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$7,000 Single-Seat Electric Car Is a Big Hit in Japan

KG Motors CEO Kazunari Kusunoki with the mibot.Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg
By Nicholas Takahashi
May 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM GMT+8
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In the rural suburbs of Hiroshima, a Japanese startup is trying to kick start the nation’s electric vehicle market with the smallest, cheapest car it can possibly make.KG Motors has developed a battery-powered one-seater that more resembles a futuristic golf cart than it does a modern EV, much less a traditional car. And yet well over half of the 3,300 units it plans to deliver by March 2027 have already been pre-sold to customers.
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