http://mini.iol.co.za/motoring/industry-news/isetta-is-back-as-an-electric-runabout-1996285 Isetta is back - as an electric runabout 10 Mar '16 Thoma Geiger
[images http://classic.iol.co.za/polopoly_fs/iol-mot-pic-mar10-microlino-a-1.1996280!/image/3503655222.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_600/3503655222.jpg http://classic.iol.co.za/polopoly_fs/iol-mot-pic-mar10-microlino-d-1.1996284!/image/406128198.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_600/406128198.jpg video dated https://youtu.be/j7yZsa79wK8 Microlino - The future is simple - From idea to reality #1 Microlino Car Oct 30, 2015 First steps to the new urban mobility vehicle - the Microlino. The process behind the development of the new city car with its modern design based on the iconic Isetta from 1955. From old to new, Isetta to Microlino! ] Kusnacht, Switzerland - Looking for a modern version of the 1960s Isetta bubble car? Check out this new electric version of the cute microcar. The Microlino bubble car, on display at the Geneva motor show until 13 March, comes from Swiss kickboard maker Micro Mobility Systems. It bears a remarkable resemblance to the original made by Iso Rivolta in Italy, and later by BMW under licence in the days before the Blue Propeller became a premium badge. Wacky 'bubble cars' just keep going The prototype Microlino weighs only 400kg without its batteries and has space for two passengers and luggage. Its 15kW electric motor gives it a top speed of 100km/h and a range of about 120km between charges. Company founder Wim Ouboter hopes to start series production soon and expects the first baby cars to come off the assembly line at Kandi Technologies in Jinhua, China by the end of 2017, at a retail price of less than €10 000 (R160 000) . The response in Geneva was been encouraging, said Ouboter, who said that whenever the Microlino had been seen on the road “people wave and smile”. BABE MAGNET Women seemed particularly enthusiastic about the pint-sized car, he added, an effect “which should not be underestimated”. After BMW declined to take part in the project, Ouboter teamed up with Tazzari, an Italian maker of small electric vehicles. “We want to make an initial batch of 300 cars which we can finance ourselves and then we will see how the idea takes off,” said Ouboter. The first Isetta was made by Iso Rivolta in 1954. Well-preserved examples of the petrol-driven versions made in Italy and Germany now fetch high prices at auctions. [© mini.iol.co.za] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Isetta-is-back-as-an-electric-BABE-MAGNET-runabout-tp4681006.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
