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Renault Twizy!
McLannahan - 15/4/12 at 04:27 PM

Obviously it's French but....

I think it looks great! Really good interesting concept. Renting the battery makes sense too!

http://www.renault.com/en/vehicules/renault/pages/twizy.aspx

metro6r4 - 15/4/12 at 04:48 PM

great concept provided you live in a city totaly useless if you live in the sticks and its french

Mark Allanson - 15/4/12 at 05:42 PM

...and a height of 1.454mm - a bit impractical

gottabedone - 15/4/12 at 06:11 PM

... some may call it quirky

Steve

JoelP - 15/4/12 at 06:17 PM

Im not convinced, but its not a shocking idea. Its only marginally cheaper to run than a scooter, and not that much better. Barely safer, couldnt filter past traffic, and not much more luggage room than a good rucksack!

Imagine how economical an electric scooter would be?

Simon - 15/4/12 at 06:23 PM

Saw it being driven by Otis at the Gadget Show over weekend.

I reckon it'll be great for managers to drive around big factory floors.

Renault are taking the pee with their proposed battery rental charges!

ATB

Simon

balidey - 15/4/12 at 06:29 PM

Looks quite funky.
I drive a small cheap car for my daily commute.
If I was in the market for a new car at about £6k (which I'm not) then I would consider this.
Especially if I could get Work to charge it up in the mornings, so no leccy bill increase for me.
I drive about 40 miles a day, so as long as it could handle approx 150 miles in one charge I'd be happy to have one.

Ninehigh - 15/4/12 at 07:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Simon
Renault are taking the pee with their proposed battery rental charges!


Oh I don't know, factor it into your fuel costs and consider that if you own the battery the degredation is your problem. I mean my laptop battery lasts about 10 minutes now...

iank - 15/4/12 at 08:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
...and a height of 1.454mm - a bit impractical


That's how the continentals write 1,454mm, but you knew that I'm sure