Posted on 09/29/2022 8:09:42 AM PDT by FarCenter
French automaker Citroen released details of a new electric concept vehicle Thursday, with its CEO telling CNBC that the electrification of individual transport represented an important part of a sustainable future.
In a document outlining the concept, which is called oli, Citroen said it had a target weight of roughly 1,000 kilograms, or one metric ton, and a range of as much as 248 miles.
Citroen said the oli’s top speed had been limited to 68 miles per hour. The brand, which is owned by Stellantis, said “20% to 80% charging” would take 23 minutes.
The automaker added that vehicle parts could be “reused or recycled throughout ownership.” According to the document providing details of the oli, it has a “flat bonnet, roof and pick-up bed panels” that are “made from re-cycled honeycomb cardboard.”
The firm was keen to emphasize the vehicle’s smaller scale. “Rather than being a 2,500kg ‘palace on wheels’ filled with screens and gadgets, oli proves that more can be achieved with less,” it said.
Citroen also said that the restriction of the oli’s speed to a maximum of 68 mph had been done to “maximise efficiency.”
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Outstanding!
An electric car made of cardboard. Sounds exactly what the liberals would dictate we drive.
Reminds me of the skit on SNL for the Adobe.
You were quicker on the draw.
Is that a hatchback or a pick-up? I can’t tell which end is the front.
Typical Citroen, the main ingredient is ‘quirky.’
I always found it amusing that the Traction Avant was the Nazi’s second-favorite command & staff car (after Mercedes) despite the fact that founder Andre Citroen was a Jew.
Cardboard, cotton, what's the difference?
Trabants’ bodies were made of wood fiber and phenol-formaldehyde polymer.
A Hungarian friend of mine said if you parked those cars where pigs could get them the pigs would eat the body off.
That being said Stellantis is like all the most vulnerable automobile companies all merged into one big mess.
My bet is they don’t make it in the EV age.
What next —recycled paper bags? That’s quite a design too — looks like it is made up of random parts from other things.
How does it handle a crash test?
2CV4 - The Duck
Every college kid in Europe drove one.
It goes into the recycle bin.
If you were a Crash-Test Dummy, would you risk it?
I had a couple of 2CV6s when I lived in England, great little cars that got fantastic mileage
A cardboard car. What could go wrong?
Lol.
Recycled Cardboard?? Don’t take it out in the rain.
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When I was a lad I built a fort outta card board, it withstood a lot of Indian attacks but couldn’t handle the rain.
I watched an episode of Leno’s Garage featuring the Citroen DS just the other day. Pretty neat car. Leno says it’s the most comfortable long distance cruiser he’s driven. Also demonstrates the jack free wheel removal using the hydraulics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzW_ERSgFRY
>>Every college kid in Europe drove one.
A colleague gave me a ride in his 2CV to a restaurant in Paris back around ‘86.
He was a young engineer, perhaps a few years out of college.
You can get through hell pretty quickly in a Bugatti.
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