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Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars (www.reuters.com)
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[–] 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Hear me out: a bare minimum electronics car extremely reliable, no screens no bells and whistles and with the smallest possible engine battery that costs less than $5.000 💥

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Citroën Ami is available. Closer to $8000 and technically a quadricycle. All bare minimum to make it street legal.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    It's great Citroën is making a small, cheap EV ... but why did they make it look like a cross between a Fiat Multipla and a pug?

    That thing is ugly.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "Why is this $8,000 car so terrible," he lamented, without a trace of irony.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    It isn't "terrible", it's ugly because of purely aesthetic design choices: specifically that Fiat Multipla style "forehead ridge". It's a styling problem -- not a form factor or price point one.

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