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If President Obama signs the just-passed bill from Congress which mandates funding for the Department of Energy to fund three-wheeled vehicles like the Aptera 2e and Myers Motors NMG2 could be eligible for the same kind of loans Tesla Motors just received.

Read More: Congressional Bill Passes: DOE to Begin Funding 3-Wheeled Vehicles

If you haven’t noticed, there’s a real popularity amongst 3-wheeled platforms for electric and hybrid electric cars. There’s a big reason for that: efficiency and the law. The XR3 is another of these 3-wheelers that is currently available as a kit model that can be built by tinkerers at home. Soon, it will go into production for limited sales nationally.

Read More: The XR3 Motors PHEV Kit Car Goes Into Production

John is a fuel economy technical expert at the Ford Motor Company and a member of the forums at EcoModder, good friends of Zoomilife. By day, he’s a Ford Engineer, by night… a HyperRocket building genius.

Read More: Ford Engineer Invents HyperRocket in Spare Time: 125mpg, 100+mph

Codenamed the Surge, this rendition of the popular Campagna T-Rex high-performance car is going to enter the Automotive X-Prize. Optamotive, who made this conversion, is claiming 150mpg equivalency for this all-electric 3-wheeler.

Read More: Optamotive Campagna T-Rex Enters Auto X-Prize

FedEx has been testing two human-electric hybrid 3-wheeled bicycles for small delivery route operations. During the 11-week trial, the little LEVs managed to deliver over 2,400 documents and parcels. They were used in the most densely trafficked part of Paris and proved their worth as an efficient way to getting around for the package carriers.

Read More: FedEx Paris Fleet Gets Electric Vehicles

The Arcimoto is a 3-wheeled electric vehicle capable of 50mph, 30 miles’ range on a charge, and seats one. It’s an urban commuter that takes about 6 hours to charge to full. The team began work last year on the concept and have now built a fully-operational test mule.

Read More: The Electric Arcimoto Gets a Test Drive

Looking to build your own electric vehicle, but don’t want to convert a car (too expensive) and aren’t interested in just a bicycle? Maybe the BugEV is what you’re after. It’s small, covered, and has sit-down, 3-wheeled stability. Cool paint job too.

Read More: The BugEV - A Futuristic, DIY Electric Vehicle Kit

Northern California electric vehicle company ZAP, who recently introduced an electric van and utility truck at the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) expo going on right now in New Orleans, has also finally unveiled its much-hyped Alias electric car. After going through many iterations of its original design, ZAP has finally unveiled a physical prototype of this unusual-looking, three-wheeled electric car.

Read More: ZAP Unveils Alias Electric Car at NADA Expo

Right on the front page of their site, Myers Motors says that their goal is “Sub-$20,000 vehicles that are practical and affordable…” Pretty bold statement when you see that most highway-ready electrics with any range worth driving are triple and quadruple that amount (or more). So far, they’ve managed to bring the price point of their little electric to $29,995. They’re getting close.

Read More: The Myers Motors NmG: Visions of Electric Cars in Every Garage

Venture Vehicles has changed their name to Pursu Mobility and has designed a vehicle called the Persu Hybrid, based on the extremely innovative Vandenbrink Carver. This 3-wheeled vehicle is claimed to be a “new class of vehicle.” It’s got some awesome design features, that’s for sure, but it still looks like an enclosed tricycle to me.

Read More: Venture Vehicles/Persu Mobility: The Persu Hybrid