Citroen Oli concept - Just enough

I can't say I'm in love with that flat windscreen, looks like a baby Hummer

But I really like the concept, simplified design and lightweight materials to keep the weight and cost down. Fast charging and V2G as standard and if the 400km range figure is anywhere close to true, it's got plenty of battery to get around

Looks like a good layout as well for carrying stuff. Didn't Citroen have a car like this in the past which could be a hatchback, cabrio or pickup in different configurations?

I hope something like this makes it to production. Whatever the final product is, it'll be a lot blander than the concept, but if they can keep the simplicity and price down then it'll be a winner I reckon

Poor man's Cybertruck

I like it. They got a lot of stuff right in the concept. Most EVs have a battery that's way too big these days, making the far unnecessarily expensive. I've said for years that cheap cars don't need any entertainment system, nor do they need sat nav and they don't need to be online either. We have our phones for all of that. Citroen were the first to cop on to that with the Ami. I hope they're going "enough" on the price too 😂 Cool yoke for about €15-20k on the road

Although Citroen will probably release this! (Or something close anyway).

You're dead right on the range. Having a 400km capable battery that does 10km per day is a terrible waste of money, and terrible for the environment too.

There are regulations and safety equipment that say require a screen for a reversing camera, so adding a radio receiver isn't much of an overhead, and since E-Call is mandatory now too, feeding service data back to the manufacturer isn't much waste really. But a full web browser and 4K Netflix capable processor comes with a cost in terms of money and EV range of course.

We can call it a city car. But if you look at the population of most EU countries, they are heavily concentrated in urban areas. Like Dublin. Half the population of Ireland lives in the greater Dublin area, where a car like this can go from A to B within this area and back the same day without charging (assuming say a 15-20kWh battery). For most people on the rare occasion they want to travel further they wouldn't mind stopping a few times for say 20 minutes, provided the fast charging network is secure and not congested)

Yes they did. The Citroen C3 Plurel I think it was called. There is someone in Kildare that has one and it still looks in great condition. I am surprised its still there. Used to see it a bit then not then it appeared again.

I would buy that tomorrow if it was for sale.

I thought that too when I first seen it but it has the same window at the rear as the front.