Are EVS suitable for city driving? The City Transformer CT-1 is a shape-shifting EV with Lambo doors. Do EVs have superior for city?
The electric CT-1, City Transformer's inaugural model, is Citroen Ami-sized and almost as charming looking, but with a shape-shifting trick up its sleeve that its creators think might go a long way
In City mode, the electric CT-1 is little wider than a motorcycle, with wheels that are a super-slim 1m apart - ideal for squeezing through the narrowest gaps and into the tightest parking spaces,
When you press the 'Performance' button, the front and rear axles, along with the related wheel arches and sills, move out of the body by 200mm on each side, resulting in 1.4m tracks
The CT-1 in snake-hips City mode is limited to 28mph for zigzagging through traffic up the Champs Elysees, but in wide-body shape, the CT-1 can zoom around the Peripherique ring road at up to 56mph.
City Transformer, the company behind it, argues that shape-shifting like this can substantially reduce urban congestion and transform parking availability of places such as Paris .
The CT-1 is a clever next-generation transportation solution for those living in congested urban locations like Paris,The CT-1 is significantly easier to maintain on a daily basis
A small two-seat city cars that run entirely on electricity. The CT-1 has a greater range (115 miles compared to the Ami's 46 miles), it has larger batteries, which add to its weight (590 kg).
Even while City Transformer claims that the CT-1 has only 1,500 pieces, it would surely be more complicated than the average EV.
There is potential for this to go wrong, and the idea of a shape-shifting defect occurring quickly is unthinkable.