Renaults Zoe also seems great, I see quite a lot of them on German streets.

The Zoe is EOL and IIRC replaced by the Clio E-Tech. Also, Renault is french?

(Not to talk badly about the specific car or the move to BEV in general - I applaud that and am at the same time disappointed how our [German] manufacturers ignored the shift)

The Zoe has pretty horrendous crash ratings, sadly.

There are cute little things like the Citroen Ami: https://www.citroen.co.uk/ami

They're nearly compelling enough for me to learn to drive. Nearly..!

just fyi, a citroen ami (2020+) is not a car is a quadricycle; it does not need a driving license, is like a electric bike.

id not want to use it to stay in traffic tho, crashing that does not seem safe

Even in Europe cars are becoming bloated and shoving everyone else off the streets. The Economist had a piece about the death of small cars in Europe a few months ago. https://archive.ph/KxzUK

There's really no escape, it seems.