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Re:Ask HN: Why is nobody manufacturing low tech electric car... by Kuinox on Thursday June 13, 2024 @09:15AM (#40669277)
It's wrong, we have the Twizy, the Ami and the Zoe in France. The most technological advanced thing in the Zoe is the Bluetooth to play music.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is nobody manufacturing low tech electric car... by tjansen on Thursday June 13, 2024 @09:21AM (#40669323)
I guess that's why the Zoe has been discontinued: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Zoe

Twizy and Ami are not regular passenger vehicles. I am sure there are less requirements for them.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is nobody manufacturing low tech electric car... by Kuinox on Thursday June 13, 2024 @09:48AM (#40669597)
Zoe is very popular in France and is being discontinued because it's replaced by the new Alpine A290, that was announced 2 hours ago.

Edit: Correction, it's the most popular electric car un Europe.

> by the end of 2020, the Zoe ranked as the all-time best selling plug-in car in Europe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Zoe#Sales_and_markets

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Re:Ask HN: Why is nobody manufacturing low tech electric car... by tjansen on Thursday June 13, 2024 @09:58AM (#40669726)
I believe the Zoe's successor is the Renault 5 e (the A290 seems to be a performance version of the 5e). The Renault 5 has advanced ADAS, since it's required for all new cars, and is, according to Renault, "packed with electrical and digital technology": https://media.renault.com/renault-5-e-tech-electric-the-elec...
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Re:Ask HN: Why is nobody manufacturing low tech electric car... by ofrzeta on Thursday June 13, 2024 @02:15PM (#40672794)
The Twizy was at least available as a model that made 80 km/h. The Ami can only go 50 or 45 which makes it usable as a city car only.
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