Being able to fold the driver seat flat is great for camping mode: sleep in your EV with light, heating, cooling, fan and even music available...
On Sun, Jul 7, 2024, 4:41 PM EV List Lackey via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > ... 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/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240708/16fab29b/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
