I can see this working out well for an older person who stays in the same village or town and just needs transportation to appointments or groceries. I wouldn't feel safe taking it onto the highway where you're more likely to get into a high-speed collision. It almost looks like a toy car.
They aren't ncap tested for collision safety. They bypass this as they are classed as quadracycle/alternative (I think its L7 vehicle) so not classed as a car.
Actually statistically you are more prone to having an incident in the regular roads, than the freeway/Highway...Since you're going ONE way on it, opposed to regular roads where there's intersections, in every block.
@megamegaO Those statistics would be with the frequency of strong modern cars that are NCAP collision tested. These quadracycle ev's such as here, usually are weaker. High speed motorway with lorrys, trucks combined with weaker frame and chassis and engine/workings of this ev?
@@A-xo6hl The statistics are generally accidents, so also bikes and heavier vehicles than cars. I don't know why anyone should divide it into categories.
I've been to Rome twice this year and these YoYos are everywhere. There's an app to book them, then they unlock and you just drive to where you need to go.
@@t8polestarcyan22 cheaper than 16000? i can buy a diesel car for 1500. my B I L did and still going after 4 years. this plastic toy is rubbish. 1966: oil gone in 10yrs 1967: dire famine forecast by 1975 1968: overpopulation will spread worldwide 1969: everyone will disappear in a cloud of blue steam by 1989 1970: the world will use up all its natural resources by 2000, urban citizens will require gas masks by 1985, nitrogen build-up will make all land unusable, decaying pollution will kill all the fish, killer bees, ice age by 2000 and America will be subject to water rationing by 1974 and food rationing by 1980 1971: new ice age coming by 2020 or 2030 1972: new ice age by 2070 and oil depleted in 20yrs 1974: space satellites show new ice age coming fast, ozone depletion and "Great peril to life" 1976: scientific consensus planet cooling and famines imminent 1977: department of energy says oil will peak in the 90s 1978: no end in sight to 30yr cooling trend 1980: acid rain kills life in lakes and peak oil in 2000 1988: regional droughts in the 90s, temperatures in DC will hit record highs and Maldives will be underwater by 2018 1989: rising sea levels will obliterate nations if nothing is done by 2000 and New York City's West Side Highway will be underwater by 2019 1996: peak oil in 2020 2000: children won't know what snow is 2002: famine in 10yrs if we don't give up eating meat, fish and dairy and peak oil in 2010 2004: Britain will be Siberia by 2024 2005: Manhattan will be underwater by 2015 2006: super hurricanes 2008: the Arctic will be ice free by 2018 and Climate Genius Al Gore predicts an ice free Arctic by 2013 2009: Climate Genius Prince Charles says we have 96 months to save the world, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown says we have 50 days to "save the planet from catastrophe" and Climate Genius Al Gore moves his 2013 prediction of an ice free Arctic to 2014 2013: the Arctic will be ice free by 2015 2014: only 500 days before "Climate chaos" 2018 A top climate scientist is warning that climate change will wipe out all of humanity unless we stop using fossil fuels by 2023...Greta Doomberg. 2019: Hey Greta, we need you to convince them it's really going to happen this time 2020 Greta Thunderberg global warming will cause temperatues to rise to 80 degrees celsius and drown 80% of the population. 2024 Greta still alive. 2024 WEF
I'm no fan of EV's (or SUV's), but in my opinion, this is where EV's shine. Small car, small battery, lightweight, fast-ish to charge, easy to park and with modest price (for an EV). As a city runaround, it makes a lot of sense and has a fun element. With EV's now so big, heavy and expensive and 100kWh batteries becoming the norm, the YoYo just sticks two fingers up to all that. Nice review too.
Well, yes, but no!. From an engineering perspective small cars are much more difficult to design ,especially to meet legislation, customer expectation and value. Larger cars are easier to design. The fixed costs of design, purchasing, manufacturing, transport, sale etc are almost the same for a Polo as they are for saya Q7. Emission and driver aid tech apply to all. And manufacturers are primarily focused on profit before all else.
@@karmanline2005 A big car has largely the same stuff in it as a small one they just move the corners further apart with a bit more cheap steel and double the price.
I saw a few of these back in February when I was in Shanghai. I thought they looked awesome. My only problem is the price. Something like this needs to be around 10K or less.
It probably is less than 10K, but then the UK government steps in to protect the UK economy, and Whacks on the extra 6K in import tax, VAT, registration cost and whatever else they can think of. And to be fair, whether or not you agree, there is a point to be made for that… if only European car makers could be bothered to make a car that cheap, the car market would become a whole different ball game altogether.
@@kazhilly But most here would never buy a British car even if they could find one. The import tax and the ability to TAX another country's BETTER products will always be annoying.
Just back this evening from Rome. Saw loads of these, tripping over them! They are absolutely wonderful: they’re surviving the Rome traffic very well…. and they look brilliant, very stylish. A very significant micro car. Great review too.
£6k yes, £16k, nope !. I don't see why it has to almost triple in price because its being sold in Europe rather than in China. I was wondering about the range anx as you had already driven from London to home but the A12 bit makes that more understandable. Love this little car but there's so much lower end choice now, with loads more just about to come that I feels its missed the emerging market by a few years, pity about the price would be great to stick the kids in as a first car, a lot safer than a motorbike !
Blame that on your Country's import tax. Not their fault for your country preventing massive flood of inexpensive cars from China and killing domestic cars industry.
Because the process is mechanically complex and has a non insignificant risk due to high amount voltages involved, and not to speak of the cost involved in moving very heavy batteries around. There is a reason that even in China, where the swap stations are heavily subsidized, the stations that survive are mostly for smaller cars and vehicles. Arguably, this is a good thing because even in the UK the cars are far bigger than people actually use them for, and encouraging people to go for the smaller car and only rent bigger ones when they need them will benefit literally everyone except the SUV makers, but it's still not trivial sadly.
A most interesting EV. Great review, I like the comparison with train fares. I would like to know what safety equipment it has as standard. The XEV web site shows the YoYo with removable battery packs, so in theory the driver could simply swap battery packs to get the full driving range. No waiting for recharging.
Not at York Uni. They have 22500 students but no chargers (a handful of slow ones for staff only). York itself is a charger desert as well. Living in York with home charging would be great though.
So this is for people who don't want to carry anything bigger than a handbag and a couple of ready meals, don't have a family to carry anywhere, don't travel more than 10 miles from home, don't want to travel on motorways, dual carriageways or A roads and don't want to charge in public ...presumably because they have another car that does all of that. Even for a dedicated city car, it's a bit niche isn't it? It's basically a luxury disability scooter for the elderly widow. I like the idea of a small city car, but it does need to be able to carry 4 people in a squeeze, it needs to be able to carry 6 bags of shopping, it needs to do the national speed limit in comfort and it needs to be able to travel at least 100 miles ...at night with the lights on and with wipers and heater actually running.
@@adrianthoroughgood1191 You're making the argument about labels. The Fiat 500e is a small city car that ticks all the boxes. If you go much smaller/paired back than that, then there are so many compromises involved, it begs the question; why?
@@Martyntd5 the Fiat 500e fits 4 exceptionally small people. Not adults. Be realistic. And this is a quadricycle, so perhaps you should expect quadricycle things from it. I don't know why you can't take it on a dual carriageway, or A road. It's legal. The only reason I can think of is that you're an abject coward and terrified of small vehicles? The handbag and a couple of read meals comment is exceptionally ludicrous, just like most of what you said. Clearly you could fit the weekly shop in there. And as for the number of seats, it's got two. Which is the exact number of people found in the overwhelming majority of car trips in the UK and most countries. It's usually one, or two. Rarely is it more. So yes, there's an enormous market for small vehicles that don't fall over, unlike mopeds and motorbikes, and have a roof, and only two seats. Saying it hasn't got enough seats is like saying you think a yacht is rubbish because it doesn't fly. You can't travel more than ten miles from home in it? Well, I suppose you might not be able to do so, because presumably you plan to crash it if it gets to 11 since the range clearly permits you to go a good seventy miles if it's somewhat overestimated as those claims are on most EVs and indeed, petrol vehicles. I could get to London from here, and so could most of the country's population. And if I've gone as far as 60+ miles, it's not likely to be for less than four hours. The reason you want this vehicle over a Fiat 500e is that it's about 1,100 mm shorter. I don't know if you ever drove a Smart car but the parking was amazing and no, you can't park them nose on. But for on street parking, they're fantastic. In a car park, they have an amazing turning circle, and the visibility is insane. I don't know what the turning circle is on this but it's probably similar. You may not be the target market but there is one, and it's absolutely enormous in case you hadn't realised how popular Smart car clones are worldwide and how much more rational everyone else is about driving than you apparently are.
Back in 1970's, British Leyland gave us the Austin Allegro - with a "quartic" steering wheel. It was universally panned and ridiculed. Now, we have a Yo-yo with the same "quartic" wheel. Maybe the Allegro wasn't ridiculous, but just 50yrs ahead of its time...
@@mikethecabbie8476 I had two Allegros, you didn't even notice the different shape after the first few minutes and it did give more clearance under the wheel for those of us with long legs.
Strangly the YoYo is offered at £8,600 if you Google it... But at £16,000 it is destroyed by the Dacia Spring. Not to mention that insurance for the YoYo might be a nightmare as it is an unknown. Where as insurance for the Dacia will be easy to get.
Tish I really don't care what vehicle is being reviewed, as long as you're reviewing it! You're simply the best! Every video you release is a treat! It's you that's turning heads whilst driving cars!
Some people get parking spaces at the office even in central London. I was able to do this as out team had a couple of allocated spaces. For that journey I would want the Dacia Spring.
Not cheap enough for what it is. It needs to be well under £10k. When other cars like this have been reviewed in China they are just a few thousand. Might be interesting to see where the money is going and yes there are extra costs/taxes in the UK. And let's not forget the looming road tax next year. This will be the same as much larger cars. I've owned a Smart and room wise it looks very much the same. I was hoping an influx of cheap Chinese microcars would fill the gap but at that price I don't think they will sell.
I think they will sell because it sounds better than the outgoing Smart ForTwo to be honest. Just because of the up to date tech. Yes, the speed is not as good, and I'd absolutely prefer a full car, but it still has a place. I do think it's a bit expensive, but, it's vastly cheaper to run than a petrol Smart and there's none of that dodgy Mercedes engineering I had to put up with on my Smart. Even the engine compartment was held down with a weird screw that basically didn't work, instead of literally thousands of reliable fastenings they could have used and would have been cheaper. Because they're a total joke of a company and always have been. It was the Swatch folks that got it built, Mercedes stuffed it up and couldn't make it properly. But I still loved the thing. I'd love one of these.... but yes, the price is high, and my Smart was extremely expensive at the time as well compared to a Fiesta or similar. On the second hand market though? I really want to see what these come in at. And perhaps the price will drop in the future for the new ones. Honestly, if it gets you a Smart sized car like object (this is not a car, it's a quadricycle and that's important) you gain all the advantages of the small size and not having two extra seats you never use so it's worth a premium. But I'd probably suggest a second hand electric Smart for now unless you are loaded, despite Mercedes inability to make as good an EV as they made in Asia at the same size... (because they're hacks)
What a cracking and refreshing review to watch. As a Smart car owner/lover, this EV really appeals to me - and I'm one for sitting in the micro/city car camp. Would be amazing to see more of cars like this make a return, instead of the oversized tank EV's that choke up our roads at the moment.
Love it for what it is. But the price is crazy for what you get - will be a good 2nd hand buy at 3 years old for about £5/£6k based on what most EVs depreciate at.
Great video - Tx. This attractive little car Reminds me of our wonderful SMART ForTwo EQ. It’s a perfect city / second car. Gets lots of food shopping in for two. Has heated seats and steering, LED headlights plus cruise control. Stated range is 84 but I routinely get 115 in summer dropping to 70 in winter. Charges at 7 and 21 kW/h. Sadly not now being made and has been hugely underrated.
It’s cool - apart from the REALY NASTY plastic along the doors. As a second car or city run about its pretty spot on. As others say the price is a bit high. You can pick up a very low mileage electric Smart forfour for under £10k.
Love it! So cute. And logical - we need more of these vs single drivers in Sherman tanks, choking our local British roads. That said, this car or rather this vid, really makes a compelling argument to get the Spring instead as a truly useful short-mid range ev run around.
Omg its so cute. I absolutely love it. My mom had a white Smart car back in the 2010s and it was genuinely so much fun to drive. It honestly didn't feel that small when you were inside it
The Smart was very safe in a crash. Though have one at 70 and you are just dead pretty well no matter what you drive. Your internal organs rip themselves apart. Well the blood vessels rip off them
I love the styling of this car, especially the mint colour. Price is too much for this, but if they can rent me the batteries to keep the car in step with battery technology and to prevent fast depreciation, it would be worth it.
I wrote to the company a few years ago asking if they planned on bringing this to the UK, and they said "No". So I ended up buying an electric Smart Car instead. >.>
Same place it was in most cars in the early 90s. In the unit you buy for your car, after market. Seriously, how many people use CDs anymore? It's got Android Auto.
Is this some kind of weird joke I'm not understanding? You can just make digital copies of physical media and avoid paying for any subscription. I can't think of any person that would need a cd player in their car
This is a great sales pitch for an ICE Smart Fortwo or Toyota IQ, if you're only going to own one vehicle it might as well be able to do the weekend trips too. But as a second vehicle for a daily commuter, you drive the ICE or long range EV and your spouse drives this, then take the ICE/hybrid on weekend roadtrips then its a great option.
It’s a Smart look-alike really. The central dash is an odd thing meaning the driver has to look away from the road which seems wrong. This, I presume, is to make manufacturing cheaper. But for city or small excursions it’s pretty impressive.
A1 for your enthusiasm ... a great runabout .. cheaper and far better equipped than those noisy two cylinder diesel powered two seaters which just about manage 35mph. ear defenders are also a must .
Thanks for the review and I also love the comparison of the Train Adventure cost... a lovely "underline" IMO. Quirky & Fun, yes indeed but like all things, subjective to the individual but that's OK too. You did mention Heating & AC but not about what it's consumption is and if it is a Heat Pump (more efficient) or not. That can be a range killer and an important detail I think. The price ? at 16K Pounds I think it's too steep for what this is. Had they doubled the battery then fine. To me, this would be better placed in the 10K-13K range. Given the above, I could see this "grow" into a 4 seat model with larger battery & more cargo area (including fold down rear seat) and make for quite a suitable daily duty runabout.
Nice video. I want to say I am thankful there are other colours available. One thing is for certain, this car is not for long trips. It's perfect though for going around town. Cargo space is good enough for groceries. Considering that most trips on the road are done by one car one person that is again the perfect vehicle. I would have liked to hear something about passenger safety in a collision. The price is a sore point though.
Something I never understand with electric cars: why don't the manufacturers integrate solar panels/receptors in the roof panels & such ? Or use a type of dynamo powered by the wheels' movements to charge the car while it's moving ?! Seems like base logic to me... Of course, I'm no engineer, nor do I even have a driving license, so what do I know, really ! 😅 But still... Can anyone explain ?.. 🤔
Thanks for an interesting review. The YoYo looks fun, and practical. Unlike the cheaper larger Dacia, this will win on parking spaces for sure! Just one question (from a non EV user) - my experience of battery life is that, over time, the efficiency of a battery reduces significantly. Do we know what the life of an EV battery is in terms of its ability to keep its charge and maintain its specified capacity?
Would much rather have a single central seat up front, none of the electronics and no sunroof, to get the price down. These cars only really make sense for getting to work, or the shops, so make them cheap, basic and reliable.
Wait until autumn and winter draw in, the window defrosting and heating will kill the range. Also, why only two seats, why can't they do a three/ four seat small car ( similar to old smart four seater)?
That's a lot more aesthetic in some of its colour options than the AMI in any colour at all. A much more sensible approach to speed and range also. Taking on the Silence S04 in some ways. But I do like how well specified it is inside, the Apple and Google integration, wireless, it exactly the right thing to have delivered. £16k feels expensive, and yes that is a lot of years Commuting to offset. But if it can be used in a wider context that's going to help with the maths of it all. Couple that with an EV tariff, say 5p/kWh and getting about becomes ridiculously cheap. What's the UK Insurance going to be like on one of these?
Try it again with the windows shut and a/c on and see how far you can get. Looks interesting but I'm too old to drive around with the noise from open windows. With a bit higher top speed and a bit more range I would be tempted.
i doubt it is new new, looks more like 24k, and amazing they are still bought with the very bad battery tech, but just goes to show they are still useful.
Yes, as is usual with the Smart form factor, you've committed the grievous sin of comparing it to a 4/5 seater car. You may as well say you can get an e-bike cheaper. And Chademo? But yes, obviously, brand new this is fairly expensive but it's still the best price heavy quadricycle I've yet seen - the Silence 04 is also worth a look if it's in the UK and RHD that is (I'm not sure it's available yet). But no, you can't compare a quadricycle to a car, or a 2 seat car to a 4 seat car, legitimately. I want a Smart length vehicle because they're incredibly easy to park in densely populated cities with on street parking. So second hand, or if I just had spare money, this is superior in every way to the Leaf or the Spring because no-one is forcing me to carry around pointless extra seats or have an extra metre of car (like object) for literally no reason.
Probably won't see it here in north-america (Canada specifically) but I can still enjoy the thought of these nice micro cars. In the meantime, I do still have my 2015 Smart Fortwo Electric with 100km (60 miles) of range and I absolutely adore it as a city car. Same concept, same size, same use.
Thanks. Brilliant, brilliant brilliant little car. A top speed enough for A roads, a half decent range and great styling. Add in the efficiency of up to nine miles per kW, a cracking car. Anyone in London/urban area, unless you need the seats, get out of your seven seat donkey.
I love the video, lots of great information and plenty of useful tips but sometimes all the hand movements can be very distracting and make me feel like I'm getting a safety demonstration from an Air steward, that's the only negative opinion I have
I have a Smart car but will never move to the EV version, for the reason, range of 90 miles. It would work well just driving around town and you have demonstrated that well, for short journeys. If only they could get more range out of these small EV cars would be great, but we have to wait a bit longer for the tech to develop. The only thing I didn't like about the car is all the display is central in the car (which thends to be the fashion now in some EVs). For me, not having your eyes on the road ahead is a bit of a distraction. Love the video, love the review. Small cars are always fun, which is why I will be keeping my Smart Fortwo.
Living in Manchester and having family in Rural Ireland, I sometimes get totally fed up with the lack of public transport options - if I had secure parking, such a car would enable me to use the only viable ferry option from Liverpool to Dublin (rather than having to drive to Holyhead) and in Dublin, I could drive straight off the ferry with my luggage and use the Irish motorway network via the Port Tunnel without having to navigate Dublin’s traffic and drive straight to my home village in Rural Ireland, where the Irish roads get ever smaller once out of Dublin
First impression of the Yo~Yo is its cuteness. I drive a Fiat 500 and love their cuteness and style. My only concern is the yo-yo may not accommodate my walking aids.
👀👀Very interesting to see, why can't Smart do this?! The Heavy Quadricyle market is just too few and far between in Europe, even in France with their 2cyl diesels. Yes the Ami is cute but it's an LVe4 that costs the same as a 50mph Twizy that has been sold 12 years ago. I hope we'll see some real competition from China since they've churned out tonnes.
Could be a nice little in town runaround for a couple of 71 year old OAPs like us. The Tesla model Y is a bit overkill for the weekly shopping trip to Tesco's or the odd trip to visit local friends and relatives. Also a small car like this is going to find in town parking a lot easier. Very useful video, thank you very much.
I do think cars like this or similar are good for your ones to have in their first or second year of driving so they can get use to driving before the buy the big cars.
There's one thing you missed. Parking. Parking costs me about £35 for four hours (that's pretty cheap) just outside Central. You're even more out of cost if you go into Central.
I can see this working out well for an older person who stays in the same village or town and just needs transportation to appointments or groceries. I wouldn't feel safe taking it onto the highway where you're more likely to get into a high-speed collision. It almost looks like a toy car.
Why not dacia spring?
They aren't ncap tested for collision safety. They bypass this as they are classed as quadracycle/alternative (I think its L7 vehicle) so not classed as a car.
Actually statistically you are more prone to having an incident in the regular roads, than the freeway/Highway...Since you're going ONE way on it, opposed to regular roads where there's intersections, in every block.
@megamegaO Those statistics would be with the frequency of strong modern cars that are NCAP collision tested. These quadracycle ev's such as here, usually are weaker. High speed motorway with lorrys, trucks combined with weaker frame and chassis and engine/workings of this ev?
@@A-xo6hl The statistics are generally accidents, so also bikes and heavier vehicles than cars. I don't know why anyone should divide it into categories.
I've been to Rome twice this year and these YoYos are everywhere. There's an app to book them, then they unlock and you just drive to where you need to go.
Yes the future for you when you can't own a car like I've been saying for years Electric Scooters are blue print for cars,
Damn, It's £16,000, thats alot of train tickets!
1500 max.
Has a 90mile ramge
@@MiamiCereal Its rubbish. 16000 for that heap of junk. never. i could get a kids car and fit it with an electric motor and batrery for under 300.
True but in a longer term it'll work out a lot cheaper. Each time you charge at home is lot cheaper than refueling at service stations.
@@t8polestarcyan22 cheaper than 16000? i can buy a diesel car for 1500. my B I L did and still going after 4 years. this plastic toy is rubbish.
1966: oil gone in 10yrs
1967: dire famine forecast by 1975
1968: overpopulation will spread worldwide
1969: everyone will disappear in a cloud of blue steam by 1989
1970: the world will use up all its natural resources by 2000, urban citizens will require gas masks by 1985, nitrogen build-up will make all land unusable, decaying pollution will kill all the fish, killer bees, ice age by 2000 and America will be subject to water rationing by 1974 and food rationing by 1980
1971: new ice age coming by 2020 or 2030
1972: new ice age by 2070 and oil depleted in 20yrs
1974: space satellites show new ice age coming fast, ozone depletion and "Great peril to life"
1976: scientific consensus planet cooling and famines imminent
1977: department of energy says oil will peak in the 90s
1978: no end in sight to 30yr cooling trend
1980: acid rain kills life in lakes and peak oil in 2000
1988: regional droughts in the 90s, temperatures in DC will hit record highs and Maldives will be underwater by 2018
1989: rising sea levels will obliterate nations if nothing is done by 2000 and New York City's West Side Highway will be underwater by 2019
1996: peak oil in 2020
2000: children won't know what snow is
2002: famine in 10yrs if we don't give up eating meat, fish and dairy and peak oil in 2010
2004: Britain will be Siberia by 2024
2005: Manhattan will be underwater by 2015
2006: super hurricanes
2008: the Arctic will be ice free by 2018 and Climate Genius Al Gore predicts an ice free Arctic by 2013
2009: Climate Genius Prince Charles says we have 96 months to save the world, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown says we have 50 days to "save the planet from catastrophe" and Climate Genius Al Gore moves his 2013 prediction of an ice free Arctic to 2014
2013: the Arctic will be ice free by 2015
2014: only 500 days before "Climate chaos"
2018 A top climate scientist is warning that climate change will wipe out all of humanity unless we stop using fossil fuels by 2023...Greta Doomberg.
2019: Hey Greta, we need you to convince them it's really going to happen this time
2020 Greta Thunderberg global warming will cause temperatues to rise to 80 degrees celsius and drown 80% of the population.
2024 Greta still alive.
2024 WEF
I'm no fan of EV's (or SUV's), but in my opinion, this is where EV's shine. Small car, small battery, lightweight, fast-ish to charge, easy to park and with modest price (for an EV). As a city runaround, it makes a lot of sense and has a fun element. With EV's now so big, heavy and expensive and 100kWh batteries becoming the norm, the YoYo just sticks two fingers up to all that. Nice review too.
Well, yes, but no!. From an engineering perspective small cars are much more difficult to design ,especially to meet legislation, customer expectation and value. Larger cars are easier to design. The fixed costs of design, purchasing, manufacturing, transport, sale etc are almost the same for a Polo as they are for saya Q7. Emission and driver aid tech apply to all. And manufacturers are primarily focused on profit before all else.
@@karmanline2005 A big car has largely the same stuff in it as a small one they just move the corners further apart with a bit more cheap steel and double the price.
Why arent you a fan
@@philspencelayh5464i think he means safety regulations. Crumple zone and so on. The smaller the car, the less room there is for that stuff.
Only save when every1 drives same small Car, you get hit by on of those Houses on Wheels(idiotic suv s) and you are done for......
I saw a few of these back in February when I was in Shanghai. I thought they looked awesome. My only problem is the price. Something like this needs to be around 10K or less.
It probably is less than 10K, but then the UK government steps in to protect the UK economy, and Whacks on the extra 6K in import tax, VAT, registration cost and whatever else they can think of. And to be fair, whether or not you agree, there is a point to be made for that… if only European car makers could be bothered to make a car that cheap, the car market would become a whole different ball game altogether.
@@kazhilly But most here would never buy a British car even if they could find one. The import tax and the ability to TAX another country's BETTER products will always be annoying.
@@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968 the reason america banning chinese cars.
@@kazhilly Maybe this new government (I'm not a fan of them by any means) will do something to help the take-up of EVs like this.
The no frills Dogood Zero micro EV is on sale in the UK for £6K!
Just back this evening from Rome. Saw loads of these, tripping over them! They are absolutely wonderful: they’re surviving the Rome traffic very well…. and they look brilliant, very stylish.
A very significant micro car.
Great review too.
I like the video presentation but £15,990 on the road according to the UK web site means it's certainly for a niche market just as the Smart car was..
Yep. The Dacia Spring for less money would be the small EV I'd buy.
I worked out that in over forty years of driving the purchase cost of all vehicles was around £10,000, and still drivng two, now worth over £3000.
And it’s DEFINITELY not going to work out cheaper than a train at that price!
My concern is in a collision, when the people inside the car become micro people.
😂😂😂
Becomes an eco-coffin for you and your funko-pops.
@@SuperM00b😂
Fact check! People inside become "pieces of people".
better than a motorbike
I'm soooooo happy for you Tish, for having a sponsor for your video! Congratulations and long may it continue!!!
£6k yes, £16k, nope !. I don't see why it has to almost triple in price because its being sold in Europe rather than in China. I was wondering about the range anx as you had already driven from London to home but the A12 bit makes that more understandable. Love this little car but there's so much lower end choice now, with loads more just about to come that I feels its missed the emerging market by a few years, pity about the price would be great to stick the kids in as a first car, a lot safer than a motorbike !
Everything in China is 3 to 5 x cheaper .. buy one there & drive it home, great video opp.
The Fuck its 16k? what?
Blame that on your Country's import tax. Not their fault for your country preventing massive flood of inexpensive cars from China and killing domestic cars industry.
Solution: have Chinese cars assembled locally just like Japanese cars did (or do).
Many electric bicycles are £6k, not even electric motorcycles. You can't expect any new car for £6k🤣🤣🤣
I like the battery swap idea alot.
Always wondered why this is not in every EV and change the battery at any station while they load batteries.
Like the do in the far east....
Because the process is mechanically complex and has a non insignificant risk due to high amount voltages involved, and not to speak of the cost involved in moving very heavy batteries around. There is a reason that even in China, where the swap stations are heavily subsidized, the stations that survive are mostly for smaller cars and vehicles. Arguably, this is a good thing because even in the UK the cars are far bigger than people actually use them for, and encouraging people to go for the smaller car and only rent bigger ones when they need them will benefit literally everyone except the SUV makers, but it's still not trivial sadly.
This would have been great 5 years ago. The price is it's downfall, now the Dacia Spring is on the market this is a novelty item.
That's yet another small SUV to add the the pile though.
@@jackhemsworth7515if you call the original fiat panda a small suv then you can call the Spring a small suv
They sell them in the Philippines super, super cheap.
A most interesting EV. Great review, I like the comparison with train fares. I would like to know what safety equipment it has as standard. The XEV web site shows the YoYo with removable battery packs, so in theory the driver could simply swap battery packs to get the full driving range. No waiting for recharging.
Ill love to see more small cars like this
They are so cute.
😂😂😂 good sheep, you'll own nothing
The Ami can be driven on a AM scooter licence, this requires a full B licence, so might as well get the Dacia.
Reminds me of a small smart car lol ideal for a young uni student for the city driving
Or a old lady with a small dog x
Not at York Uni. They have 22500 students but no chargers (a handful of slow ones for staff only). York itself is a charger desert as well. Living in York with home charging would be great though.
So this is for people who don't want to carry anything bigger than a handbag and a couple of ready meals, don't have a family to carry anywhere, don't travel more than 10 miles from home, don't want to travel on motorways, dual carriageways or A roads and don't want to charge in public ...presumably because they have another car that does all of that. Even for a dedicated city car, it's a bit niche isn't it? It's basically a luxury disability scooter for the elderly widow.
I like the idea of a small city car, but it does need to be able to carry 4 people in a squeeze, it needs to be able to carry 6 bags of shopping, it needs to do the national speed limit in comfort and it needs to be able to travel at least 100 miles ...at night with the lights on and with wipers and heater actually running.
Then you want a small car like the Spring, not a micro car.
@@adrianthoroughgood1191 You're making the argument about labels. The Fiat 500e is a small city car that ticks all the boxes. If you go much smaller/paired back than that, then there are so many compromises involved, it begs the question; why?
@@Martyntd5 the Fiat 500e fits 4 exceptionally small people. Not adults. Be realistic. And this is a quadricycle, so perhaps you should expect quadricycle things from it. I don't know why you can't take it on a dual carriageway, or A road. It's legal. The only reason I can think of is that you're an abject coward and terrified of small vehicles?
The handbag and a couple of read meals comment is exceptionally ludicrous, just like most of what you said. Clearly you could fit the weekly shop in there. And as for the number of seats, it's got two. Which is the exact number of people found in the overwhelming majority of car trips in the UK and most countries. It's usually one, or two. Rarely is it more. So yes, there's an enormous market for small vehicles that don't fall over, unlike mopeds and motorbikes, and have a roof, and only two seats.
Saying it hasn't got enough seats is like saying you think a yacht is rubbish because it doesn't fly.
You can't travel more than ten miles from home in it? Well, I suppose you might not be able to do so, because presumably you plan to crash it if it gets to 11 since the range clearly permits you to go a good seventy miles if it's somewhat overestimated as those claims are on most EVs and indeed, petrol vehicles. I could get to London from here, and so could most of the country's population. And if I've gone as far as 60+ miles, it's not likely to be for less than four hours.
The reason you want this vehicle over a Fiat 500e is that it's about 1,100 mm shorter. I don't know if you ever drove a Smart car but the parking was amazing and no, you can't park them nose on. But for on street parking, they're fantastic. In a car park, they have an amazing turning circle, and the visibility is insane. I don't know what the turning circle is on this but it's probably similar.
You may not be the target market but there is one, and it's absolutely enormous in case you hadn't realised how popular Smart car clones are worldwide and how much more rational everyone else is about driving than you apparently are.
@Martyntd, and do all this in mid-winter!
Back in 1970's, British Leyland gave us the Austin Allegro - with a "quartic" steering wheel. It was universally panned and ridiculed.
Now, we have a Yo-yo with the same "quartic" wheel. Maybe the Allegro wasn't ridiculous, but just 50yrs ahead of its time...
@@mikethecabbie8476 I had two Allegros, you didn't even notice the different shape after the first few minutes and it did give more clearance under the wheel for those of us with long legs.
First time viewing the channel. Extremely impressed with the camera work and your reporting, well done, congratulations on a professional channel!
Strangly the YoYo is offered at £8,600 if you Google it... But at £16,000 it is destroyed by the Dacia Spring. Not to mention that insurance for the YoYo might be a nightmare as it is an unknown. Where as insurance for the Dacia will be easy to get.
Interesting point Mike. Thank you for sharing
Tish I really don't care what vehicle is being reviewed, as long as you're reviewing it! You're simply the best! Every video you release is a treat! It's you that's turning heads whilst driving cars!
Ooh Stalker 😂
😊 must be some ups and downs with a yo yo ?
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HA!!!!
Yes might be cheaper than taking the train in London but were would you park it once you got to your destination?
Some people get parking spaces at the office even in central London. I was able to do this as out team had a couple of allocated spaces. For that journey I would want the Dacia Spring.
Not cheap enough for what it is. It needs to be well under £10k.
When other cars like this have been reviewed in China they are just a few thousand.
Might be interesting to see where the money is going and yes there are extra costs/taxes in the UK. And let's not forget the looming road tax next year. This will be the same as much larger cars.
I've owned a Smart and room wise it looks very much the same.
I was hoping an influx of cheap Chinese microcars would fill the gap but at that price I don't think they will sell.
I think they will sell because it sounds better than the outgoing Smart ForTwo to be honest. Just because of the up to date tech. Yes, the speed is not as good, and I'd absolutely prefer a full car, but it still has a place. I do think it's a bit expensive, but, it's vastly cheaper to run than a petrol Smart and there's none of that dodgy Mercedes engineering I had to put up with on my Smart. Even the engine compartment was held down with a weird screw that basically didn't work, instead of literally thousands of reliable fastenings they could have used and would have been cheaper. Because they're a total joke of a company and always have been. It was the Swatch folks that got it built, Mercedes stuffed it up and couldn't make it properly.
But I still loved the thing. I'd love one of these.... but yes, the price is high, and my Smart was extremely expensive at the time as well compared to a Fiesta or similar. On the second hand market though? I really want to see what these come in at. And perhaps the price will drop in the future for the new ones.
Honestly, if it gets you a Smart sized car like object (this is not a car, it's a quadricycle and that's important) you gain all the advantages of the small size and not having two extra seats you never use so it's worth a premium. But I'd probably suggest a second hand electric Smart for now unless you are loaded, despite Mercedes inability to make as good an EV as they made in Asia at the same size... (because they're hacks)
The Mini costs about £25,000 now.
I like it.
If we needed a second car, its worth considering.
As you say, the Dacia Spring is the problem for this car
Paint it red and yellow and Noddy will love it
Everybody loves Noddy
@@toyotaprius79 Yes, classic NODDY car..🚙
Words fail me for once!
Do t be a pleb RANGE ROVER driver with a ‘cherished reg’
Way too expensive for what it is. Much rather have a Dacia spring.
in your google map settings you can set your route, or select avoid highways, or select faster OR shorter trip.
What a cracking and refreshing review to watch. As a Smart car owner/lover, this EV really appeals to me - and I'm one for sitting in the micro/city car camp. Would be amazing to see more of cars like this make a return, instead of the oversized tank EV's that choke up our roads at the moment.
Love it for what it is. But the price is crazy for what you get - will be a good 2nd hand buy at 3 years old for about £5/£6k based on what most EVs depreciate at.
Great video - Tx.
This attractive little car Reminds me of our wonderful SMART ForTwo EQ. It’s a perfect city / second car. Gets lots of food shopping in for two. Has heated seats and steering, LED headlights plus cruise control. Stated range is 84 but I routinely get 115 in summer dropping to 70 in winter. Charges at 7 and 21 kW/h. Sadly not now being made and has been hugely underrated.
"What is there not to love?"
Literally everything you just mentioned in the previous sentence! Plus no room for ANYTHING!
Loved the design it's so futuristic 😊
I'm in love with this ev! I don't really like small cars but this thing is soo cute and cool at the same time.
I love it! Perfect little run around errand car. Love this particular colour combination as well.
Glad you like it!
It’s cool - apart from the REALY NASTY plastic along the doors. As a second car or city run about its pretty spot on. As others say the price is a bit high. You can pick up a very low mileage electric Smart forfour for under £10k.
Try Waze for your navigation with car play. You get various notifications for traffic jams, broken down vehicles etc
Theres a fairground near me where you can buy a electric car cheap. Comes with a long pole sticking up on the backto charge as you go
Love it! So cute. And logical - we need more of these vs single drivers in Sherman tanks, choking our local British roads. That said, this car or rather this vid, really makes a compelling argument to get the Spring instead as a truly useful short-mid range ev run around.
Omg its so cute. I absolutely love it. My mom had a white Smart car back in the 2010s and it was genuinely so much fun to drive. It honestly didn't feel that small when you were inside it
Yes I completely agree, this has the same charm!
The Smart was very safe in a crash. Though have one at 70 and you are just dead pretty well no matter what you drive. Your internal organs rip themselves apart. Well the blood vessels rip off them
Between this and the Cybertruck, I feel like the 21st century cars of the 1980s SciFi movies are becoming real.
This would be a great car to drive locally for quick buys at the local supermarkets. Also, for dropping and picking the kids up from school.
Kid up from school. Only 2 seats. Great as a local run around though.
I saw one of these when I was in Rome last week and had no idea what it was, now I know so thank you.
I love the styling of this car, especially the mint colour. Price is too much for this, but if they can rent me the batteries to keep the car in step with battery technology and to prevent fast depreciation, it would be worth it.
I wrote to the company a few years ago asking if they planned on bringing this to the UK, and they said "No".
So I ended up buying an electric Smart Car instead. >.>
At that price, isn't the c3 its biggest competitor?
Got any air bags? Has it been collision tested ? Wonder what would happen if hit by BMW, Merc, Volvo et al 🤷🏼♂️☹️
Watch some cartoons, get some ideas. :)
Not really my cup of tea, but I love watching your videos, Trish. Great content and very well presented. Thanks :)
90% of cars in London never leave London. In my opinion, this is the way to go. EV's like this are a good solution for city transport.
Humm....Battery disposal will be an issue. Not so green when you do the research.
@@katcankan7129 You mean like fossil fuel combustion engines?
@@stewartmackay Iron is always in demand. Aluminum too.
07:18, they should have solar panels on the roof you can see here. Imo. Laurie NZ. 😊
My one complaint about this video is your review of the boot, The box was unreliable,
How many bags of weekly shopping will fit in the boot?
There's an even better alternative, it's called the Austin Mini Cooper 1275 and has a proper petrol engine
Too right
Where's the cd player? Physical playback media is needed to stop manufacturers slapping tons of subscription fees into car functions.
Same place it was in most cars in the early 90s. In the unit you buy for your car, after market. Seriously, how many people use CDs anymore? It's got Android Auto.
Is this some kind of weird joke I'm not understanding? You can just make digital copies of physical media and avoid paying for any subscription. I can't think of any person that would need a cd player in their car
This is a great sales pitch for an ICE Smart Fortwo or Toyota IQ, if you're only going to own one vehicle it might as well be able to do the weekend trips too. But as a second vehicle for a daily commuter, you drive the ICE or long range EV and your spouse drives this, then take the ICE/hybrid on weekend roadtrips then its a great option.
James May:
"GOOD NEWS! The Dac- "
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It’s a Smart look-alike really. The central dash is an odd thing meaning the driver has to look away from the road which seems wrong. This, I presume, is to make manufacturing cheaper. But for city or small excursions it’s pretty impressive.
A1 for your enthusiasm ... a great runabout .. cheaper and far better equipped than those noisy two cylinder diesel powered two seaters which just about manage 35mph. ear defenders are also a must .
That front wiper needs a rethink. It doesn't clean enough of the windscreen...
Thanks for the review and I also love the comparison of the Train Adventure cost... a lovely "underline" IMO. Quirky & Fun, yes indeed but like all things, subjective to the individual but that's OK too.
You did mention Heating & AC but not about what it's consumption is and if it is a Heat Pump (more efficient) or not. That can be a range killer and an important detail I think.
The price ? at 16K Pounds I think it's too steep for what this is. Had they doubled the battery then fine. To me, this would be better placed in the 10K-13K range.
Given the above, I could see this "grow" into a 4 seat model with larger battery & more cargo area (including fold down rear seat) and make for quite a suitable daily duty runabout.
Nice video. I want to say I am thankful there are other colours available. One thing is for certain, this car is not for long trips. It's perfect though for going around town. Cargo space is good enough for groceries. Considering that most trips on the road are done by one car one person that is again the perfect vehicle. I would have liked to hear something about passenger safety in a collision. The price is a sore point though.
Love the car, but for the money and the boot space , it's the spring all the way.
This car is just so cute🥺. I would love to have a keychain or a statuette that looks like it.
Something I never understand with electric cars: why don't the manufacturers integrate solar panels/receptors in the roof panels & such ? Or use a type of dynamo powered by the wheels' movements to charge the car while it's moving ?! Seems like base logic to me...
Of course, I'm no engineer, nor do I even have a driving license, so what do I know, really ! 😅
But still... Can anyone explain ?.. 🤔
What's not to love? The price!
Thanks for an interesting review. The YoYo looks fun, and practical. Unlike the cheaper larger Dacia, this will win on parking spaces for sure! Just one question (from a non EV user) - my experience of battery life is that, over time, the efficiency of a battery reduces significantly. Do we know what the life of an EV battery is in terms of its ability to keep its charge and maintain its specified capacity?
Generally much more than the life of the car.
It's a bit pricey for us in Nigeria, but i love it.
Would much rather have a single central seat up front, none of the electronics and no sunroof, to get the price down.
These cars only really make sense for getting to work, or the shops, so make them cheap, basic and reliable.
Wait until autumn and winter draw in, the window defrosting and heating will kill the range. Also, why only two seats, why can't they do a three/ four seat small car ( similar to old smart four seater)?
Totally impressed with YoYo MiniCar 😎
That's a lot more aesthetic in some of its colour options than the AMI in any colour at all. A much more sensible approach to speed and range also. Taking on the Silence S04 in some ways. But I do like how well specified it is inside, the Apple and Google integration, wireless, it exactly the right thing to have delivered.
£16k feels expensive, and yes that is a lot of years Commuting to offset. But if it can be used in a wider context that's going to help with the maths of it all. Couple that with an EV tariff, say 5p/kWh and getting about becomes ridiculously cheap.
What's the UK Insurance going to be like on one of these?
Try it again with the windows shut and a/c on and see how far you can get. Looks interesting but I'm too old to drive around with the noise from open windows. With a bit higher top speed and a bit more range I would be tempted.
A New Nissan Leaf is now £16K ( autotrader ) and a CHAdeMO- CCS adapter £735 . More space, range, proven reliability and Motorway speed capability.
i doubt it is new new, looks more like 24k, and amazing they are still bought with the very bad battery tech, but just goes to show they are still useful.
Yes, as is usual with the Smart form factor, you've committed the grievous sin of comparing it to a 4/5 seater car. You may as well say you can get an e-bike cheaper. And Chademo? But yes, obviously, brand new this is fairly expensive but it's still the best price heavy quadricycle I've yet seen - the Silence 04 is also worth a look if it's in the UK and RHD that is (I'm not sure it's available yet). But no, you can't compare a quadricycle to a car, or a 2 seat car to a 4 seat car, legitimately. I want a Smart length vehicle because they're incredibly easy to park in densely populated cities with on street parking. So second hand, or if I just had spare money, this is superior in every way to the Leaf or the Spring because no-one is forcing me to carry around pointless extra seats or have an extra metre of car (like object) for literally no reason.
Probably won't see it here in north-america (Canada specifically) but I can still enjoy the thought of these nice micro cars. In the meantime, I do still have my 2015 Smart Fortwo Electric with 100km (60 miles) of range and I absolutely adore it as a city car. Same concept, same size, same use.
Thanks.
Brilliant, brilliant brilliant little car. A top speed enough for A roads, a half decent range and great styling. Add in the efficiency of up to nine miles per kW, a cracking car. Anyone in London/urban area, unless you need the seats, get out of your seven seat donkey.
Agree.
(9 miles /kWh not kW)
So it’s pretty much a golf cart but enclosed
The XEV featured at the beginning of this video is a sweet, little car.
Luv it.😀 Great video it has cheered me up looking at this,
Does it have holes in the floor so you can use your feet to drive it just like a toddler?😀😂😁
I'm really impressed by the 2 bucket seats.
It's like a little flying sprout! Great review, as always!
I love the video, lots of great information and plenty of useful tips but sometimes all the hand movements can be very distracting and make me feel like I'm getting a safety demonstration from an Air steward, that's the only negative opinion I have
This is cool, suvs also cool, trucks , bikes , e-bikes , ufos also cool😂
Excellent review! Thank you.
On road 2 seater city or urban golf kart that can't get too a reasonable 60 mph , ps didn't see luggage or shopping volume ?
Does anyone remember the bubble car?.when I was a kid..all i ever wanted when I grew up.this is poking my memory.💙uk
I have a Smart car but will never move to the EV version, for the reason, range of 90 miles. It would work well just driving around town and you have demonstrated that well, for short journeys. If only they could get more range out of these small EV cars would be great, but we have to wait a bit longer for the tech to develop. The only thing I didn't like about the car is all the display is central in the car (which thends to be the fashion now in some EVs). For me, not having your eyes on the road ahead is a bit of a distraction. Love the video, love the review. Small cars are always fun, which is why I will be keeping my Smart Fortwo.
Living in Manchester and having family in Rural Ireland, I sometimes get totally fed up with the lack of public transport options - if I had secure parking, such a car would enable me to use the only viable ferry option from Liverpool to Dublin (rather than having to drive to Holyhead) and in Dublin, I could drive straight off the ferry with my luggage and use the Irish motorway network via the Port Tunnel without having to navigate Dublin’s traffic and drive straight to my home village in Rural Ireland, where the Irish roads get ever smaller once out of Dublin
First impression of the Yo~Yo is its cuteness. I drive a Fiat 500 and love their cuteness and style. My only concern is the yo-yo may not accommodate my walking aids.
😂😂 good little sheep
👀👀Very interesting to see, why can't Smart do this?!
The Heavy Quadricyle market is just too few and far between in Europe, even in France with their 2cyl diesels. Yes the Ami is cute but it's an LVe4 that costs the same as a 50mph Twizy that has been sold 12 years ago. I hope we'll see some real competition from China since they've churned out tonnes.
Would be nice if the Yo-yo had fast charging like 6.6kWh. The battery voltage probably is too all for DC Rapid.
I drive a Chevy Sonic Hatchback and love it however they recently stopped making them, saying that customers didn't want small cars anymore.
I have a little Chevy volt. I worry about the wind sometimes. I wonder how the super small cars hold up to wind?
Could be a nice little in town runaround for a couple of 71 year old OAPs like us. The Tesla model Y is a bit overkill for the weekly shopping trip to Tesco's or the odd trip to visit local friends and relatives. Also a small car like this is going to find in town parking a lot easier. Very useful video, thank you very much.
A lady from church drives a first gen Hyundai Kona EV. I'm sure that would have been a better choice for you.
90 miles is not long enough to visit my relatives and friends and I don't have time wait around a few hours for it to charge.
Then don't buy it. It is a local runaround.
What your forgetting, you will have to charge in central London to get back. I'm sure that would cost £30+😂
I do think cars like this or similar are good for your ones to have in their first or second year of driving so they can get use to driving before the buy the big cars.
Exactly what I'm looking for . Perfect for my needs as a 79yrs old . Shopping & short city drives , but HEAVY on the price ! 😩
Does that one glow in the dark?
There's one thing you missed. Parking. Parking costs me about £35 for four hours (that's pretty cheap) just outside Central.
You're even more out of cost if you go into Central.
This is a great video. A very pretty girl in a very pretty little car. What could be better? Well, me as the passenger! 😊
Nearly 16k? It’s only half a car I can’t see why sure it is nice but might make sense on a lease option