New Swedish Electric City Car to Challenge the Global Automotive Industry

A global team in Sweden is planning on launching a unique electric city car — the Uniti.

“It is time for a more futuristic and less destructive driving experience,” says Uniti co-founder Lewis Horne, arguing that current design norms are outdated and excessively ‘plastic’.

As the company noted, “Recent events in the automotive industry highlight the need for more openness, transparency and trust, which is why the team has opted to make the design and development process open and patent-free from the beginning.”

They hope this will encourage additional market entrants, to accelerate the emergence of more sustainable vehicles.  An intensive study is underway at Lund University to determine the most efficient vehicle configuration, production methods and materials. This in-depth analysis is intended to challenge all assumptions currently restricting city mobility.

The prototype under development at Lund University’s ‘ProLab’ is a 15kW electric city car designed for high performance in an urban environment, that is vastly more sustainable not just in terms of energy source, but also of the product itself throughout its life cycle.

Uniti will be a two seater vehicle, with one seat behind the other, and a spacious interior with a distinctly ‘sci-fi’ feeling. The materials used, such as hemp and flax fibre biocomposites, will maintain a premium feeling with an organic nature.

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