One of many coolest issues about all of the bizarre electrical automobiles we discover on Alibaba is that lots of them seemingly come from objects you’d by no means count on to see on the street. Take a tiger-shaped bus or a home on wheels. Different instances you get issues which can be technically automobiles however that also ought to by no means be close to an precise street. And that makes me wish to do precisely that, by getting considered one of these electrical bumper automobiles for cruising my neighborhood’s streets.

Welcome to the Awesomely Bizarre Alibaba Electrical Automobile of the Week, bumper automobile version!

Right here’s the factor — after I was a child, bumper automobiles had a large stick popping out of them. You bought to journey round an eerie cheese grater flooring whereas a metallic garments rod with a tin foil shoehorn created arcing sparks above your head.

Traditional youngsters journey.

However apparently as of late the youth won’t ever know the fun of an amusement park journey that would conceivably electrocute them in the event that they have been tall sufficient.

That’s as a result of there’s a brand new breed of bumper automobiles hitting the unhappy, dried up and cash strapped amusement parks barely struggling to hold on. These new battery-powered bumper automobiles could not carry the identical hiss and crackle of the old-fashioned fashions, however they’ve one redeeming high quality: you may drive them anyplace.

With out being caught within the designated and electrified bumper automobile thunderdome, you may drive off so far as you please. Or not less than so far as your battery will final.

The bumper automobiles use a 48V system paired with a 500W motor. Which means they’re roughly as highly effective as a mean electrical bike that may hit 20 mph (32 km/h).

Sadly these items will barely get you to a 3rd of that pace. However what occurs if you gear down the pace? The torque ought to skyrocket, that means these suckers might most likely moonlight as airplane tractors. Giddy up!

Certainly you received’t be getting anyplace shortly at a most pace of 6 mph (10 km/h), however you’re undoubtedly going to be arriving in fashion.

You’ve most likely already misplaced the race to be the primary on the town with a fancy new F150 Lightning or Rivian. Why not attempt to be a special sort of first?

It received’t even value you that a lot. What if I advised you that I might put you on this unhealthy boy for a cool fifteen hundred bucks? *slaps hood*

That’s proper. $1,500 is all it takes to grow to be the proud new proprietor of a battery powered bumper automobile.

And that’s not all you get. If the low-budget advertising and marketing video beneath is any indication, the bumper automobile additionally comes with a pile of firewood as an “accent”.

And don’t even get me began on the superior listing of options.

The battery bumper automobile comes full with “leather-based” seats, anti-skid steering wheel, LED lighting, audio system that may play your MP3 combine from an SD card, and an impact-resistant physique.

Plus they’re tremendous simple to park due to their 360 diploma turning means. And in the event you ever did by chance kiss one other automobile whereas sliding into your spot, you may simply shrug on the proprietor and level to your journey. What did they count on, it’s a bumper automobile.

As a lot as I’d like to get just a few of those and switch a parking storage right into a youngsters celebration, I feel I’ll take a break from my bizarre Alibaba orders for now.

I’ve nonetheless obtained my electrical boat to unbox and I’m unsure there’s room for a dozen bumper automobiles. You completely shouldn’t purchase one both. However in the event you do, I wish to hear all about it!