I really like my spouse, however I’ve received an entire part of my coronary heart totally reserved for electrical mini-trucks. They dwell lease free in my thoughts and I take into account them to be one of many coolest improvements that vans have seen within the final a number of a long time.

As American automobiles and vans proceed to grow to be extra bloated, turning themselves into life-style automobiles as a substitute of labor instruments, electrical mini-trucks have been choosing up the slack.

I personal a Chinese language electrical mini-truck and it has seen extra actual work utilization than most pickup vans on the highway as we speak. It ain’t no grocery-getter, to say the least.

In contrast to with many new pickups, whose homeowners appear to be afraid of truly hauling something in again lest they scratch it, I simply needed to set up a brand new mattress liner in mine after 18 months of shovel dings and drag marks.

I’ve had as a lot as 800 kilos (360 kg) of filth at the back of my mini-truck, and the hydraulic dumper hasn’t even complained.

However sufficient about my truck. The Chinese language electrical mini-truck I’ve chosen for this week’s Awesomely Bizarre Alibaba Electrical Automobile of the Week would positively giggle at such a small load as a mere 800 lb of filth!

That’s as a result of this little marvel is purpose-built for hauling heavy hundreds. “How heavy?”, you might ask. Heavier than your truck can deal with, that’s how heavy.

And the key to its heavy-hauling nature is the inclusion of a second rear axle. Yep, in comparison with all of the enjoyable little four-wheeled mini-trucks on the market, this one has 50% extra rubber on the highway.

Tri-axle vans exist for mainly one objective and one objective solely: dealing with heavier hundreds. They’re constructed to haul.

And this little man, he can haul with one of the best of them. At the least, if his vendor is to be believed.

The little truck comes rated with 2,000 kg (4,410 lb) of hauling capability. That’s 800 kg (1760 lb) on the entrance axle and 1,200 kg (2,650 lb) on the rear axles.

In comparison with a Ford F-150 Lightning, which has a max hauling capability of between 1,800 to 2,000 lb (816 to 907 kg), this little Chinese language mini-truck can deal with twice as a lot.

In fact I’m not speaking about towing capability. The F-150 crushes this little factor in towing, principally since our Chinese language tri-axle truck lacks a tow hitch and thus has a towing capability of zero. That’s one of many causes I had so as to add a DIY towing hitch to my mini-truck.

Then there are different points to contemplate, like is that this little mini-truck even able to working beneath that a lot load? Can it get rolling, after which can it even cease?

To be truthful, it’s received twice the motors as mine. Each rear axles have a 4 kW motor mounted to their differentials, providing a 4×6 drive setup. Mixed they solely provide a forty five km/h (28 mph) high pace, however that’s fairly customary in the case of Chinese language micro-cars.

For $4,200, it’s laborious to complain concerning the pace. Although as we’ve typically found, that marketed worth is normally far beneath what you’d truly pay to get certainly one of these despatched stateside. My Chinese language imports have normally wound up costing me round 4x the sticker worth, in any case is alleged and finished.

However nonetheless, $16,000 for certainly one of these may be fairly tempting if all you want is a heavy-hauler and don’t thoughts small particulars like naked bones creature comforts or a scarcity of road legality!

Since none of us is probably going to purchase one although, let’s simply take pleasure in seeing it in motion within the video beneath.

And since this truck has an additional serving to of axles, why not an additional serving to of mini-truck movies.

Right here’s one other one for you!