with disabilities or having difficulty moving around. It’s not classified as a motor vehicle so you don’t need a registration or license to drive it. Also for safety reasons some manufacturers would put a speed cap on the motors. Not sure Changli has it though. It’s basically a motorized scooter with roof.

[blautens]

I love Jason's genuine enthusiasm for this nugget. (Shout out to crossover MCM fans)

[shaunthorton]

Legend has it he's still laughing like a kid at Christmas...good for you Man

[edwardwood]

Give this car to Doug Demuro to review, he will just love this car.

[benlee]

Watch James May’s segment on the original Fiat 500 on his show “Cars Of The People” with its eye-watering 13 hp motor and cloth roof to save money on metal; this is basically the same thing but electric, a car for families around the world who are making the equivalent of a couple thousands per year. This is a big upgrade for folks who otherwise would have to pile families and cargo on top of a bike or a 2-stroke scooter. For not much more $ their families can stay out of the weather and carry cargo inside. The slowness and enclosed cabin makes it a bit safer. This should be functionally compared to bicycles or scooters in the class of the old Honda Super Cubs. If this improves the lives of people in the third world, without a smog-spewing two-stroke motor, then big thumbs up.

[Issac_G]

"American radio" haha did you think it was going to be Chinese?

[umbre]

In this episode Jason shows off his new backup camera that came with a free car.

[zacharystotz]

$1, 000 car would sell like hotcakes in the US. I would buy one just to use around my small town.