FOXNews.com: Retro electric pickup truck is a funky little cargo carrier

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Retro electric pickup truck is a funky little cargo carrier Jun 7th 2013, 18:41 Published June 07, 2013 FoxNews.com Next Slide Previous Slide This is one way to keep Austin weird. KLD Energy Technologies, an electric powertrain developer based in the Texas state capital, is licensing its unique oneDrive system to an automaker for its very funky retromodern mini truck. The Cenntro Motors Kombi looks like a VW Microbus pickup that forgot to take its steroids. The super-cool utility bringing a smooth, lowrider flair to the battery-powered runabout segment. KLD's electric motors feature a novel design that allows you to increase their power for different applications. Instead of a single, fixed stator, they utilize a series of modular "stator blocks" that can be added and removed as necessary. It's like an internal combustion engine that can convert from four to six to eight cylinders. KLD says the tiny truck is capable of delivering the equivalent of up to 250 mpg, along with whatever is in the bed. Unfortunately, for those we just got excited about letting their infinitesimal zero-emissions freak flag fly at next year's SXSW, the Kombi is only produced and sold in China, but we hear the music in Austin's sister city Xishuangbanna is just as good.

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