La Bagnole is a fully electric French microcar from KG Auto (now Kilow), priced from just 10,900 EUR. Built in Savoie at the foot of the Alps, it weighs only 283 kg, leaves no carbon footprint, and proves that a clean, affordable, go-anywhere electric car can be wonderfully simple. Its guiding principle is straightforward: less is better.
What is La Bagnole?
Less is better. This is the guiding principle of La Bagnole, the first ever product of the French company KG Auto. This 100% electric vehicle was built in Savoie at the foot of the Alps and is surprisingly light and portable, promising to travel everywhere without leaving any carbon footprint in the process. As Designboom put it, the result looks like a real toy for grown-ups.
How light and efficient is this electric French car?
Only 283 kilos of material were used to make it, and it uses an average consumption of 6 kWh per 100 km. It is all done by the expert hands of local craftsmen to validate the concepts, then industrialized, manufactured and assembled, in France. That featherweight steel chassis is what makes La Bagnole both efficient and genuinely robust, as detailed by Autoevolution.
What are the La Bagnole specs and price?
The car is powered by two electric motors located at the rear wheels that can offer up to 480 Nm of torque, plenty of pull for a vehicle that weighs less than 290 kg. KG Auto aims for La Bagnole to deliver 70 to 140 km of range on a single charge. The starting price was revealed at 10,900 EUR, with the first deliveries planned for early 2023. Pre-orders could be placed with a fully refundable deposit of 990 EUR.
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