It's just a "concept." Some might say that's a good thing. Quirky would be one word for the appearance. But at least they're rethinking vehicles, and thinking EV.
https://insideevs.com/news/613348/citroen-oli-electric-concept-urban-pickup/ "the key considerations ... were to keep it light, small, simple, affordable and also to make it out of as many recycled materials as possible ... "You could argue a vertical screen is less aerodynamic, but we don´t expect people to drive this kind of vehicle at 200 km/h ... "Citroen says it has a 40 kWh battery pack that thanks to its low weight of under 1,000 kg (2,200 pounds) can take it up to 400 km (258 miles) on one charge ... 10 kWh/100 km, or around 6.2 miles/kWh ..." That's about 160 Wh / mile, or about what a Geo Metro-based Solectria Force of similar weight - and certainly better aero - could do in 1991. Am I the only one who thinks that 2200 lb being considered "low weight" in a vehicle is kind of pitiful? Seems to me the original VW Beetle was ~1600 lb, and I owned an Opel Kadett that weighed in at around 1500 lb. I think the original Suzuki Swift was something like 1380 lb. Granted that they weren't carrying 40 kWh batteries, but the Citicar hauled 500 lb of batteries and weighed 1300 lb. Earlier: https://insideevs.com/news/401218/citroen-ami-deliveries-june/ "Disruptive" David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has. --William Burroughs = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
