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Totally! This would bring me to work and back for half a month. I can also load my EV at work, so there wouldn't be any range problems. Would love to see something like this for the European market.

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You might want to take a look at the Citroën Ami. 6000 euro including VAT. Not sure which country you're in, but it seems more likely that something street legal in France would work for you.

https://www.citroen.com/en/Highlight/131/ami-100-electric-mo...

I'm in Germany. Had a quick look at the Ami. The "problem" is the maximum speed of 45 km/h. As inner-city traffic normally is 50 km/h this will make you kind of a disturbance for other motorists and this will turn people down or keep them from buying this. Not to mention that overland traffic is normally 100 km/h and well... 45 is quite slower... Nevertheless, good idea, I like it.

Renault Twizy probably isn't a million miles away (though for regulatory reasons, it's slower). I do think it's interesting that most if not all European equivalents have been made to look apparently as un-car-like as possible, whereas this one looks like a very small car.

I think this might be due to regulatory issues. If I remember correctly, a Twizy will be categorised as a "light vehicle" [1] which will probably lower some requirements in terms of safety or whatnot.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadricycle_(EU_vehicle_classi...

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