French carmaker Citroen, which is a part of Stellantis, is planning on unveiling a mixture of small electrical autos that can be priced across the $27,000 (25,000 Euros) mark, undercutting their rivals on the European market by a few thousand {dollars}.
The automobiles are anticipated to be revealed within the subsequent two-three years and the smaller fashions will get “kick-ass” designs to entice a wider viewers, because the model’s design boss, Pierre Leclercq, instructed the British publication Autocar.
As a part of its well-known nonconformism, Citroen gained’t simply make smaller variations of larger automobiles, as Leclercq says, and as an alternative will draw inspiration from the Oli idea and smaller Ami microcar. “We are trying not to make cars that have the Russian doll effect,” the design boss added.
With the current-generation Fiat 500e priced from round $33,000 (30,000 Euros) in Europe, Citroen’s upcoming electrical fashions can be way more reasonably priced, however to get to a lower cost level, the French model is ready to ditch standard infotainment techniques. As a substitute, a few of the future EVs will use the proprietor’s smartphone because the infotainment system, linked in a technique or one other to the automobile’s audio system.
“When you think about it, what do people want? They want the best on-board experience,” mentioned Leclercq. “You live with your phone all day. So the closer we get [in a car] to what we have on our phone, I think the better it is. You should just have what you have on your phone,” he added.
Citroen is probably going to make use of the identical CMP platform that underpins the Opel Corsa Electrical and Peugeot e-208 for its subsequent fashions, which suggests they’ll get the identical 51-kilowatt-hour battery pack and 115-kilowatt (156-horsepower) front-mounted electrical motor.
“We have great products coming out soon that are, I think, really kicking ass in terms of design. It’s going to be super-cool. I mean, we’re excited to put those things on the road. Prices are going to be so aggressive. We can only be proud of having done it,” mentioned Citroen’s design boss for Autocar.
The French carmaker presently has the E-C4, Ami, E-Berlingo, E-Spacetourer, E-Dispatch, and E-Relay fashions in its all-electric lineup.
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