Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: Renault Twizy electric car auto automobile

Here's a front view. While small, some crash protection has been built into it, allowing it to exceed Austrian safety standards. It's one of the lightest cars ever put into production, though, weighing only 450Kg (992lbs.) (some sources put the weight at 474Kg., which is still lighter than an F1 car), which makes it lighter than an F1 car. In fact, it's so light that it is sometimes classified not as a car but as a "heavy quadricycle." In spite of entering the market three months into the 2012 model year, the Twizy ended up being the best-selling plug-in electric car in Europe for 2012, with a 28.5% market share of all electric vehicles in France. In the "heavy quadricycle" class, it held a near-monopolistic market share of 89% in France.

Again, as I've said elsewhere, I don't do too many car photos. However, this was the oddest car that I saw while in Wien, so it was worth a look. It doesn't look too sophisticated at first glance, appearing to be a Smart Car ripoff, but actually it's a production electric car introduced in 2012 (it wasn't clear whether this was a 2012 or 2013 model). It's meant primarily for city use, and the base model has a top speed of only 45Km/h (28 m.p.h.). However, for longer trips, it's possible to order it configured for 80Km/h (50 m.p.h.). It wasn't clear to me whether this one had that option. The official range of each variant is 100Km, which is far from ideal, but adequate for light city driving. After all, the Chevy Volt has been tested at 56-83Km at a much higher price, so it's not like the competition is very stiff. Teslas can get as much as five times this range, but they're literally ten times as expensive.