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Check out Japan's newest and cutest single-seater, the MiBot
Check out Japan's newest and cutest single-seater, the MiBot
This dinky EV from Japanese start-up KG Motors is too adorable for words
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We've not seen anything this cute since Fiat launched the roofless Topolino. Say konnichiwa to the MiBot, which comes to you via the medium of Japanese start-up KG Motors.
Some 26 centimetres narrower than a Citroen Ami, the dinky EV is less than 1.5m tall, just over 1.1m wide and a smidgen under 2.5m long – basically the size of a cereal box.
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A single-seater cereal box with a monocoque body, tiny 12in rims, an electric range of 62 miles, a maximum speed of 37mph (faster than the Ami's 28mph), and a battery that recharges in about five hours.
You can park it anywhere of course because look at it, and carry up to 45kg of cargo (cereal?), while the MiBot offers such luxuries as a heated seat, a touchscreen, some speakers, and fancy glass that protects you from baking like a croissant. Plus, there's air-con!
The Mobilize Bento-rivalling EV – similarly primed for short journeys and solo errand-running – has undergone rigorous winter testing and safety checks, though videos of it cornering are worryingly reminiscent of the Mk1 Fiat Seicento.
It launched with a price of only £5,644 (¥1.1m, by today's forex prices), and the Hiroshima-based manufacturer has already taken over 2,200 pre-orders, up from the modest 300 it had originally planned. The company's now revising its production schedule.
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Yep, you want one. Let the global kei-car takeover commence.
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