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Quantum Motors, a Bolivan electric car company, has taken a unique approach to electric vehicle design by shrinking the size of its vehicles.

LA PAZ, Bolivia -- On a recent, cold morning, Dr. Carlos Ortuno hopped into a tiny electric car to go check on a patient in the outskirts of Bolivia's capital of La Paz, unsure if the vehicle would be able to handle the steep, winding streets of the high-altitude city.

The municipality of La Paz, Bolivia, is using a small fleet of tiny electric cars to bring doctors to patients' homes living in the suburbs of the capital city. The cars, which are the size of a golf cart and shaped like a box, move no faster than 35 mph and can travel 50 miles before a recharge. They are manufactured by Quantum Motors, the sole producer of EVs in the South American country. But while the company hopes to bring electric vehicles to the masses, they have sold only 350 units in the four years since they launched. In Bolivia, cheap, subsidized gasoline is the norm, even thou...

On a recent, cold morning, Dr. Carlos Ortuño hopped into a tiny electric car to go check on a patient in the outskirts of Bolivia’s capital of La Paz, unsure if the vehicle would be able to handle the steep, winding streets of the high-altitude city. “I thought that because of the city’s topography it…

Bolivia has the world's largest reserve of lithium, a key component in electric batteries