PARIS—While most recent electric car activity has focused on high-end, luxury models, engineers at BASF and Citroën are taking a much different approach. They recently developed a small, affordable, lightweight car dubbed oli [all-ë], It uses innovative materials and serves as “a manifesto to how much can be saved by reducing weight and resource usage.”
“The car runs counter to the trend toward increasingly heavier and more complex vehicles, instead focusing on ease and simplicity,” says Laurence Hansen, director of product and strategy at Citroën. “It demonstrates how to keep environmental impact to a minimum, while bringing back the fun of a functional, electric vehicle.”