Bee-Bee XS
If you haven’t heard about Bee-Bee
Automotive until now, don’t worry because you’re not the only one. The small
French car manufacturer started business back in 2013 as a start-up project
looking for investors, and it’s the result of a joint venture between the
automotive supplier VT2I and the niche vehicle manufacturer Beta Epsilon.
Now, it appears that the company managed
to be present at one of the most important Motor Shows of the year with its
first product: the XS.
According to its creators, the XS it’s a
leisure-oriented simple little, lightweight cabriolet. It weighs only 660
kilograms, has four doors, four seats, completely washable interior
and it features a simple digital display. In other words, the XS is a modern,
electric Citroen Mehari.
The automobile comes with a mid-mounted
10 kW electric motor (20 kW during acceleration peaks), while the lithium-ion
batteries that powers it can be commissioned in in two power levels, 7.2 kWh
and 9.6 kWh. Based on these powertrains, the car can achieve a maximum top
speed of 50 km/h and 90 km/h, respectively, while getting up to 100 km of range.
Interested? Well, you can order one for US$ 30,000.
