I love the idea of small electric cars that are affordable. The range may not be huge, but for daily commutes in the city, they’re ideal and eco-friendly!
In the USA they seem to be glorified golf carts (the one with AC was nice though) and are locked at 25mph. Most of our rural roads are 30+ mph. These would only be good places that are set up to have golf carts and low speed vehicles like retirement communities.
BYD Seagull was just released in Brazil with the long range version only (38kw battery) for around 22k usd (with the crazy high Brazil taxes). Ranges around 350km with full charge and the same full charge costs 5 usd to charge at home as electricity here is very cheap. Got mine as I live in a big city, so far a very reliable and comfortable car.
The fiat 500 with a 42kw battery and a 190 mile range was 30,000 euro, but is now sub that price in the UK . The 24kw and 124 mile range model was a lot cheaper, but is not sold anymore in the UK. How old is this Information.
Mitsubishi EK X EV (EK Cross EV) and Nissan Sakura from Japan are worth considering as they're spacious for their size with enough range to cover city/local commutes.
The problem I see with these mini EV's is that they are either better used as a neighborhood car in the US and never any further than the suburbs because they are either too slow, or have to little range to be helpful for anything but maybe the short drive to and from work, but never leaving town. I mean it seems great for reducing the need for the fuel powered vehicle to those times that you have to go outside of town. Don't get me wrong, it would be nice to get some of the Chinese options where I am, on the grounds that I could have a car with minimal upkeep for a quarter of the cost of even the cheapest of cars available.
If it ever comes to North America and isnt insanely tariffed to the ground, I’d love me a BYD Seagull. I daily a Gen 1 leaf and love a smaller car, just wish I could get more range without a battery swap
Don’t need 4 adult capacity. Need 2. Need room to haul normal stuff, bags, reasonable boxes. Need roof platform for occasional larger stuff. Need to be able to hose it out. No need for soft upholstery. Need 70 mph top speed for short blasts. Need 100km range at less than 40kmh. Need price at $5,000 US. Pick up version would be nice. Sounds like Korea mfg to me.
Agree. None of these cars are affordable for me or anyone I know. I would like a pedal bike that had EV motor assist that would go at least 45 MPH and cost less than USD $10,000. Until those parameters are met, there isn't going to be much interest in EVs and Velomobiles, except in rural areas where people can slowly limp along semi-safely.
I've seen some cars that are called smart cars here in Dallas, Texas and folks, these cars would be great for me to drive, because I hate those blasted big American cars that uses tons of gas and pollutes the air. All of you sound like the type of people who don't care about the environment, but I do, and besides, I need a vehicle that I can see over the hood of the car, and that is easy to drive and park.❤❤❤❤❤❤
I drive a petrol Smart (my 3rd over 12 years) and so should be a loyal customer target, forget it, my petrol Smart does 400miles on a tank, the EV 70 if your lucky and is twice the price.
If purchased ( for USA ) where would one find chargeing stations ❓ To buy batteries ,where would one find that location ❓"Safty"😅.....doors please for America driveing streets❣️ Are there stores in America ❓ I have seen some of these type vehicles on the streets❣️☺️ 👍💚💙💜❣️
If you were to buy from another country would there be any customer support or service? Doubtful. I would love to have one for daily commutes and leave my truck parked for the weekends. I could pay for one in fuel savings alone but I don’t need anything that can’t be serviced if it breaks down.
Yeah, the Ami is one of those quirky little things that’s hard not to love, but that price does sting, especially when you start factoring in taxes. It’s wild that some countries don’t even try to sell it. Do you think it’s just a pricing issue, or are they missing out on a market that could actually love these kinds of vehicles?
You forgot Canada. My friend and I drank a bottle of whisky and bungie corded our e-bikes together then duct taped some umbrella's on our backs. It was all fun and games until we crashed at the beach and the e-bikes came apart. Sadly, the design is lost to time and can never be reproduced. What a loss to humanity.
@@claudeguichard9722 Probably better expressed as 'Si Tro (en)'. Which is similar to how I expressed it. I almost put 'SIT-rohh(n)'. I can actually write in the IPA, but it isn't easy on this keyboard. The final syllable in French is very soft and Nasal. Yeah, sure, it's there, but not easy to hear for a non native. Regardless, this AI absolutely slaughtered the pronunciation.
I’d say the offerings of American EVs is pretty underwhelming when looking at ranges and max speeds compared to the rest of the world. We are not blazing innovation trails. Pretty sad. Nothing but in-town EV offerings.
U.S. listed E.V. are not cars but toys. You missed a 1000 miles range small two seat E.V. in California called Aptera probably marketed at competent price. All other cars from all listed nations are not going to survive because they are box like. Boxes creates a lot of drag and therefore their driving range will be significantly reduced. Gasoline powered cars are build to be box like on purpose so that consumption of gasoline will be high and frequent for the benefit of those who sell oil (You cannot get rich quickly by have a slow demand). In E.V. case, you do not want that do you? We want to safe our planet and our wallets. The only good thing about those E.V. is that they are low mass cars and one from India PMV got it right because they made that car narrow. The narrower car the less front drag, plus most cars are driven by one person. So it is a good start.
Look at this. There's a point that borders on misinformation because it leads to people inferring that US citizens, as a whole, have never been fans of small cars. The reality is that the MG Midget, Opel GT, Chevy Chevette, Geo Metro, and a host of other small cars have many fans who would love to own one or more of these small cars. There are mini motorcycles like the Grom that might imply an interest in transportation that you can fit on the back of a flatbed pickup truck. Bring tiny cars into the US and have them be suitable for long and short drives and you will see a surge in downsizing of cars. You can keep your 5000-pound trucks and 4000-pound cars. Give me something that I can park sideways in a regular parking space or nose-in at a curb and I'll show you a cult following that exceeds that of the Grom as long as it can maintain 70mph for 100 miles or more. Most owners just want it to be priced fairly. It's the $30000 price tag for a micro car whose back seat is just wasted weight that makes these cars undesirable. The Fiat 500 is a poorly-thought-out, impractical POS. It's just that simple. If it didn't look cool, I wouldn't have bought one and tossed the back seats into a dumpster. Even so, I regret buying it. The turbo diverter valve is junk. The wiring for the tag lights is dangerously thin. The simple act of making a turbo version amounts to asking for engine failures. Electric microcars whose design makes sense will sell in the US. Our regulations are what causes the failure of the microcar segment in the US. If they aren't LSVs, they aren't allowed to be small. If they are small, they aren't allowed to be practical. If they use a lot of fuel, they have to be big. Regulations are not well thought out in the US unless they were designed to force people to buy what they don't want. I want something like the Electra Meccanica Solo but I'd pay as much as $12k for a Silence 04. The problem is that it's not going to be so affordable if it comes to the US in the L7 version.
Wow, you’ve put a LOT of thought into this, and honestly, I’m here for it. The part about regulations forcing people to buy what they don’t want really hits home. I mean, why can’t we have something practical, efficient, AND affordable? Do you think it’s just a cultural thing, or is it really the auto industry lobbying against small cars? Also, what’s your dream microcar? Something that doesn’t exist yet or one of the current models that just needs a few tweaks?
America we need those $600 - $2000 dollar electric micro cars without spending $6000 in fees in the USA before the car is released to the buyer . You will have to pay around $2000 -$3000 to the final warehouse where your vehicle will be stored.
The US is making a huge mistake tariffing electric cars from China. I could get by easily with a $4-5 thousand dollar electric car for daily driving. It would be great. The way Trump wants to do it is to make all these cars costs over $30 K, because the US cannot make a car inexpensively.
The US needs cheap electric cars, at this point I don't care about the US car industry and the unions, we need cheap cars people can afford, but no, we have all these BS import laws that prevent us from buying them at a cheap price.
The picture of the fantom car that clickbaited me into watching this shows me that car makers know what we want. This list the pathetic junk shows that they will never build anything we want. to hell with al greedy carmakers. and their overpriced junk.
Right? It’s like they think 'affordable' has to mean 'designed by someone with no artistic sense.' You’d think they’d realize that people want something practical and nice to look at. What’s the ugliest EV you’ve seen so far?
@ The majority of the KIA range to be fair, the old KIA Soul was particularly ugly as is the EV3. The MG ZS was a close second. The Tata Nexon, another Amazon box on wheels. If you buy a car it’s usually for its looks as well as practicality, it’s a lot of expense. To drive something sexy like an Audi GT Etron for example, you need to remortgage your house. Just my opinion of course.
The uk has no affordable ev's, they keep saying they want us to go all electric bit also expect us to pay £30,000 plus
THE SQUAD SOLAR CITY
It was a bit like that in the USA ,( Elon and Nissan Changed that with the affordable EVs.)❣️👍
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Shipping maybe slower due to that war.....
Depreciation is horrific and nobody wants to take the risk on a used EV . Running a petrol or diesel for 10 years or more is a much better option .
I love the idea of small electric cars that are affordable. The range may not be huge, but for daily commutes in the city, they’re ideal and eco-friendly!
I want one
In the USA they seem to be glorified golf carts (the one with AC was nice though) and are locked at 25mph. Most of our rural roads are 30+ mph.
These would only be good places that are set up to have golf carts and low speed vehicles like retirement communities.
BYD Seagull was just released in Brazil with the long range version only (38kw battery) for around 22k usd (with the crazy high Brazil taxes). Ranges around 350km with full charge and the same full charge costs 5 usd to charge at home as electricity here is very cheap. Got mine as I live in a big city, so far a very reliable and comfortable car.
it'll be about the same price in Australia, also because of our ridiculously high import taxes. :( still, it's an amazing little car. very tempting.
North American choices are pathetic
Was afraid of this. De Soto National Forest in Mississippi. Might have to get a Stealth Bomber clone, at this rate.
A golf cart for $30K? Good grief.
blame Biden
The fiat 500 with a 42kw battery and a 190 mile range was 30,000 euro, but is now sub that price in the UK . The 24kw and 124 mile range model was a lot cheaper, but is not sold anymore in the UK. How old is this Information.
What good does this do when they're not available in the US
Mitsubishi EK X EV (EK Cross EV) and Nissan Sakura from Japan are worth considering as they're spacious for their size with enough range to cover city/local commutes.
The problem I see with these mini EV's is that they are either better used as a neighborhood car in the US and never any further than the suburbs because they are either too slow, or have to little range to be helpful for anything but maybe the short drive to and from work, but never leaving town. I mean it seems great for reducing the need for the fuel powered vehicle to those times that you have to go outside of town.
Don't get me wrong, it would be nice to get some of the Chinese options where I am, on the grounds that I could have a car with minimal upkeep for a quarter of the cost of even the cheapest of cars available.
If it ever comes to North America and isnt insanely tariffed to the ground, I’d love me a BYD Seagull. I daily a Gen 1 leaf and love a smaller car, just wish I could get more range without a battery swap
Don’t need 4 adult capacity. Need 2. Need room to haul normal stuff, bags, reasonable boxes. Need roof platform for occasional larger stuff. Need to be able to hose it out. No need for soft upholstery. Need 70 mph top speed for short blasts. Need 100km range at less than 40kmh. Need price at $5,000 US. Pick up version would be nice. Sounds like Korea mfg to me.
Except for the pricetag, Wuling Air EV (afaik Indonesia exclusive) seems to be the closest target
A true city car in the US at minimum needs to go 45MPH and have a range of 100 miles.
Agree. None of these cars are affordable for me or anyone I know. I would like a pedal bike that had EV motor assist that would go at least 45 MPH and cost less than USD $10,000. Until those parameters are met, there isn't going to be much interest in EVs and Velomobiles, except in rural areas where people can slowly limp along semi-safely.
My Ebike does that
when they build the bastards to go 500 miles on a charge in any conditions I might think about buying
I've seen some cars that are called smart cars here in Dallas, Texas and folks, these cars would be great for me to drive, because I hate those blasted big American cars that uses tons of gas and pollutes the air. All of you sound like the type of people who don't care about the environment, but I do, and besides, I need a vehicle that I can see over the hood of the car, and that is easy to drive and park.❤❤❤❤❤❤
I drive a petrol Smart (my 3rd over 12 years) and so should be a loyal customer target, forget it, my petrol Smart does 400miles on a tank, the EV 70 if your lucky and is twice the price.
BYD Seagull is my favourite. au $18,000 in Thailand (same wrong driving side as AU ;) Waiting to come to AU?
If purchased ( for USA ) where would one find chargeing stations ❓ To buy batteries ,where would one find that location ❓"Safty"😅.....doors please for America driveing streets❣️
Are there stores in America ❓
I have seen some of these type vehicles on the streets❣️☺️
👍💚💙💜❣️
Congratulations.. regards from Athens Greece...❤
Dacia Spring New starts by 16990 Euro. And the Citroen Ami is not a Car. Its a Joke.
And Renault Twizy ?
@@sucre9995 Twizy is ok. Run 80km/h not like the Citroen Ami with 45 km/h.
Citroen Ami was not released, I think they thought it wasn't, economically viable at 6 000€ !
I saw one driving yesterday here in Belgium @@etherospike3936
... TO BE Affordable ... SHOULD BE UP TO 10,000 EURO.
No mention of Wuling Bingo, 333km with one charge, 50kw motor!
We will cover that car in the next video, along with some other Chinese models that we haven't shown in our previous videos! Stay tuned!
I hope the Seagull will sell in Thailand
Also fun fact the Citroën Ami/Fiat Topolino is also known as Opel Rocks
Here in the USA Wink Motors has fully enclosed LSV's with heat and AC. I'm seriously thinking about getting a Sprout 3 when they come out in July.
Wink Motors?
Is that a typing error?
These are cool, but if you live in a colder climate, you might like something with a real door, and maybe a heater too!
If you were to buy from another country would there be any customer support or service? Doubtful. I would love to have one for daily commutes and leave my truck parked for the weekends. I could pay for one in fuel savings alone but I don’t need anything that can’t be serviced if it breaks down.
€20,000 is not "affordable".
The american budget ev is a over priced joke! I feel sorry for the Americans 😂
Its reduculous.
And SOME Americans actually prefer small cars. Like me.
The Nissan Sakura is not available in Germany and also not available as Renault.
I would kinda like ami,.. if price was after Vat, in France it has 9000€ pricetag,.. in some other countries they dont even try to sell it,..
Yeah, the Ami is one of those quirky little things that’s hard not to love, but that price does sting, especially when you start factoring in taxes. It’s wild that some countries don’t even try to sell it. Do you think it’s just a pricing issue, or are they missing out on a market that could actually love these kinds of vehicles?
@@TechCharge Both,.. 6000k could be acceptable,.. 10 000k is definetly not,...
Impossible to get these small EVs in Australia.
Not here in Greece, the EU cartel dont allow Chinese acars for cheap
You forgot Canada. My friend and I drank a bottle of whisky and bungie corded our e-bikes together then duct taped some umbrella's on our backs. It was all fun and games until we crashed at the beach and the e-bikes came apart. Sadly, the design is lost to time and can never be reproduced. What a loss to humanity.
The only thing wrong with battery cars is the batteries
Go to 25 mph in a city street and people will be honking at you constantly
You are pronouncing Citreon wrong. It's pronounce SITrun (in English) or sitROH (in French). There are only two syllables.
It's f##### AI video.
@@jakesmith5278 Doesn't sound like one. Even if it is, my point still stands.
@@kieronimo1 Wrong. Citroen, not Citreon is pronounced Sit Ro Enn in French
@@claudeguichard9722 Probably better expressed as 'Si Tro (en)'. Which is similar to how I expressed it. I almost put 'SIT-rohh(n)'. I can actually write in the IPA, but it isn't easy on this keyboard. The final syllable in French is very soft and Nasal. Yeah, sure, it's there, but not easy to hear for a non native. Regardless, this AI absolutely slaughtered the pronunciation.
Incredible how many [future paper weights] will be in the junk yard soon.
The Geely Mini Panda is $5500
30k is not cheap after against other country. When India Ev is better than and cheaper than USA. crazy
CITREON IS NOT "SIT-REE-OWN"
It's "seet-roeN" it's french.
I’d say the offerings of American EVs is pretty underwhelming when looking at ranges and max speeds compared to the rest of the world. We are not blazing innovation trails. Pretty sad. Nothing but in-town EV offerings.
Wuling ev air is the cheap ev car..get that one..
U.S. listed E.V. are not cars but toys. You missed a 1000 miles range small two seat E.V. in California called Aptera probably marketed at competent price. All other cars from all listed nations are not going to survive because they are box like. Boxes creates a lot of drag and therefore their driving range will be significantly reduced. Gasoline powered cars are build to be box like on purpose so that consumption of gasoline will be high and frequent for the benefit of those who sell oil (You cannot get rich quickly by have a slow demand). In E.V. case, you do not want that do you? We want to safe our planet and our wallets. The only good thing about those E.V. is that they are low mass cars and one from India PMV got it right because they made that car narrow. The narrower car the less front drag, plus most cars are driven by one person. So it is a good start.
In Australia there are only big expensive electric vehicles. China is the country you can buy small affordable evs.
Yep 25 mph is a joke. The government said that has a poison pill so you would buy Detroit's overpriced iron
Launch immediately in India
£22,500 is cheap 😂😂😂😂😂
Look at this. There's a point that borders on misinformation because it leads to people inferring that US citizens, as a whole, have never been fans of small cars. The reality is that the MG Midget, Opel GT, Chevy Chevette, Geo Metro, and a host of other small cars have many fans who would love to own one or more of these small cars. There are mini motorcycles like the Grom that might imply an interest in transportation that you can fit on the back of a flatbed pickup truck. Bring tiny cars into the US and have them be suitable for long and short drives and you will see a surge in downsizing of cars. You can keep your 5000-pound trucks and 4000-pound cars. Give me something that I can park sideways in a regular parking space or nose-in at a curb and I'll show you a cult following that exceeds that of the Grom as long as it can maintain 70mph for 100 miles or more. Most owners just want it to be priced fairly. It's the $30000 price tag for a micro car whose back seat is just wasted weight that makes these cars undesirable. The Fiat 500 is a poorly-thought-out, impractical POS. It's just that simple. If it didn't look cool, I wouldn't have bought one and tossed the back seats into a dumpster. Even so, I regret buying it. The turbo diverter valve is junk. The wiring for the tag lights is dangerously thin. The simple act of making a turbo version amounts to asking for engine failures. Electric microcars whose design makes sense will sell in the US. Our regulations are what causes the failure of the microcar segment in the US. If they aren't LSVs, they aren't allowed to be small. If they are small, they aren't allowed to be practical. If they use a lot of fuel, they have to be big. Regulations are not well thought out in the US unless they were designed to force people to buy what they don't want. I want something like the Electra Meccanica Solo but I'd pay as much as $12k for a Silence 04. The problem is that it's not going to be so affordable if it comes to the US in the L7 version.
Wow, you’ve put a LOT of thought into this, and honestly, I’m here for it. The part about regulations forcing people to buy what they don’t want really hits home. I mean, why can’t we have something practical, efficient, AND affordable? Do you think it’s just a cultural thing, or is it really the auto industry lobbying against small cars? Also, what’s your dream microcar? Something that doesn’t exist yet or one of the current models that just needs a few tweaks?
None of your USA EVs can go on the roads due to their speeds.
Green frog veree guood
How do the Chinese do it?
America we need those $600 - $2000 dollar electric micro cars without spending $6000 in fees in the USA before the car is released to the buyer . You will have to pay around $2000 -$3000 to the final warehouse where your vehicle will be stored.
Hello dear friend and the for me I rethere buy one from I'm working 😊 thank sir
Not "Citreeon", but Cit Ron.
CitroWań
MICROLINO IS THE COOLEST ONE !!!
In the UK the starting price for that buggy is £17000 🤣
You can buy a 2024 Smart Prime Electric for £12000...
China has best mini EV cars. India has very few, thanks to tata motors , a few decent cars. otherwise india wouldn't be mentioned here
Not even available in protectionist Canada
The lies upon lies we live with in Canada 🤮
robot narration (dead voice) is killing the video. I stopped it at 8 minutes and could no longer bare it. channel added to the blocklist
Our North American choices are woefully lacking🙄
The US is making a huge mistake tariffing electric cars from China. I could get by easily with a $4-5 thousand dollar electric car for daily driving. It would be great. The way Trump wants to do it is to make all these cars costs over $30 K, because the US cannot make a car inexpensively.
those euro vehicles arent cars...they are fancy looking golf carts....LOL
E-Auto in Europa zu klein und zu Teuer keine Familien Fahrzeuge wie aus Cina😢😢😢😢😢
Glorified golf carts. Very expensive.
Hello dear friend I think my brother could buy one he lives in Germany 😅😊
EV si il ne peut pas parcourir 600 km en une charge même pas la peine de présenter.
Hello dear friend what's that mengo😅
Hahahahaha...all we got here in the US are a bunch of golf carts and already super expensive.
If you want to get very little for a lot of money go to the US. China offers a lot more for a lot less.
all these car designs are ugly UGLY UGLY ! please respect your customers feelings
Супер ❤️
All over the world, not in INDIA !! 😂😂😂😂😂
vrey nice
$12000 to $18000 is affordable
The US needs cheap electric cars, at this point I don't care about the US car industry and the unions, we need cheap cars people can afford, but no, we have all these BS import laws that prevent us from buying them at a cheap price.
The picture of the fantom car that clickbaited me into watching this shows me that car makers know what we want.
This list the pathetic junk shows that they will never build anything we want.
to hell with al greedy carmakers. and their overpriced junk.
It’s pronounced as; Me-cro-lini 😉
It is an AI
Good lord You should just skipp 'merica
Мне больше нравится китайский электромобиль Zotye E200
CIT RO EN , please ? NOT: CIT RE ON . . !
Love
cool
Every so called affordable EV is butt ugly, no wonder they can’t sell.
Right? It’s like they think 'affordable' has to mean 'designed by someone with no artistic sense.' You’d think they’d realize that people want something practical and nice to look at. What’s the ugliest EV you’ve seen so far?
@ The majority of the KIA range to be fair, the old KIA Soul was particularly ugly as is the EV3. The MG ZS was a close second. The Tata Nexon, another Amazon box on wheels. If you buy a car it’s usually for its looks as well as practicality, it’s a lot of expense. To drive something sexy like an Audi GT Etron for example, you need to remortgage your house. Just my opinion of course.
The US is so backwards when it comes to EV.
Hello dear friend you should charges them into theirs City Sir 😅😊
MASEC
dude cannot pronounce Yuan for the life of him :|
Too expensive😂🎉😢😮😅😊666😊😅😮😢🎉😂
promotinghybridcarswillgivetimefordevelopingsaferbatteriesandcharginginfrastructure
most of what u list are ugly and doesn't match what u pay.
Europe have the best cars, they are not as Greedy as the American companies.
botom line ,lets move to China
SEE YA LATER, RADIATOR !!
Albino u funny 😂
LMAO more ugly EVs are coming out.
And they’re still 💩
TEAM CHINA’s EV NOW AND FOREVER ALL THE WAY!👍🙏🐲🐉🐼🌏🇨🇳🙂❗️
Buy Anerican.
Total ugliness and uselessness in the extreme -
Scam.
È ASSURDO CHE LE AUTO ITALIANE COSTANO UN BOTTO E NON VALGONO NIENTE!!
Cubo no sólo gas sí