Last year, I bought an electric mini-pickup truck from China for $2,000 dollars. 

On a Chinese purchasing website, I spotted this awesome-looking electric mini-truck and knew I had to have it.

I understood it was dangerous with a $2,000 asking price, but I wouldn't lose the farm if the trade fell through.

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As a result, I started one of my strangest car-buying adventures.

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Years have passed while I've seen China's electric vehicle market expand.

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I'm not talking about popular Chinese EVs or Tesla knockoffs.

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I'm talking about the unusual, odd, funny little mini-EV market that China has utterly conquered.

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Every weekend, I not only pen a lighthearted column following the Of these mini-EVs,

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The silliest However, on occasion I risk my own money by buying the items I can't resist or keep from my wife.

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