Leave it to my son to find another "awesomely weird" vehicle he couldn't live without LOL !! I am very glad that I have the electric mini truck at my place here in Florida and he keeps that tuk tuk in Tel Aviv with him !! I got the better end of the deal. @Micah - be careful with that thing !! And no, your wife will not want to go RV-ing in that thing !! Love, Dad.

Lots of people are making a living with these "trucks" here in Turkey. They collect all kinds of garbage for recycling. Paper, metal, pet bottles, can boxes ect. Different fromTel Aviv, they all have a music/sound system on them. They just stop on each trash bin one after another and throw at the back what can be recycled. No need to turn off or on the engine, stop, go, stop, go. All day long they roam the streets, gather almost everything for recycling and they never beg or ask for something. They just work. I think, they are doing a great job. I personally, sort my garbage at home and wait for them to come by. When I hand it to them respectfully, they get very happy and leave with a smile on their face. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO KEEP THE PLANET CLEAN. REAL NAMELESS HEROS.

I lived and worked in China from 2006 to 2010. This kind of electric trikes were everywhere, in lots of different configurations and sizes. From smaller than yours to at least twice the size. Some have beds that will fit a full sheet of plywood. A lot of these were quite well built; I have spoken to drivers who had had their trike for over 10 years, zipping around town as couriers, or delivering goods to factories. I really liked them and I have often said I would like to take one back home, as they are are a lot more versatile than a car trailer. Besides that they are dirt cheap. If you order directly from the factory (minimum order 10 pieces), prices start at around $300 FOB, depending on the type and size. Unfortunately it is almost impossible to have them legalized in the Netherlands

Be careful with stability when you start modifications, pay special attention to the center of gravity, those things turn out to be unstable when they have lithium batteries and high cargo boxes, mostly on turns and going uphill, I drove one and had an accident due to the center of gravity being too far to the rear

Rear suspension will feel softer as you add weight. Also you might be be able to replace the rear springs with air ride. Meanwhile you can reduce rear tire air pressure to improve the ride, try about 10/12psi. Won't hurt a thing unless you have lots of weight in the bed.

Love you videos. the Name "TukTuk" dosen't come from the sound, but from the thai word "tuk" that meas "Cheap" because in the old days, it was a cheaper alternative to a normal taxi, so it got the name "Tuk Tuk" for "Cheap Cheap" :)

I really like the idea of you turning that rickshaw into a functional RV travel vehicle ! I have had the same dream project in mind with my little pickup truck & add the solar to it to make it happen! Looking forward to your next video on this,,,,shalom !

Great video! Thanks for sharing. I’ve often wondered about those vehicles and yours is the first electric one I’ve seen. They might not be all that practical here in NW Montana with our long winters. Thanks again.

I like it! I am looking forward to watching your mods take shape.

Thanks Micah.I appreciate the win.I have a kit to install,and another brother is doing a center-drive,so I need to think about what I need.That Micah-shaw will be a good series.I look forward to the vids.I've always liked their design,and now with electric drive.Wow.

That motor controller should only be able to provide about 1440 watts of continuous power based on the label. Replacing it would be a very easy (and fun!) upgrade. Excited to see what you do with this little tuk tuk.

I'm sooooo jealous! That looks like a riot to bomb around in, and the rv idea is one that I've had for years so I look very forward to seeing how you do it!

It was a nice bonus seeing the streets of Tel Aviv. I never know what you have planned for a project, you're such a fun guy.

You might find that the suspension works better with some load in the back. My ute is like that, it’s capable of carrying a thousand kilos in the tub, so empty, it’s a bouncy ride.

If you RV it, maybe do a flip out tent type thing like the rooftop tents for trucks. Build it on top of the bed & have a slide-out for the back with a stove, fridge, water container or whatever else. You could even hinge the solar roof over the bed just behind the cab to be more modular. Yeah, I think it's a cool idea.

I liked the mini pickup, but I really like this. Those fold down rear side panels are really revolutionary. I want to share an idea I’ve had recently. There is an Australian company that manufactures a cargo trailer that utilizes the locking devices in the bottom four corners that cargo containers use. Basically with a flatbed trailer you back under the container, lock it in, then go. That’s the concept. It means you could have several differing cargo boxes, but just one trailer. More to the point, those folding back side panels give you a flatbed configuration that could allow a camper build along the lines of the lightweight eBike trailer campers I’ve seen in KZfaq… only bigger. You already have the electric (DC to DC converter) so your half way there already. Solar could be a canopy configuration, or dedicated panels on the camper box. Using those removable truck bed camper lifts you could switch from pickup/flatbed to camper quickly. There is a lot more I’ve got for this type of configuration, but this should get you going. Sure would like to see a build of a lightweight removable camper box. 😁

I'd put some rubber strips between the bed and frame and I bet you can find a local shop to add shocks to the back. Leaf springs aren't the problem, it's lack of dampening. Edit: On second thought, the springs are probably too stiff for tuk-tuk-ing around town unloaded. Still, shocks would help with bumps at maximum velocity.

Honestly, something like this seems like a decent replacement (with bigger rear tires) for a farmers 3 wheeled Honda. Those things are insanely useful as property runabouts and I could absolutely see something like this with chunky tires being used as a slightly bigger version of that.

I did a Solar Tuk Tuk project and had so much fun with it (SolarTuk). Great project, mate.

Couple notes. Erm, for the record, I'm speaking from an American point of view. Firstly, that's not an autorickshaw. _That_ term is synonymous with tuktuk. This is a "cargo trike motorcycle", at least in the lingo of your average Alibaba listing; more specifically it is an "open cabin electric cargo trike motorcycle". They sell "closed cabin" ones with a fully enclosed cabin that looks a bit like a knockoff Isuzu cabover, and ones that have no cabin at all that just looks like a motorcycle up front, as you mention in passing. They also sell both gas and electric models; the gas models typically come with a Lifan style engine as often seen on cheap Chinese ATVs/etc, rather than the GY6 engine on Chinese scooters. The innards are roughly the same in both styles of gas engines, they're just arranged differently, so they should both be fairly durable with easy-to-find parts. (I wish I could say the same for the frame and body that often surrounds such engines, which usually falls apart in the worst of ways, and all too quickly at that.) You need to check your local laws and DOT/DMV regs (or equivalent for your country) about putting people in the back. The folding seat is nice, but there _are_ restrictions on its use in some jurisdictions. For example, I live in North Carolina, and from what I understand, if your license plate doesn't specifically say that it's a "farm truck" with those exact words, you are risking a ticket from the Boys In Blue if you have people in the bed of the truck, seating or otherwise. (Also, nice quip about the F-150... you might, however, want to do a Google Image search for the Subaru Brat. Just sayin.) That motor is a VERY standard eBike hub motor, coupled to a gearbox that integrates with the rear differential. The reason your battery voltage fluctuates is not due to the battery chemistry, but rather because they have too little battery capacity driving more motor than it's supposed to, for reasons of thrift as well as weight... oh, and those aren't SLA batteries, either, from the look of it, just regular flooded-cell car batteries. You know the batteries they use in small-office/home-office uninterruptable power supplies aka "UPS" units, the CyberPower ones you buy at Wal*Mart for $80 or so, or the APC ones at Staples/etc for a fair bit more...? THOSE are SLA batteries -- "sealed lead-acid". (Also, protip: shell out for APC... or better yet, buy used on eBay. The batteries are standard and cheap, but APC makes you do a little sleuthing if you don't know what to look for... most are a very standard 7.5 amp hour model that's always the same size.) These are too big and too... automotive... to be anything else. They're just your bog-standard Die Hard knockoffs that you can get in every Wal*Mart auto section for about a dollar a pound. That giant circuit breaker is also your emergency safety cutoff. If things go very, very pearshaped with the electrics, that's how you hopefully prevent a vehicle fire. The suspension is fine. You're used to suspension that's really awesome, and developed-country roads. This thing is designed for neither. Leaf springs are simple and easy to deal with, especially in poorer countries. You are not the intended market for this vehicle. The stereotypically-imagined sort of person who lives in a country where the most major industry is battery recycling or textile sweatshops is. Also, as you point out, it doesn't really matter where something is made, any more, as much as people make of it. The Chinese-built ones absolutely are exactly the same as your Turkish machine, I guarantee it. I wonder where this would fit into the DOT/DMV regs here in the USA. Most likely it would be classed as an "autocycle", like the Polaris Slingshot, if it had a gas engine. As an electric-drive model? Hard to say. Most likely, at least in North Carolina, it would be an autocycle; the law as written does not specify a gasoline engine vs electric. However, it might have to be registered as an eBike or an NEV. Hard to say. Honestly, I'd like to have one. I live in a tiny town in rural North Carolina, and local transportation is just AWFUL. I've never learned to drive, because of a cluster of issues I have that would make it highly impractical at best simply for me to pick up the skill, but to simply be able to putter down to the local Wal*Mart and other grocery stores a few miles away from me, which are presently entirely unreachable except with expensive delivery services -- yes, there's public transit here, but it's so awful I literally cannot use it -- that would be _MORE_ than worth the effort to overcome the issues I have, as awful as it would be for me to put myself through that. If anyone here in the comments can speak to the street legality of something like this in the US, particularly in NC, please do reply to me and let me know.

Hey! Great transportation for quick emergencies and excellent for additional solar details!! I can’t wait to see you build the ultimate tuk tuk

For the RV idea, a truck bed camper could be perfect. That way you can remove it easily and still have the pick up for 90% of the time and then load the self contained camper add on when needed. Loads of great self builds on KZfaq, with the weather in Tel Aviv you could go for a pop top too to save weight. Good luck and thanks for the videos.

cheap lightweight way to quiet those down , rubber washers , foam tape . any generic flex seal type roll on or spray or tube of automotive seam sealer on bed and canopy too . less rust and Quiet

Looks like a fun and useful vehicle, thanks for posting.

Wow, love it! Tuk-tuks are awesome.

Inspirational… love it … keep them coming :)

Hi Mikey. Thanks for the video. Great little utility vehicle.

When the video first started, my mind wondered to what a camper van version would look like, then at the end you started talking about it. I like this little thing. I can hardly wait till you trick it out. Take Care.

Looks fun. Can’t wait to see what you do with it

Small vehicles such as this are very useful and convenient. The only change i would make is put two wheels in front and one in back connected to the trans-axel. A single person can carry a great deal of cargo behind him. Or can arrange up to 4 seats

Hi, that's a great little vehicle - it made me smile watching you drive it around. Perfect for last mile deliveries and that sort of thing. I wonder what size Li battery you could fit in there.

I like the way you are thinking about e- transport and having fun to boot! Keep it up! Happy Trails. 😎👍

the smile on your face in the first second of the vid shows exactly how you feel about it. very cool.

Hello from Canada! When I saw this tuk tuk I was thinking the exact same thing as you: adding a solar panel and adding a camper in the back. Haha

First thing it needs is a couple of coil-over shocks on the rear, not having shocks is dangerous and the ride quality will improve out of sight if you fit some. I'd probably do a full four-link rear but that's a lot more involved.

I love these videos Man! Keep them up please

It looks great. It actually sounds like a milk float that woke me up every Monday at 7 a.m. when I was in Manchester in 2018. I hadn't seen or heard one in years. These were endemic to Britain's streets once through the Post War 50's until maybe the 80's when home milk deliveries went out of fashion. They were once the only common electric vehicle in the UK. Every city had them. Some looked like the tuk tuk, some had four wheels. Nearly every school kid wanted one but the only power source were huge heavy lead acid batteries that severely limited practical use but had found an ideal niche for stop start home dairy product deliveries. They were quite before their time. It's amazing that they endured and amazing that they didn't cross over so fully to other uses. The Co-op in Edinburgh used horse drawn milk floats till the 1980's.

Peace be with you😌 I was also interested in an Electric Cargo Trike but decided against because they’re not street legal in the US. Thank you for sharing your experience. Good luck with it. GOD Bless you🙏

fun random selection from KZfaq. Thanks for lightening the load!

I have wanted one of these ever since I saw them. So cute!

Great for urban areas, would love to see more of these type of vehicles on our roads

Great video all the right information from beginning to end thank you I will buy one of these based on your video

Your reviews are great! Digging the drone footage. The RV idea is awesome. Maybe airbags shocks? You rock!

Totally Fascinating! You Rock and Roll!

This was really cool to see. My first car was a 1980 Renault Letrictric Leopard.. It was factory converted to electric with 16 6v golf cart batteries. It used a relay to switch it from 24v or 48v for 2 speeds. Unfortunately I brought the full set of batteries before I found out it worked much better with only 8 batteries(due to the extra weight). If I only knew about LiPos back then.. I would have had a hotrod.. I hope you make your vehicle modular, so you can change the back end as easily as changing the battery on a cordless drill...

Suspension upgrades: Rear: get air bags to mount with compressor, tank, and ride height sensor, then pull all but the main top leaf spring for each side. Front: get the weight on the front wheel, pull your springs and measure the length and diameter. Use that to order progressive fork springs for the weight. Bed: add a latching pin to lock the bed down while driving so it doesn’t jump around.

That looks like a pretty cool little around town hauler. I noticed when I was in Tel Aviv this last summer that there are a lot of e-bikes. I almost got my butt ran over by one when it wasn't paying attention crossing from the beach to the hotel LOL.

That vehicles looks really fun, and a great colour too! ❤️

Perfect for supermarket runs too. If you do the RV thing a pop-up structure seems the way to go.

Great review !

This guy always shows up in a new ride, lol i love it

The first thing that came to mind when i saw this was to build a camper on the back! Can't wait to see what you come up with😀

I own a bike shop in rishon le zion with a metal cnc router / lathe / mig welder and your video made me think maybe to get one and convrt it to a 4 seat with full quality motorcycle suspension. Great vid thank you

Thanks for sharing your experience. Always interesting and informative. :-)

If you know someone who is an engineer, you should talk to them about the suspension. I don't know enough to consider myself qualified to tell you exactly what to do, but lots of leaf springs are solid on one side and have a shackle on the other, not both. Also, you might be able to add a shock somewhere to dampen the springiness.

Great video, it's nice that your using these little battery trucks etc ,yah that would good to change the battery type, and looking forward to seeing you build your little camper, I had a 3 wheeled Robin Reliant great little car, only wish they did a battery version 😀 looking forward to your next video

What a fun little ride! A reminder that we don't need a big truck to take those little treks that make up most of our travel.

You put is simply as it is keep it up, very impressive review with all basic information

Sweet and practical errand/transport buggy. Would love to have one. Sceptical about the RV project and weight issues given the suspension limitations you highlight.

U realy got me into that cheap electric solutions. Cant wait to get my hands on my pre-ordered tuktuk to compare with your projects :) btw there is a new version (im from germany) with a good closed cabin, might be interresting for u

I wonder what it would take to add shocks to the back? There's so many different models for all the different cars, you'd just (just?) have to work out the geometry, and of course, work out the mounting. Something to consider for your free time.

The tiny mud flaps are cracking me up 😂😂😂 out of the whole video that’s the best part lol

I really hope you build the RV idea onto that thing it would be amazing!!

Neat tent RV camper kits are sold that I have seen used and people appear to love them. Full size bed much lighter than rigid construction. My RAM PROMASTER CITY VAN is also built in Turkey. I live full-time in it and find it to be comfortable with an attractive interior. Glad your having fun.

Can’t wait to see the solar canopy performance! If you go over 500 W you could get close to indefinite daytime cruising.

Interesting to learn about what is used in different areas!

Amazing piece !!!

Mabe add shocks to the rear for sure. Change front suspension add shocks up there. Just thinking realistically. And could use rubber mount washers on existing bolts. That in itself would definitely make for way better ride and tone down the rattling shoot not so out of the question and it would be a lot more pleasurable to drive around. And doesn't cost a arm and a leg to do. The little things ohhh yeah. Awesome set up. Love it.

It looks like a lot of fun!

looking forward to see the camper build :) that should be fun. With the extra weight maybe your suspension becomes a little more bearable.

Light weight and practical. This should be the future. 👍🏼

Build your camper out of Hemp supplies. Lumber, plastic, it is so much lighter & the durability will be so satisfying. It needs springs! TY for showing us your new toy...still love the truck, especially since you tricked it out...👍✌🙋‍♀️

Another great e transport find and review

As I come from India.. it’s really interesting that you are enjoying Electric Rikshaw… not sure if it’s street legal… but you are having best time out of it.

I love the 2 inches of wheel travel and the 5 mile range fully loaded with topsoil. They are cheap to repair with $400 on average replacement cost for all the vital parts.

looks like a fun little ride!

13:26 that license plate on the blue one says 台铃 which is an electric scooter manufacturer in China, probably one of the biggest here, amazing that little thing was exported all the way to Israel!

😆 So it's realy a HUGE 3 wheeler bike with a tray.... Looks soooo cool

I’m glad I just discovered you. Good stuff.

I like this rascal. Here where I live it would be street legal as long as I purchase a city permit which for me is $50 a year. I currently drive a Ku Ota Sidekick around town, but to have something electric to drive would be awesome. Thanx for sharing...I look forward to more of your content

I have always liked these TukTuks or Trykes in the Philippines. At WDW Security our golf carts have a "mirror bar" from the ceiling that goes across the whole length. That may give you good visibility of what is behind you and improve safety. 2nd: I had no idea Telavive is so nice. Can you drive one of your weird vehicles around and show the place one day? Have a Magical Day!

These are everywhere in Vietnam although I never saw an electric one. My experience seeing them was they were either overloaded with cargo nudging their way through traffic or they were parked on the sidewalk while the driver sleeps one off in the bed.

This is so adorable I imagine a driving this in the countryside delivering flowers and plants on this thing

Look forward to watching the vids of the mod work on the e-tuk tuk.

Ignore my last comment, THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH EV INFO! I watched your trike episode, and I'm back at square 1, guess I'll get my license back and go with gas, I think the 22mph trike would work but 3k addmotor is out of my range ATM. I have biked on/ off road my whole life but I was smashed at work and my pelvis was broke in 4 places. I get winded easy now. The pharmacy and every store I need is within a mile of me. I wanted to go electric and have a vehicle that does not need insurance, I can't afford all that taking care of my mom. So electric trike would solve it all. 4 wheel scooters look cool but they are too slow and expensive.

Does look like a ton of fun! Can't wait for the solar rv! Maybe a few suspension upgrades too?

that thing looks awesome, I wish we could have them in Australia! just fyi Leaf springs work best when under load, when they have no load on them, they are horrible.. however put a couple of hundred kilograms in the back and take it for a spin and it should be HEAPS nicer to ride in, give it a test and let us know how you go.. also when you build a camper on the back this will probably resolve the issue for you with the extra weight :) enjoy!

Plonk a modern mini generator under the seat & a solar panel on the roof & travel the globe. I love it! Excellent for a smallholding vehicle on a farmstead. I want one! ❤

Awsome clip Was curious about these

You need to add lights on the top of the cab so you could drive with the tail gate down. Looks pretty cool. You could put a 24V battery in that under seat storage for emergency.

That's a neat little ride!

I love all your reviews and opinions about high efficiency small vehicles. The recent article about people not needing SUVs got some hate, bit I thought it was brilliant. I have a Zero SR/S, but after your review, I've got my eye on a CSC Wiz. Keep the content coming!

Another great video!

I really love the idea of one of these.I have already started looking for one, though even here in the staes they appear to lso be in the $4K range but it could be very handy for my local needs and still cheaper than fixing my broken car.Hopefully I can find a used one over time.

As soon as I saw that I thought I wonder if the truck bed is big enough to make an Mini RV. The first time I saw anything like that was in the UK in the 60's, it was a Kerry Motruck, looked exactly like that only with a small 2 stroke engine and a chain transmission to the rear wheels, which was lubricated by oil dripping out of the exhaust !

10:15 you can always get a bakfiets! Those e-bikes can take quite a bit of cargo, especially with a trailer!

Looks like a pretty cool and fun thing to ride.

I love this. And the fact that it has lead acid batteries is very much a positive to my mind. Not much chance of a battery fire from the old school arrangement! I would call this the most desirable EV I have yet seen, and hilarious to report, the advert at the start was for the Lotus Eletra, which represents everything that is wrong with current EVs. Too big, too complex and much too expensive! Best wishes from George in UK.

it is posible to adjust leaf spring suspension to be softer.. you can remove some of them or cut a little bit of some of them, plenty of instructions online. its pretty normal to remove what is not needed, they are often oversized to take a load they will never see..

love the idea of it, would be a bit difficult keeping as i live in an apartment with no garage, cant really keep it protected. with a solar panel roof, maybe Lipo Swap would be excelently fun. Maybe one can install shock absorbers in the rear to soften the bumps?