This Tiny Sports Car Is The Future Of EVs
It hides a game-changing secret.
Electric vehicles are on the cusp of rendering their combustion rivals obsolete. The best-selling cars in the world are now electric, and the charging infrastructure is nearing maturity, particularly in places like Europe. But, for EVs to truly dominate the market and decarbonise our roads, they need to become significantly cheaper without sacrificing usability. They also need to convince petrol heads they can offer an exhilarating driving experience, not just fast acceleration. Only then will the mass market and performance buyers switch to EVs. Well, a fully functional concept car by Nyobolt promises to do just this by taking a novel approach to the EV.
The current trend to make EVs more usable is to give them huge, expensive, heavy batteries, extending their range to well over 300 miles while trying to keep fast charge times below 30 minutes. This has been a great tactic over the past few years, allowing companies like Tesla, Polestar and Hyundai to sell EVs in huge numbers. However, the average car journey in the US is only around 12 miles, and most owners only use the full extent of their range every now and then. As such, this approach is incredibly wasteful, as the vast majority of the time, you only use a fraction of the battery pack.
