I am sometimes bummed out at how Japan is behind in the global electric vehicle race. It's true that the country has a fraught relationship with electricity generation, and that its automakers need ...

Just like the Slate Auto Truck looks to fill a gap in our market, the KG Motors Mibot aims to do the same in Japan. According to Bloomberg, KG Motors designed the Mibot primarily for older rural ...

The mibot is the latest in a series of ultra-compact electric city cars to fly by our radar. Built by Hiroshima-based KG Motors, the mibot is described as a ‘small mobility robot packed with ...

When you picture a tiny electric car weaving through tight urban streets, your brain probably goes straight to China. Fair enough, as the country’s been churning out budget EVs like it’s a national ...

It’s not a Toyota, Nissan, or a Honda, but this new mini EV is already a sensation. The mibot mini EV costs just ¥1 million ($7,000), or about half the price of Nissan’s Sakura, the top-selling EV in ...

Pricing is one of many reasons EV market penetration worldwide is slow. But in Japan, a country historically not as dependent on the automobile as places like the United States, the electric vehicle ...

KG Motors, a Japanese startup, is set to challenge the EV market with its affordable, ultra-compact mibot. Designed for narrow streets, the one-seater EV has garnered significant pre-orders, ...

Japan’s unusually narrow residential streets call for smaller-than-average vehicles – which is why pint-sized hatchbacks and boxy mini­vans are ubiquitous in the country. Now a tiny new motor that has ...

Meet mibot, the $7,000 tiny EV that’s about take Japan by storm. It may be small, but the mini EV is already seeing strong interest with the first models now being delivered. The $7,000 mibot mini EV ...

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