... but maybe only for Europe and presumably Asia, I'm sorry to say. There's no indication yet whether or when it might show up in the US.
The Hyundai Inster (what a name) city EV is based on an A-segment ICEV sold in Korea, the Hyundai Casper (also what a name). The price hasn't been announced but rumors say around 20k euros (about US$22k). I suspect that it will land closer to the current Citroen E-C3, which is 23.8k euros. It's meant to compete with the baby Citroen and the Dacia Spring, Renault's Chinese-made city EV, which has been a hot seller in Europe for a while now. Bumping off the Spring isn't really a heavy a lift though, since Europe is slapping tariffs onto Chinese-made EVs. Standard battery: 44kWh. Optional: 49kWh. Dacia Spring, 25kWh, Citroen E- C3, 44kWh. WLTP Range: 300km. Optional: 355km. Dacia Spring, 230km; Citroen E-C3, 320km. Overall length: 382.5cm. Dacia Spring, 373.5cm; Citroen E-C3, 401.5cm Fast DC charging: 120kW. Dacia Spring, 30kW (!); Citroen E-C3, 100kW It has an interesting trick - you can slide the REAR seats forward for more boot space, or back for more legroom. Or you can fold them down. In fact you can fold ALL the seats flat if you want, even the driver's seat (why?). As far as looks, like the others named above, it's your basic tall pseudo- SUV box. Surely the box aerodynamics hurt its efficiency and range. I'm starting to think that the mainstream automakers have forgotten how to style cars any other way, though. 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 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Why do we vote for those who promise us bananas? -- David Vseviov = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
