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Stellantis said it will bring an all-electric small “car” called the Fiat Topolino to the U.S.

The Topolino is actually categorized as “an all-electric quadricycle” rather than a car, according to Stellantis and has a top speed of roughly 28 miles per hour.

Fiat’s announcement comes less than a week after President Donald Trump praised small “Kei” cars from Japan and expressed interest in bringing tiny cars to the U.S.

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[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 16 points 5 days ago

I'm the exact target market down to owning a car that's the 2010s version of this for the same reasons they're importing it. I'm selling that car for an alternative and this speed is what I think all cities should max out at. I like goofy Italian shit and can't afford an actual electric car. For someone in my consumer position, this would have been an ideal car in 2015 and I'd have bought it in a heartbeat.

In 2025 that isn't the case. If this is competing with cars it can't do so at a legal speed which is why I don't ride my ebike on roads. If it's competing with bikes, it can't do so on the infrastructure that lets bikes survive the vastly heavier cars. It's offering the same range and speed as an ebike at 2x the cost of a high-end Tern cargobike that fits more passengers in safer conditions. An electric kei truck would offer utility that I don't currently get from the much cheaper option, but this would be much more impractical to own and use in a city.

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