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From the same studio that penned breathtaking Aston Martins and Alfa Romeos came this boxy electric microcar that appears to have been designed with a ruler and nothing else. This quirky creation, powered by four 12-volt batteries, offered three variants with increasing power outputs (though “power” might be a generous term here).
The fiberglass-bodied Zele borrowed parts from Fiat and could travel about 50 miles before needing a recharge – assuming you could handle being seen in it that long. With only a few hundred ever made, this one-owner example proves that even prestigious design houses occasionally create something that makes people ask “…but why?” It’s either an important piece of early EV history or evidence that the 1970s energy crisis led to some truly desperate solutions.
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