The prototype of the possible E-CAR which is talked about in the negotiations between the European Union and Industry. It is not a quadricycle. Transports four people. Designed for small urban movements. Essential in everything. If you travel in two you can even transport a washing machine
A small cube on wheels is everything you need to move to urban centers today and in the coming years. And when the goal is to spend a low figure, “what you need” means a very small vehicle, without superfluous accessories, low power and minimal battery. Yes, the battery. Because in all likelihood this means must be electric. The reality of European political and industrial guidelines says so. Given the current regulations and, you think, future, the only way to offer the customer a vehicle with the low price is to build it with the characteristics listed above. How much content? No more than fifteen thousand eurospossibly even less. But to transform the “possibly” into “really”, many steps must still be taken. This is the path known among professionals as “strategic dialogue”, that is, the negotiations between the European Commission and the industrial world to reach a substantial review of the regulation which, if unchanged, in 2035 will prohibit selling new cars that are not at zero CO2 emissions. In other words, thermal and hybrid cars can no longer be sold. One of the proposals is the regulatory creation of a new category of vehicles, currently known as e-carfrom the simplified technical requirements to contain costs to the maximum. After all, the statistics of using cars in the EU say that every day around 40 km at the average speed of 56 km/h are traveled with 1.6 people on board. Dacia hipster concept It can be an answer, indeed the first answer, to these needs. If the future regulatory scenario is actually assumed this form, the “popular” car manufacturer of the Renault group would start from the top positions.
Dacia hipster concept, size
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The car is working, but at the moment it is a prototype that adheres to a hypothesis of rules to be approved. It will be transformed into a production model if the new European standards converge towards the parameters described above. Although Dacia calls her Mini Car, Hipster appears much more than a quadricycle. Exactly 3 meters lengthwidth 1.55 and height 1,535 meters. Since the bodywork ends exactly above the wheels, the car is “all step”, it has no changes. It is assumed that he can weigh just under 800 kg.
The trunk of the Dacia Hipster Concept
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It can transport four people. Behind they manage to enter two adults, even if they will certainly not be wide. But for the short sections of travel so the vehicle is designed, the solution is feasible. The seats are almost skeletal, all space saved. With four people on board, the rear compartment that has the trunk functions retains a capacity of 70 liters. A couple of bags. But if you travel in two, the rear sofa “disassemble” in order to form a 500 liter space. Able to transport even one washing machine.
Hipster, essential interiors
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The password is: simplicity. Because simple is equivalent to economic. For example, the rear lights are integrated into the rear window, in the sense that the LEDs are leaning from the inside, so they do not need additional glasses. The goalkeeper have no conventional handles, they are replaced by practical straps. The infotainment does the driver’s smartphone, just insert it in the appropriate docking station. There is not even a audio system proper. Those who want music will be able to place a Bluetooth portable speaker in the Slot compatible with the Dacia Youuclip system. The seats are essential, almost skeletal. But comfortable, with the advantage that you save other space. The dashboard incorporates two airbags.
Dacia hipster: electric car
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Being a prototype of a standard that still does not exist (and it may never exist, if the European political world does not come to a conclusion), it makes no sense for hipster to speak of approval. It is certainly an electric car designed for short urban movements. No technical data on mechanical elements have been declared. The vehicle may have front or rear wheel drive, lithium-ion battery or (more likely, given the lower cost) to the lithium-green-phosphate. No detail on engine and accumulators. It is only known that the power will have to be adequate to move 800 kg and the battery will have a sufficient cut to travel a week of city journeys by removing it only a couple of times at a normal home socket.
A future to draw
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Dacia Hipster is a concept in the full sense of the word. A concept, an idea for a new form of mobility. An essential and economic way of moving but without having to be satisfied with a quadricycle. The challenge of the fifteen thousand euros (but the price must be substantially lower, when a car proper as Dacia Spring travels just below the twenty thousand) is complicated. And it depends too much on the negotiations that the industry is conducting with European institutions. But with such an advanced idea like hipster, Dacia will already be ready to start with a great advantage. Assuming that we start.
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