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minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-210 months agoCitroën Ami is available. Closer to $8000 and technically a quadricycle. All bare minimum to make it street legal.
minus-squareoatscoop@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoIt’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.
minus-squareMuchPineapples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoAll cheap cars are made ugly on purpose to make the expensive models more attractive to buy.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoThat 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.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoTurns out there are after market mods for that. Spoiler, other front, flame paint job
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoWhat a compact thing, also charges to full in just 3 hours from a normal outlet 🤯
Citroën Ami is available. Closer to $8000 and technically a quadricycle. All bare minimum to make it street legal.
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.
All cheap cars are made ugly on purpose to make the expensive models more attractive to buy.
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.
Turns out there are after market mods for that. Spoiler, other front, flame paint job
What a compact thing, also charges to full in just 3 hours from a normal outlet 🤯