Meet the Zhidou Rainbow—it costs less than an ebike and is capable of completing the average US daily commute with charge to spare.
As Elon Musk steps away, yet again, from the idea of a $25,000 Tesla , let’s take this opportunity to zoom out and appreciate what a truly affordable EV can be. For this we need to ignore the Nissan Leaf—currently the cheapest EV in the US at $29,280—and skip over Europe, home to the adorable but flawed $10,000 Citroen Ami, and head to China.
literally recommends ebikes that cost more that this. The Rainbow has three doors and four seats, and an interior with a 5-inch digital driver display and a 9-inch touchscreen for the infotainment system. There’s even a connected smartphone app, charge scheduling, and the promise of over-the-air software updates. Splash out on the flagship Color Cloud Edition and you can have each panel of your Rainbow painted a different color.
has tested, and the Geely Panda. They fall somewhere between the already-classified, low-speed electric vehicles and what you might deem a “proper” car. Such EVs are a step above golf carts and anything else described in Europe as a quadricycle, which includes the Citroen Ami and closely related Fiat Topolino, but wouldn’t pass the stringent crash and safety standards set by Euro NCAP. But that doesn’t mean the resurgent microcar industry lacks credibility.
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