Citroen C-Zero, 2010 - 2015
The Citroen C-Zero is a small city car powered only by an electric motor. Because creating an electric car is a really serious, labor-intensive and years-consuming job, the C-Zero was developed in collaboration with Mitsubishi Motors. The car has several close relatives - Peugeot iOn and, of course, Mitsubishi i-MiEV cars. Citroen has in its history tried to produce electric cars - it was an electric variant of the Citroen Saxo developed in the 1990s. However, the car turned out to be too expensive for customers - the price of batteries was very high, technology was imperfect, so the car remained experimental. The C-Zero looks oddly narrow, but is comfortable in the city, really spacious inside, and the luggage compartment reaches 166 liters. The 200 kg lithium-ion battery is mounted low under the floor, so the stability of the car is good. The car has one electric motor mounted on the rear axle with a power of 64 hp (47 kW) and a torque of 180 Nm. The top speed of the car is 130 kilometers per hour, acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h in 15 seconds. The vehicle has a single-drive transmission, rear-wheel drive and a 16 kWh lithium-ion battery that can be charged in 14 hours from a 110-volt power supply, in 7 hours from a 220-volt power supply and in just 30 minutes from a fast charging station. The manufacturer states that a single battery charge and a normal mode can cover distances of up to 130 miles.