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Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars(www.reuters.com)

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

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oatscoop@midwest.social
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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.

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

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SCB@lemmy.world
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“Why is this $8,000 car so terrible,” he lamented, without a trace of irony.

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oatscoop@midwest.social
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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.

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SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de
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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.

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SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de
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Turns out there are after market mods for that. Spoiler, other front, flame paint job

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𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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What a compact thing, also charges to full in just 3 hours from a normal outlet 🤯

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