AC 4-wheel Prototype
In the early 1970s, the British Wilson Government had ideas to encourage the development of small cars for...
Citycars and Small Hatchbacks: A–Z List
A citycar is made for narrow streets and short trips: small outside, easy to park and cheap to run. This page lists citycars and small hatchbacks in the Small Cars Club catalog, from classic city runabouts to modern electric urban cars.
Open a model page for photos, history and specifications. If you want something even smaller, see the 3-wheeler cars, the kei cars or the electric microcars. To browse by maker, use the catalog A–Z.
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ACM City One
German startup Adaptive City Mobility (ACM) has developed a cheap electric car for the city called City One....
ACOMA Super Comtesse Type 780E
In 1978, ACOMA presented its first 4-wheel microcar Super Comtesse Type 780E. It shared the same fiberglass...
AIM EVM
Japanese engineering company AIM, best known for its EV Sport 01, has unveiled a new compact electric vehicle...
AISA wooden prototype
At the beginning of the 50s, Martí Martí, in addition to running his carpentry shop, decided to produce...
Aishang A100C
Chinese company Wuling has introduced a new automotive brand for its home market called Aishang. Its debut...
Aixam A.721
In 2004, at the Paris Motor Show Aixam presented the new model range consisted of a short wheelbase Aixam...
Aixam A.741 / A.751
Aixam A.741 and A.751 is a longer wheelbase versions of the base Aixam A.721. The A.741 is a version with...
AIXAM A550 Twin
In 1995, the updated model AIXAM A 550 Twin came to replace 500 I & 500 GLI. It was a longer hatchback...
Aixam City 2016-p.t.
In 2016, AIXAM City received a major update. The new taillights were the first step in this refreshment. ...
Aixam Crossline 2006-2010
The AIXAM Crossline is the version of the 700 range with more spacious microvan body. Its specific design...
Aixam Crossover
AIXAM Crossover is the biggest model in the range. Spacious, elegant, and user-friendly, the Crossover adapts...
Aixam Mega e-Scouty
The Mega e-Scouty is an electric quadricycle launched in early 2023 by Aixam-Mega, a French manufacturer...
Aixam Roadline
Aixam Roadline which came to replace A.741&A.751 is the longer version of the Aixam City. With...
Alamagny Rhomboid
In 1947, the French engineer, Marcel Alamagny (engineer for Renault and Gordini), presented a curious...
Alcar 400
The Alcar 400 urban car project, characterised by high technical and design standards, was launched in...
All-Cars Charly / Snuggy
All Cars Srl was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles. Autozodiaco was an Italian company that built dune...
Alma M-200
It’s no secret that China has a talent for replicating just about anything under the sun. And when they...
Alpha Z103 / Z104 (アルファ Z103 / Z104)
A Japan company アルファ (or Alpha) produced a pair of microcars: the 3-wheel Z103 and 4-wheel Z104....
Alta A200
Alta was a Greek manufacturer of 3-wheel microcars and trucks, as well as motorcycles. Production started...
Amberavto LSEV
Moscow Technical University has shown a prototype of a compact electric car being developed by order of the...
AMC Amitron
The AMC Amitron is an electrically powered concept vehicle that was built in 1967 along with Gulton...
AMC Concept Electron
In 1977, the AMC Amitron prototype was updated, and was re-announced by AMC as the Concept Electron to become...
American Electric Urban Runabout
In 1979, American Electric Company created a prototype of the electric microcar Urban Runabout. It had...
Amperino C-100
Another car brand will appear in Turkey in 2025. The brand is called Amperino, and its firstborn, a small...
Apollo Mopsen
Apollo Mopsen microcar is the development of a Swedish company. It is driven either by muscular power of...
Arbet
“My car is no weird car,” wrote Jeff Gibson. “It is, by all standards, a normal car, except...
Arcimoto Generation 4 Prototype ‘Darkwing’
For the vast majority of drivers out there – statistically something like 76% of them, the Pulse concept...
Arcimoto Pulse
In September 2009, Arcimoto showed the 3rd generation prototype, called the Pulse. The 3-wheel microcar for...
Arcimoto SRK / FUV
The world is actively changing to electric transport. But this type of vehicles is still quite expensive....
Arcimoto SRK Generation 7 prototype
Generation 7 was the final arc of the platform development that began after the launch of the Arcimoto Pulse....
Argo 133
The Argo 133 was a compact rear-engined car that replaced the Argo 600/800 in 1975. Based on the Fiat 133, it...
Argo 600 & 800
The Argo 600 was a Georgian-built derivative of the Fiat 600, produced after the reorganisation of a former...
Ari 902
Ari Motors has decided to revolutionize urban transportation with a small and interesting electric vehicle....
Ark Zero
London-based startup Ark has built an electric car worth $7,620. The new Ark Zero will join the microcar...
Arnau
During the Spanish Civil War, Joan Arnau Vicens, a Catalan from the province of Girona, worked as a barber in...
Arola Compacity
The pickup Arola Compacity was to type 14, what the SP was to type 12. It is not clear if the Compacity saw...
Arola Minoto
Appeared in 1980, the Arola Minoto used the same name and body shape as an earlier prototype microcar from...
Arola Type 10 / 11 / 12
One of the most successful of all French microcars was the Arola. First presented in 1976, it was the...
Arola Type 14 / 15 / 20
When Arola presented its first range of quadricycles in 1979, they bore close resemblance with the earlier...
Arola Type 18
The new 4-wheel Arola Type 18 was introduced in 1981. It is somewhat larger and has an even more squarish...
Artega Karo-Isetta
The German company Artega announced the information about the Karo-Isetta electric city car made on the...
Asaka Puchi
This was one of many very small plastic-bodied moped-powered three-wheelers offered in Japan in the 1980s....
Astraux AL
Dubai-based company Astraux has opened pre-orders for its new electric car, the AL. The model stands out with...
Atlas Babycar
The Atlas was a 4-wheeled microcar produced by the Societe Industrielle de Livry (SIL). The prototype,...
Auto Sandal FS
After World War II, and in the midst of the postwar period, the Japanese government had to rebuild the...
Auto-Tri 3-wheeler
Construcciones Gaitán was founded in 1936 by Francisco Gaitán Sánchez and was located at 10 Carlos Cañal...
Auto-Tri Huevo
The company Construcciones Gaitan, SL founded in 1936 by Francisco Gaitan Sanchez, was located in Seville,...
Auto-Tri with aluminum body
Construcciones Gaitan, SL was founded in 1936 by Francisco Gaitan Sanchez in Seville. It began as a bicycle...
Automirage 3
Automirage was one of Italy’s biggest beach buggy manufacturers in the 1970s, but it soon abandoned...
Automirage S3R
In 1982, a larger body with side-by-side seats Automirage’s new S3R came to replace the Automirage 3....
Automirage S4R
Automirage S4R was similar to S3R, but has four wheels. It was available with two engines: the first was 49...
Avolette 125 / 150 Lambretta engine
At the end of 1957, a redesign of the “Avolette” with new shapes and better mechanics, equipped...
AWS Shopper
The 2-seat AWS Shopper was created in 1970 by the German entrepreneur Walter Schätzle, a former...
Aznom Smart 4Teen
The growing popularity of electric quadricycles has created a new wave of compact urban vehicles aimed at...
Azov (Азов)
For 25 years, Viktor Golovan, a resident of Berdyansk, Ukraine, has been using a home built car called...
ÆMotion
Tesla’s Cybertruck might be grabbing attention worldwide, but it’s not officially homologated for...
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B&B Brogan Doodlebug
The “B&B Specialty Company” was an American company, located in the town of Rossmoyne (Ohio)....
B&B Broganette
“The answer to the demand for a tiny, inexpensive car” was how Frank Brogan described the $500...
Balaton
After Schadek János had lost interest in his “child”, the Úttörő, the prototype was sent to...
Baldi BB5 Frog
The Baldi BB5 Frog was created by Carrozziere G.A.M.C Baldi in Sanremo. The car was made as compact as...
Bambino 200
The Bambino 200 is a microcar that was built in the Netherlands between 1955 and 1957. Manufactured by...
Bamby
Hull-based Alan Evans was a microcar enthusiast who loved his Peel P50 so much that he made a modern...
Baojun E100
Sales of electric citycar Baojun E100 started in China. Baojun is the brand of a joint venture of...
Baojun E300
The joint venture SAIC-GM-Wuling, created by General Motors and SAIC, expands its range of urban electric...
Baojun KiWi EV
The electric Baojun E300, which entered the Chinese market in May 2020, did not live up to sales...
Barrio Coche Ciudad (City Car)
At the Zaragoza Trade Fair in 1969, the Zaragoza-based company Manuel Barrio, SA presented this tiny...
BAW Jiabao
Beijing company BAW, which is part of the BAIC concern, presented its EV microcar in 2022. Moreover, we will...
BAW Yuanbao 3-door
The cheap Wuling Mini EV, which was sold in a quantity of 426,000 units last year, will get another...
Biomega SIN Concept
Danish company Biomega, known as a producer of bicycles, presented its first electric car Biomega...
Biscuter 100 / 200 A (Normal Turismo)
Despite what it meant in post-war Spain and its popular roots (which gave rise to jokes such as...
Biscuter 200-C (Commercial)
Biscuter 200 C (or Commercial) is a family version with wooden body and metal cover in the style of the...
Biscuter 2000
The Biscuter 2000 project was born in 1984 with the help of Juan Andreu Socas, who at the time was the...
BMA Amica
One of the earliest Italian microcars, the BMA Arnica was first seen in 1971. Produced in Alfonsine, Ravenna,...
BMA Brio
Symmetrical shapes which minimize tooling costs are a recurring part of minimalist motoring history, but few...
BMA Nuova Amica
BMA’s Nuova Amica of 1980 had rather more normal-looking bodywork than the original Amica and could be...
BMW E1 (Z11)
BMW E1 (Z11) is a prototype of an electric vehicle from BMW. Once BMW’s sales and its performance image had...
BMW E1 (Z15)
The second-generation BMW E1 prototype, internally designated Z15, was unveiled on September 9, 1993, at the...
Bolloré Bluecar
The Bolloré Bluecar is a compact electric hatchback with four seats and three doors, developed by Bolloré,...
Bolloré BlueCar Concept
Developed with input from Renault’s engineering team, the Bolloré Bluecar electric prototype was built by...
Bolt Nano
Usain Bolt, the Olympic champion and the fastest man on the planet, decided to plunge into the world of...
Bombardier Venus
Since the advent of the automobile, various individuals, companies and governments have sought to create...
Bonallack Minnow
Produced by a commercial body builder called Bonallack & Sons in East London, the Bonallack Minnow was a...
Bond Bug Sprint Prototype
In 1995, Reliant‘s new owner, Avonex, planned to relaunch the Bond Bug in updated form. It got the...
Bontu BT05
Chinese company Bontu, officially known as Shandong Bontu New Energy Vehicle Industry, has announced its...
Bontu BT09
Chinese automaker Bontu, officially operating as Shandong Bontu New Energy Vehicle Industry, is preparing to...
Borgman Dwerg
Vaguely reminiscent of a Bond Minicar to look at, the Borgman Dwerg (dwarf) was made by a company based in...
Bouffort City-Car / Peardrop
Having previously built the JB, aeronautical engineer Victor Bouffort went on to create a whole series of...
Bouffort Enville
Victor Bouffort’s second three-wheeled vehicle was built in 1961. It was the Enville single-seater...
Bouffort Minima
As Europe recovered from the devastating World War II, the idea of car sharing emerged as a logical solution...
Bouffort Transville
Victor Bouffort developed automobiles as early as 1945, starting with a fairly well-known aerodynamically...
British Leyland SRV4
Safety was a major focus in the 1970s, and British Leyland joined the movement with its line of Safety...
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Carcerano Sonny
The 2006 Carcerano Sonny Concept was a compact experimental vehicle created by Carcerano Creative Engineering...
Caselani Type-Ami
The Italian company Caselani, which specializes in retro conversions of Citroën vehicles, has just surprised...
Changan XingQing
The 2006 Changan XingQing Concept, whose name translates as “Clear Sky,” was a compact urban design study...
Changli CLZKC-003
Changli CLZKC-003 looks like a real SUV, but very small. It exterior design may remind you of Mini cars...
Changli Mini EV SUV
Chinese brand Changli has a small lineup of low-cost electric vehicles (LSEV). Along with the CLZKC-009...
Chery Little Ant Q
The Shanghai Auto Show saw the launch of Chery’s latest electric car, the Ant Q. The new version is...
Chery QQ Ice Cream
Chery has presented Chery QQ Ice Cream electric car in China with the sales started in August at a price of...
Chery QQ Ice Cream Lighting Edition
Chery doesn’t like making boring concepts, so they decided their new electric city car, the QQ Ice...
Chevrolet PEV2
General Motors has launched a campaign to release previously unseen concepts called From The Vault. Images of...
Chevrolet PEV3
GM Design presented previously unpublished projects, including the Urban Active project, the Smart...
CHJ Automotive SEV
Chinese startup CHJ Automotive presented its first model — the electric city car SEV. According to...
Chok G1
Chinese company Dayang Motorcycle launched the unlicensed clone of Suzuki Jimny, which can be operated...
Citroën / Peugeot Tulip
The Peugeot Tulip (also badged as the Citroën Tulip) was a concept car and prototype from 1995, designed and...
Citroen 2CV Concept
Over the past three decades, automakers have brought back numerous iconic models, including the Mini Cooper,...
Citroen Ami
Do you remember the Citroën Ami One? Last year, Citroën presented this fun concept to celebrate its 100th...
Citroen Ami One Concept
Citroen Ami One Concept is a city electric car for two, which can be rented for a period of five minutes to...
Citroën Citela
The Citroën Citela was one of several forward-thinking electric urban concepts developed by Citroën as the...
Citroen LN / LNA
The Citroen LN was created by the French company in the mid 70s. By that time, Citroën had been taken over...
Citroen My Ami Cargo
Citroen has unveiled an ultra-compact commercial van called My Ami Cargo, a utility version of the Ami...
Citroën Osmose City Car II
Citroën Osmose City Car II — a prototype electric microcar seemingly named after an earlier Citroën...
City Transformer CT-1 Prototype
The City Transformer startup has been around for a long time and news about it appears every six months. But...
Commuter Vehicles Comuta-Car
After production of CitiCar by Sebring-Vanguard, Inc. ended, Commuter Vehicles, Inc. saw the potential in the...
Commuter Vehicles Comuta-Van
In 1979, the Sebring-Vanguard CitiVan, a limited production extended-wheelbase version of the CitiCar, became...
Commuter Vehicles Postal Comuta-Van
Another Comuta-Car variant was called the Postal Comuta-Van. All of these vehicles were right-hand drive and...
Covin i-EA 01 / i-EA 02
Covin Motors officially unveiled two compact models, the three-door Covin i-EA 01 and the five-door i-EA 02...
Cycler SKL160
The 1993 Cycler SKL160 was an attempt by China’s First Automobile Works to create an affordable...
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Dacia 500 Lăstun
A four-seat 3-door Dacia 500 Lăstun was created in the second half of the 80s. Romanian company Tehnometal...
Dacia Hipster Concept
Meet the Dacia Hipster Concept — a minimalist, clever, and refreshingly honest take on urban mobility from...
Daechang Danigo
Daechang Danigo from South Korea is a compact two-seater electric car for the city. Externally, the model is...
Daihatsu BCX
The BCX was an early electric concept car and the first in a planned series of BCX prototypes, although the...
Daihatsu BCX-5
The 1985 Daihatsu BCX-5 Concept was an early vision of an electric urban commuter, conceived long before...
Daihatsu EV1
At the 1973 Tokyo Motor Show five Japanese manufacturers joined forces to create a full lineup of electric...
Daihatsu K-Vision
Daihatsu also unveiled the K-Vision at the Japan Mobility Show 2025, presenting a vision of the future kei...
Daihatsu me:Mo Concept
Daihatsu me:Mo is an urban EV designed with sustainability and adaptability in mind for different stages of...
Daihatsu Midget III
The 1995 Daihatsu Midget III looks like a deliberate nod to 1950s bubble cars such as the Messerschmitt,...
Daihatsu PAC by Michelotti
The Daihatsu PAC (Project Automotive Commuter) was a one-off city car concept created by Italian designer...
Daihatsu Sneaker
Daihatsu Sneaker was a quirky concept microcar notable for its unusual fifth wheel mounted at the rear,...
Daihatsu Ultramini
Daihatsu Ultramini Concept was unveiled at the 30th Tokyo Motor Show. This kei car prototype maximized...
Daihatsu Urban Buggy
The Daihatsu Urban Buggy was a concept car presented at the 27th Tokyo Motor Show in 1987 as part of...
Daymak Avvenire Tectus
Daymak, a Canadian company, is challenging the traditional view of mobility scooters by introducing the...
De Tomaso Rowan
The De Tomaso Rowan was an experimental electric city car designed in 1967 by a young Giorgetto Giugiaro and...
Dinarg D-200
The Cordovan company Dinámica Industrial Argentina SA developed a microcar named Dinarg D-200. The body and...
Dolo JB-10
The story of Dolo JB is a vivid example of a successful car swindle. In 1947, three enthusiasts created the...
Dornier Delta
In the 1950s, the German aircraft designer and founder of the aircraft manufacturer Dornier GmbH decided to...
DR 1.0 EV
Italian automaker DR Automobiles’s smallest model is the DR 1.0. Designed primarily for urban driving,...
DR Automobiles Sportequipe 1
The Italian company DR Automobiles has unveiled an urban compact electric car called Sportequipe 1. The new...
DR Group Birba
The microcar market continues to expand and is now preparing to welcome the Birba, a small heavy electric...
DriveIt L-Type
The new L-Type electric car developed by the Obukhov Plant of Almaz-Antey Concern was shown at the...
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e.Go e.wave X
German electric car manufacturer Next.e.Go Mobile showed its new creation, the e.wave X. The presentation of...
e.GO Life
e.GO is the German company that launched its first electric car aimed specifically at urban mobility. The...
Eagle EG6330K
China is famous for its copy-cat LSEVs (low-speed electric vehicles). A brand new example is this Eagle...
Elaris Finn
The German supermarket chain Lidl intends to develop a new market segment for itself. It will sell electric...
Elaris Pio
The Elaris Pio 2-seater electric city car is a Chinese alternative to the Smart from Jiangsu Jintan...
elBlesk Pony
The elBlesk company from Klatovy (Czech Republic) now offers the Pony model, which at the current...
ElectricKar K5 (K5M-2500)
The sales of ElectricKar K5 EV which claims to be the cheapest in the world have been started in China. The...
Electropride Konyk
New electric vehicles from the Ukrainian manufacturer Electropride LLC were presented in Kiev at the...
Elio Motors Elio-E
Elio Motors CEO Paul Ilio broke a three-year silence: “We never stopped working to make our dream come...
Emis Art
Emis Art — the car which was created by an orthodontist. At first glance, the little car looks like a...
Eonyx M2
A new electric vehicle brand, Eonyx, created by the Russian company Avtotor, has launched its official...
Estrima Birò
Italian company Estrima launched its Birò microcar on the French market in 2022. It was inspired by the...
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FAW Bestune Pony / Xiaoma
The FAW Bestune Pony was unveiled at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show. It is a miniature electric car positioned...
Felber Rubis 112
The Felber Rubis 112, built on the foundations of the Autobianchi A112, elevated the compact city car to a...
Fend Flitzer
In 1948, Fritz Fend in Rosenheim, Germany created a three-wheeled vehicle Fend Flitzer. Fend, a former...
FenGuang Mini EV
Witnessing the success of the Wuling HongGuang Mini EV, which is the best-selling electric vehicle in China,...
Fiat 126 Vettura Urbana
Fiat 126 Vettura Urbana (or City Car, if translate) concept is the city car study. Unveiled in 1976, it was...
Fiat 500
In 2020, Fiat presented the new generation of its 500 city car. The new three-door has been developed on a...
Fiat 500 Dolcevita
A model called the Fiat 500 was presented in the 1930s and changed several generations. But the Fiat Nuova...
Fiat 500 My Car
Fiat 500 My Car wasn’t the only version of the Nuova 500 modified by Francis Lombardi, but it was the only...
Fiat 500 Nuova
Despite Fiat’s 1936 500 “Topolino” being a well-liked little car in its day, the Nuova 500 of 1957 is...
Fiat 500e Gelateria Edition
Fiat has unveiled a new unique concept based on the 500e electric car, turning it into a tiny ice cream truck...
Fiat 500e Tender2 by Castagna Milano
Italian bodybuilder Castagna Milano has unveiled a new generation of its Tender2 model, based on the electric...
Fiat Cinquecento ID
The Fiat Cinquecento ID by Italdesign was a bold reinterpretation of the legendary Cinquecento first...
Fiat Citycar
This compact two-seat Fiat Citycar was conceived as an all-electric concept, powered by a DC motor presented...
Fiat Downtown
Fiat Downtown was a radical three‑seat electric city‑car concept unveiled in 1993 that anticipated...
Fiat Ecos
The Fiat Ecos made its debut at the 1978 Turin Motor Show as a forward-looking study in environmentally...
Fiat Multiplina
FIAT has confirmed the name of its new urban electric vehicle: instead of the working title Quattrolino, the...
Fiat Vanzic
In 1995, Fiat presented the Vanzic at the Geneva Motor Show, developed by Centro Ricerche Fiat as the second...
Fiat X 1/23
Unveiled at the 1974 Turin Motor Show alongside the new Fiat 131, the Fiat X 1/23 was a compact electric...
Fiat Zic
The Fiat Zic is an electric concept car, presented at the end of 1994 at the Geneva Motor Show. It was...
Fissore Aruanda
The Fissore Aruanda, introduced in 1964, was a city car concept designed by Brazilian architecture student...
Force / Bajaj Tempo MiniDor
The Indian company Bajaj Tempo Ltd began importing three-wheelers from Germany in the late 1950s. With the...
Ford Berliner
The concept of the city electric car Ford Berliner was created in the second half of the 60s by designers of...
Ford Cockpit
Ford Cockpit was created in 1981 by the American company Ford Motor Company. The car was presented in 1982 at...
Ford Ghia Trio
Italian coachbuilder Ghia has a long-standing reputation for creating some of the most elegant and desirable...
Ford Pockar
The Ford Pockar—short for “pocket car”—was a compact, narrow, yet surprisingly tall vehicle finished...
Ford Urban / Max by Ghia
The Ford Urban (later called the Max) was a forward-thinking Ghia concept from the early 1970s, built around...
Ford Urby
The Ford Urby was a concept car developed in 1985 by Carrozzeria Ghia for Ford, created as an exploration of...
Freze Nikrob
The Lithuanian company Dartz, known for its luxury armored SUVs, has announced its entry into the European...
Frisky Family Three
Frisky Cars, formerly known as Meadows Frisky, had a fascinating journey that took them from Egypt to England...
Fuji Cabin Model 5A
Fuji Cabin was presented at the Tokyo Exhibition in 1955. The car was a tricycle with a closed body made of...
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GAC City Box
During Milan Design Week 2024, GAC Group unveiled its innovative Car Culture Series 3.0, known as City Cars,...
GAC City Pod
In 2022, GAC opened a design and R&D center in Milan. Under the guidance of Stéphane Jeanin, former...
Geely Geome Panda Mini EV
The modified version of the Geely Geome Panda Mini was officially unveiled at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show. As...
Geely Geome Panda Mini EV Go Kart Edition
A new version of the Panda Mini EV city car, the Go Kart Edition, has been unveiled in China. It differs from...
Geometry M2
Chinese company Geely has presented a tiny electric car just over three meters long called the Geometry M2....
Geparda
This unusual hatchback is designed for those who want to start driving as soon as possible. It’s called...
Ghia City Car
The Ghia City Car is the only surviving example from the short period when Ghia was owned by Alejandro de...
GM TPC
The TPC, or Two-Person Commuter, was the lightest vehicle ever developed by General Motors, tipping the...
GMD iStream eQuadricycle
Gordon Murray Design, led by McLaren F1 creator Gordon Murray, has shown that the potential of its iStream...
GMD Motiv
A consortium of UK companies led by Gordon Murray Design (GMD) has unveiled the Motiv “standalone...
GMT Rivelaine
GMT Rivelaine was a rare French microcar produced in the early 1980s by a small manufacturer targeting the...
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Haibao EV 2003
The second model of the Chinese company Shandong Haibao (the first was the EV 2002) was Haibao EV 2003...
Haibao Qiao Hu
Haibao Qiao Hu looks like a small SUV with a huge grille, but its dimensions are much smaller than full-size...
Haishen HS6250A / HS6250B
In February 1994, the third and most production-oriented version of FAW’s project to create an affordable...
Haiyan 250
This is the three-seat open-top Haiyan 250, powered by a 250cc 2-stroke 1-cylinder Changjiang motorcycle...
Haiyan CK730
Introduced at the National Exhibition of Industry and Communication in Beijing in 1959, this open-top...
HMV FreeWay
The 1970s reshaped the auto industry. As fuel prices soared and the economy stumbled, massive V8-powered land...
Hodgep Puli
The story of the Puli microcar from Hungary is novel and spiced with typical elements of the enterprise of...
Holden Cub
The Holden Cub Concept, developed in 1973, was an ambitious attempt to rethink the city car. Created as a...
Honda EVX
The 1993 Honda EVX was Honda’s electric concept car shown at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1993. It came from a...
Honda Micro EV Concept
One of the most charming debuts at Honda’s booth during the Japan Mobility Show 2025 was the Micro EV — a...
Honda Super-One
Forget the whisper-quiet efficiency of today’s EVs — Honda is taking a far more mischievous approach. The...
Honghai’er
The Honghai’er was manufactured in 1958 by the Chongqing Municipality Public Transport Company. It was...
Hongqi
This car was manufactured by the Shenzhonghua Auto Accessories Works located in Shanghai, China. It was named...
Hope Whisper
The Hope Whisper was a Danish prototype electric city car developed in 1983 as an early attempt at clean,...
Hotzenblitz
Hotzenblitz was a compact German electric city car developed by Hotzenblitz-Mobile GmbH & Co. KG in Ibach...
Hyundai M.Vision POP EV / M.Vision 2GO
Hyundai unveiled the M.Vision POP EV and M.Vision 2GO hydrogen vehicle concepts at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. A...
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I.DE.A Gritta
The 1994 I.DE.A Gritta was a city car prototype styled, developed and built by the Italian design studio...
I.DE.A Modulaire
The 1994 I.DE.A Modulaire was a concept study created by the Italian design house I.DE.A Institute. It was...
Idemitsu Tajima EV
Japanese oil company Idemitsu Kosan has unveiled a subcompact city electric car developed in collaboration...
iEV Z
IEV Motors introduced the iEV Z, an 80o mm width ultra-compact electric car. The height is 1450 mm, and its...
Ikarus Tecoplan Leo
Ikarus. This famous automobile brand is known for its buses that most of us have had the chance to ride on,...
ILO1
The ILO 1 is a concept of a single place electric vehicle. Equipped with sensors and cameras, this high-tech...
Imre Dongó’s city car
Imre Dongó, teacher of Bercsényi Miklós Vocational Secondary School and Grammar School in Győr, was a...
IMZ-NAMI-A50 ‘Belka’
By the mid-1950s, the automotive industry in the USSR was booming. The factories started production of...
Invicta Pony
Spanish company Invicta, which specializes in distributing electric vehicles, has introduced its latest...
Isard T 400
Isard Argentina produced several car models under license from the German brand Goggomobil, which were...
ItalDesign Lucciola
ItalDesign’s 1993 Lucciola concept was a small hybrid city car that combined eco‑friendliness,...
Izh UV-4
In the base of the Federal Institute of Industrial Property, documents of title appeared for an electric car...
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Jephcott / City Mobile Micro
The Jephcott Micro is a single-seat, fully enclosed microcar. With this 1987 prototype it was representing an...
Jiangbei JJ710 Prototype
In 1986, the State Operated Jiangbei Machinery Works in Jilin City, Jilin Province, began developing two...
Jiangbei JJ720 / JJ7060
The Jiangbei JJ720 was produced by the State Operated Jiangbei Machinery Works located in Jilin City, Jilin...
Jiayuan Komi
Founded in 1982, the Chinese company Jiayuan Electric Vehicles already sells City Spirit electric vehicles in...
Jinlu SH740
In 1979, a front engine Jinlu SH740 with an air-cooled engine was introduced. Jinlu means Golden Deer. The...
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Kaiyi Shiyue
Kaiyi announced that its pure electric two-door mini EV codenamed i-EA 01 is officially named “Shiyue”...
Kaiyi Shiyue Max / E-Qute 04 Max
Kaiyi Auto has introduced new Max versions of its compact Kaiyi E-Qute 04 hatchback, bringing a stronger...
Kandi K23
The Chinese company Kandi Technologies Group (Geely partner for the Maple project) has opened a subsidiary in...
Kandi K27
The Chinese company Kandi Technologies Group (Geely partner for the Maple project) has opened a subsidiary in...
Karea Fit
Turkey hasn’t made much of a mark in automotive history with its own brands so far, but it aims to change...
KG Motors MiBot
On 18 March 2024, Hiroshima-based startup KG Motors and ENEOS signed a memorandum of understanding to...
Kiira EV
We know almost nothing about the automotive industry in Uganda. There it a local company called Kiira Motors...
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Lada Gnome / VAZ 1151
The VAZ 1151 Gnome concept car was developed in 1990 and unveiled at the Moscow Motor Show in 1992. This...
Lawil Willam City A3
It’s hard to believe that this micro-car called Lawil Willam City comes from Italy, the country that...
Leap T03
The Chinese company Leap Motor built a five-door hatchback on a T-platform. Its electric motor produces 55 kW...
Lexus LS Micro Concept
At the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo, Lexus showed off a lineup of fascinating concept cars. Among the trio of...
Lingbao Box
In 2020, Lingbao Auto introduced the Box electric hatchback. Look at his fun exterior design –...
Lingbao Coco
A new electric microcar Lingbao Coco was presented in China. The electric car was created by Jiangsu Jemmell...
Lingbox Uni
Jemell New Energy, a young Chinese startup, developed a miniature electric car, called the Lingbox Uni. It...
LIUX BIG
Spanish startup LIUX is taking an unconventional approach to sustainable mobility with its new electric...
Liux Geko
Spanish start-up Liux has unveiled its second model, the two-seater electric city car Geko. The brand was...
Livan Smurf
Geely-owned brand Livan is preparing to launch an electric microcar on the Chinese market that could rival...
Lumin Corn
The portfolio of Chinese company Changan was widened with the new sub-brand named Lumin. It will be engaged...
Luvly O
The Swedish company Luvly is preparing to launch a tiny, super-efficient electric car for city life called...
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M1NSK
M1NSK is a three-door hatchback for four people (seating arrangement 2 +2) from Belarus. It is powered by an...
Mahindra Atom
Technically, the Mahindra Atom falls into the ATV category of India, a market segment similar to European...
MCC Smart Eco-Sprinter
Unveiled alongside the Eco-Speedster in March 1993, the Eco-Sprinter represented the electric vision of...
Melex City Car
In April 1973, the construction of a prototype of an electric car, named City car Melex, was completed. It...
Mercedes-Benz NAFA
The Mercedes-Benz NAFA was a forward-thinking 1982 concept car designed as a compact, highly maneuverable...
Mercedes-Benz Vision A 93 by I.DE.A
Mercedes-Benz Vision A 93 by I.DE.A was a 1993 compact concept that previewed the future A‑Class and...
MeV BeeAnywhere
In 2020, Manchester-based startup MeV has unveiled its BeeAnywhere electric car. Apparently, the two-seater...
MG Comet EV
IMG Motor India has launched its newest addition to the electric vehicle market, the MG Comet EV. Seeking to...
MH S3
The MH S3 can be bought for as little as 18% of the price of the Ford F-150 it replicates. The LSEV (popular...
Michelotti LEM
The Michelotti LEM—short for “Mobile Electronic Laboratory”—was an innovative electric city car...
Minauto ECO / GT / Cross
The subsidiary of the French group Aixam-Mega Ibérica in Spain developed its own model called Minauto in...
Mini Puma
In the mid-1960s, Puma sketched out the project for a popular national car, taking advantage of the...
Mini Spiritual
The 1997 MINI Spiritual Concept was a radical alternative vision for the future of the Mini brand, unveiled...
Mini Spiritual Too
The 1997 MINI Spiritual Too was a five-door concept car unveiled alongside the three-door MINI Spiritual at...
Mini Tupy 175
A line of buggies was produced by Studio Duetti Projetos e Veículos Ltda. in São Paulo throughout much of...
Mitsubishi Maus
The 1995 Mitsubishi Maus was a concept car bearing the acronym “Mini Active Urban System.” It was...
Mitsubishi SE-RO
The Mitsubishi SE-RO was a 2003 concept car created by Mitsubishi Motors in collaboration with Turin...
Mobilize Bento
Mobilze Bento is a cargo version of Mobilize Duo. This urban electric vans will be available by subscription...
Mobilize Duo
The young Mobilize brand, owned by the French Renault Group, is preparing the new Duo EV to the market. It is...
Mole Urbana EVs
At the Monza Motor Show in 2023, the Italian company Mole Urbana showed commercial samples of urban electric...
Mullen I-Go
American startup Mullen Automotive, which recently acquired a controlling stake in Bollinger Motors and the...
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NAC Charly III / Charly ES
In 1984, the newly formed company NAC (which means New All Cars ) made an attempt to start producing of 2...
Nimbus Halo
The American-Chinese startup Nimbus has started taking orders for the exotic three-wheeled electric car Halo...
Nippon-HEV prototype
Hydrogen cars have yet to make a real breakthrough, even though several automakers continue to invest heavily...
Nissan 315X
Nissan may have brought electric cars to the mainstream with the Leaf back in 2010, but its EV heritage...
Nissan Be-1
Nissan Be-1 made its debut as a reference model at the 26th Tokyo Motor Show in 1985, built around the idea...
Nissan Hypermini
The Hypermini is a two-seater electric microcar by Nissan Motors, which produced 219 of the cars in...
NIUMM
After years of leading the electric scooter scene, Niu Technologies has gone four-wheeled with its new MM...
Norimono-ya Cydes Car
Electric kick scooters, which have recently become common in the city, are quickly becoming popular as a...
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Onomotion ONO
ONOMOTION is a Berlin based company. Its latest innovation, called the ONO, is a delivery-focused lightweight...
Opel Concept A
The Opel Concept A, unveiled in autumn 1999, served as a prototype for the first-generation Opel Agila, which...
Opel Junior
The 80s were a time of tries and errors when it came to various concept cars. Companies were not afraid to...
Opel MAXX Concept
Opel Russelsheim Design Center in 1995 built a concept car that allows its future owner to transform it. It...
Opel Rocks-e / Rocks
Opel has unveiled the Rocks-e EV, which could be driven in Germany by teenagers over 15 years old with a...
Opel Rocks-e Cargo
The range of Opel Rocks-e compact EV is growing: the passenger version, introduced last summer, is joined by...
Opel Twin
Unveiled in 1992, the Opel Twin put forward an idea that was remarkably futuristic for its era. At the heart...
OSI City-Daf
The DAF City, also known as the OSI City-Daf, was one of the most unusual small-car concepts of the...
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Paraks Cheetah YOOZ
For the first time, there were talks about the production of electric cars in Iran six years ago. They were...
Peel P50 E.50 / G.50
The best Top Gear episode of all time is the one with the Peel P50. That the little car could get rid of...
Peel Trident
The Isle of Man, situated between England and Ireland, was home to Peel Engineering — the only carmaker...
Peppi
According to an approximate statistic, in Pskov, Russia, every second inhabitant owns a car, which in this...
Peugeot Agades by Heuliez
Unveiled in 1989 at the Paris Salon, the bright blue Agades was conceived as a compact four-wheel-drive...
Peugeot Ion
When Peugeot unveiled the Ion concept at the 1994 Paris Motor Show, it showcased an ambitious vision of urban...
Piaggio Vettura Concept
The Piaggio Vettura Concept, revealed in 1974, was a daring departure for the Italian scooter maker best...
Pininfarina B0
The Pininfarina B0 (pronounced “B Zero”) is an electric concept car created by Pininfarina in partnership...
Pininfarina Ethos 3
The 1994 Pininfarina Ethos 3 was an attempt to rethink the city car as something far more space-efficient...
Plymouth Voyager III
In the 1980s, carmakers were grappling with new pressures that often ran counter to what buyers actually...
Pocco Duoduo
Young Chinese brand Pocco has revealed details of its second electric car, the Duoduo four-seater. The sales...
Pocco Meimei
The Chinese company Pocco has unveiled the new model Meimei – a super-compact electric vehicle designed...
Proton EMAS
The Proton EMAS is a family of concept cars created by Italdesign Giugiaro and developed by Proton, first...
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Qifeng K7
Millions of men all over the world dream of Mercedes Gelandewagen, but they can not afford it because of the...
Qinchuan / Beifang SX720 / QCJ7050
The Qinchuan SX720, produced by the state-owned Qinchuan Machinery Works Automobile Sub-Factory in...
Quasar City Car / Unipower
The Quasar City Car—also known as the Quasar Unipower—was a striking prototype urban vehicle created by...
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R&Z SUV
Do you want to get a car similar to Ford F-150, but much smaller and much cheaper? Then you should pay...
REDS EV
A mini-bus with almost vertical body edges, two sliding doors, five seats, a steering wheel to fold away and...
Renault Ludo
The Renault Ludo was a concept car shown at the Paris Motor Show in 1994 by French automaker Renault,...
Renault Mobilize Duo
Renault has unveiled an electric car for the city called Mobilize Duo. The official debut of the new product...
Renault Piccola
The Renault Piccola was a remarkable city-car prototype unveiled in 1982, created by Marcello Gandini shortly...
Renault Vesta
Renault Vesta was conceived as a research and development study focused on the future of small subcompact...
Renault X-45
The Renault X-45 was a prototype developed under the company’s Véhicule Bas de Gamme (VBG) program, which...
Renault Zoom
The Renault Zoom squeezed into the smallest gap, carried two people, ran on electricity and the minor...
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SAIC Clever EV300
Chinese SAIC corporation has announced the price of a new Clever electric car, which will enter the PRC...
Sankoule
After a lifetime spent developing cars for China’s leaders, Mr. Hua Fulin and two other senior FAW...
Scion NYC Concept
Toyota‘s American design studio has published photos of some previously unknown projects. One of them...
Scootacar Mark I
The history of Scootacar began in the mid-1950s and was very interesting. According to legend, the car owes...
SEAB Flipper
This is 1978 SEAB Flipper — the car that you can drive without a driving license. The Flipper is...
Sebring-Vanguard CitiCar
In the early 1970s, Robert Beaumont, founder and owner of the Sebring-Vanguard company in Florida, was...
SFM Smyk
In the 50s, microcars become popular in Europe. They were distinguished by simplicity and cheapness. Biuro...
Shanghai SK720
A batch of 30 microcars Shanghai SK720 was produced in 1979-1980. The engine was the Changjiang motorcycle...
Sigma 650
Sigma 650 was a prototype of a city car created by József Csathó in the 80s. As a student at the University...
Silence S04
The Spanish electric scooter company Silence has posted a video showing its first city electric car, the S04....
Silence S04
The Spanish electric scooter manufacturer is launching an affordable microcar. You can drive it from the age...
Smart #2
The new Smart #2 is a two-seat micro EV jointly developed by Geely and Mercedes-Benz and designed as a direct...
Smart City Coupe
The iconic Smart city car has its genesis in watchmaking rather than the automotive world, because the...
Smart Concept #2
Smart is going back to its roots with a successor to the iconic Smart Fortwo. Revealed at the “Change of...
SMZ-NAMI-086 ‘Sputnik’
In the early 1960s, the Soviet leadership seriously considered the issue of creating a compact, cheap and...
Softcar
A super-compact electric car with interchangeable polymer bodies has been created in Switzerland. Developed...
Solarky SunV
The Solarky SunV, is a compact electric SUV by Chinese company Solarky Mobility Technologies with styling...
Soletta 750
Two-door four-seater concept Soletta 750 was developed by Swiss designer Salzmann. The rear wheels were...
Squad Solar City Car
For the past three years, Squad Mobility from the Netherlands has been working on the creation of “the...
Subaru CM1
Subaru CM1 is the futuristic kei-car concept. It was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show 1991 and featured a...
Subaru Elten
The Subaru Elten was a hybrid 4WD hatchback concept introduced by Subaru at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show. It was...
Subaru Elten Custom
The Subaru Elten Custom was a 1999 Tokyo Motor Show concept that presented Subaru’s idea of a compact city...
Subaru Jusmin
Unveiled at the 1993 Tokyo Motor Show, the Subaru Jusmin was a compact three-door hatchback concept featuring...
Suminoe Flying Feather FF-2
Yutaka Katayama worked for Nissan, but in 1954 decided to establish his own brand Suminoe to compete with the...
Suzuki e Sky
In 2026, Suzuki has released the e Sky, the production version of the Vision e-Sky concept, and remarkably...
Suzuki e-Sky Concept
Suzuki Vision e-Sky concept — a fully electric kei car previewing a model that will soon go into...
Suzuki Twin
The Suzuki Twin is a supermini produced by the Japanese car manufacturer Suzuki. Due to its small size and...
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Takeoka T10 / T10G
Takeoka T10 is a tiny city electric car from Japan. It has only one place, but according to the official...
Tanghua Xiaoya (唐华小雅)
This is the first car of the Chinese Tanghua (唐华) company. Interestingly, the company’s history...
Tanghua XY08
The final public appearance of a Tanghua vehicle took place in Paris in October 2008. Fittingly, it brought...
Tata Nano
The Nano is one of the boldest and most fascinating back-to-basics small cars since the original Mini....
Tazzari Minimax Cubo
Italian company Tazzari EV Zero Emission Mobility has created what they believe is the perfect electric...
Tazzari Zero
Tazzari Zero is a compact battery-electric microcar developed by Tazzari Group in Imola, Italy, and first...
Tazzari Zero City
Tazzari Zero City is the premium electric quadricycle (L7e category). Zero City revolutionizes urban travel...
Tazzari Zero EM2 Space
Tazzari Zero EM2 Space represents a mature evolution in Tazzari EV’s lineup, transforming the compact...
Tazzari Zero Junior
Tazzari Zero Junior stands as an all-new electric light quadricycle from Tazzari EV, the pioneering division...
Tazzari Zeromax
Tazzari Zeromax is a compact Italian electric quadricycle designed for city use, with two versions: the...
Toyota Commuter
Toyota unveiled its prototype electronic town car, the Toyota Commuter, at the 17th Tokyo Motor Show in 1970....
Toyota eCom
The 1997 Toyota eCom was a compact electric city car first shown at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show. Toyota...
Toyota EX-II
The EX-II was a fully enclosed, two-seat electric runabout unveiled at the 1969 Tokyo Motor Show. Interaction...
Toyota FT-Me Concept
The European division of Toyota has presented the FT-Me concept car. It is a prototype of an ultra-compact...
Toyota Ultra-Compact BEV
At the Tokyo Motor Show 2019, Toyota presents this new all-electric city car. The Japanese describe it as an...
Trabant 601 WE II
Trabant 601 WE II was created in the early 80s as the replacement to Trabant 601 manufactured by the East...
Trabant P602 V
The Trabant P602 V was a functional prototype developed by VEB Sachsenring in Zwickau during the mid-1960s....
Trabant P603
The designers in Zwickau and the GDR government initially agreed that the Trabant 601 would be on the market...
Triggo
The Polish company Triggo has created a small electric car which is only 260 cm long for large cities...
Trivia Rana 500
The old Spanish company Triver was known for producing large, heavy items such as safes and hydraulic jacks....
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Uniti One EV
In December 2017, Swedish startup Uniti unveiled its crowdfunded electric car Uniti One. The electric city...
UrbaCar
The UrbaCar, a niche, do-it-yourself (DIY) kit car design from the 1970 – the design was featured in...
Urbanina
In an 18th-century villa in the Tuscan countryside, in the early 1960s, Marquis Pier Girolamo Bargagli Bardi...
Urbanina F
The swan song of the Urbanina came with the third series, known as the “F,” at the end of the 1960s. It...
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Vanguard Sport Coupe
In the early 1970s, American businessman Robert Beaumont, who owned a Chrysler dealership in upstate New...
Varga Zsolt City-Car
Race engine mechanic, tuning master, designer – Zsolt Varga did a lot in his tragically short life. He...
Varga Zsolt Prototype for Hodgep
Varga Zsolt was a race engine mechanic, tuning master and designer. He made a lot of different projects...
Vayve Mobility Eva
Indian startup Vayve Mobility unveils a production version of its low-cost electric car Eva at the Bharat...
Viking I
The Western Washington University’s Vehicle Research Institute conceptualized and produced the...
VinFast Minio Green
VinFast launched the Minio Green model and mark new entries into Vietnam’s rapidly growing electric vehicle...
Volkswagen Chicco
The Chicco prototype was developed by Volkswagen Design as an experiment in packaging, usability, and...
Volkswagen Chico
Volkswagen began thinking about creating a miniature city car almost forty years ago, when the first...
Volkswagen EA266
In the 1960s, Volkswagen began creating a replacement for its popular Volkswagen Käfer model, which has...
Volkswagen EA48
Volkswagen EA48 — a deeply unusual car for VW, and arguably the company’s second-ever truly clean-sheet...
Volkswagen Student
The Volkswagen Student is a 1982 concept car created as Volkswagen’s second attempt at producing a low-cost...
Volt e1
The 3-door Volt e1 from Argentina has been designed for two adults and two children under the age of 12,...
Volugrafo Bimbo
After the ending of the Second World War Italy was in terrible economic situation. But the Italians need...
Volvo Elbil
In 1976, Volvo created Elbil prototype that could carry four passengers, despite taking up less space than...
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Weixing microcars
In the 1950s, the Chinese government encouraged the development of minicars, which were used primarily as...
WSK Meduza
Simultaneously with the creation of the Mikrus MR 300 microcar in 1957, an alternative body was developed for...
WSK Mikrus MR 300
In the 1950s, the Polish factory in Mielec produced car bodies. It was the right moment to start the...
Wuling Air EV
Wuling EV in high demand in China, which has allowed the brand to grow rapidly in the electric car segment....
Wuling Hongguang MINI EV Macaron
SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) has released official images of the third-generation Hongguang MINI EV Macaron. Five...
Wuling Mini EV GameBoy Edition
The tiny Hongguang Mini electric car is produced by Wuling and it is the most popular...
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XEV LSEV
Some manufacturers already have tried to optimize the car production by using 3D printing technology. And...
XEV YoYo
Chinese startup XEV launched a fundraiser on the Kickstarter.com to build the YoYo electric microcar. The...
Xiaohu Tiger
The variety of inexpensive electric vehicles in the Chinese market continues to grow. Local company Hongrui...
Xiaokang Tangguo (Sokon Candy)
The DFSK (Dongfeng Sokon Automobile) joint venture has presented the Xiaokang Tangguo EV (the model’s...
Xinri 03 / 03A
Brilliance China Auto is preparing to take its place in the compact electric vehicle market. The company...
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Zagato Milanina
The Zagato Milanina was an experimental electric city car that combined mid-1960s urban mobility vision with...
Zagato Milanina 2
The Zagato Milanina is a striking example of forward-looking design and experimental thinking, conceived in...
Zagato Volpe
The Volpe — short for Veicolo Originale Leggero Privo di Emissioni — reimagines sustainable urban...
Zagato Zele 1000
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Italian coachbuilder Zagato was a byword for motoring excitement—a dream...
Zetta Module 2
The second generation of Zetta city electric car was presented in Tolyatti, Russia. It is jointly developed...
Zhidou Rainbow
China’s second-largest EV producer, Zhidou has now started its comeback after filing for bankruptcy...
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‘Kolobok’ Home Built Microcar
The Kolobok was created in 1985 in the USSR by Victor Gorbunov, engineer of AvtoVAZ. Victor Gorbunov worked...
2020 Smart EQ ForTwo & EQ ForFour
Smart will present the updated ForTwo and ForFour. The restyled Smart EQ Fortwo and EQ Forfour for the first...
4ekolka
Czech designer Petr Chladek developed a prototype of a city electric car with 3D priting car body parts. The...