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[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

All cheap cars are made ugly on purpose to make the expensive models more attractive to buy.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

That thing's front and back are exactly the same. It saves on fabrication costs to use the same part but it gives a weird look.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Turns out there are after market mods for that. Spoiler, other front, flame paint job

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

What a compact thing, also charges to full in just 3 hours from a normal outlet 🤯