28-05-2025
This $7,000 Single-Seat Electric Car Has Become a Hit in Japan
In the rural suburbs of Hiroshima, a Japanese startup is trying to kick start the nation's electric vehicle market with the smallest, cheapest car it can possibly make.
KG Motors has developed a battery-powered one-seater that more resembles a futuristic golf cart than it does a modern EV, much less a traditional car. And yet well over half of the 3,300 units it plans to deliver by March 2027 have already been pre-sold to customers.
