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Automotive parts firm unveils £6600 electric city car concept Jan 8th 2018, 21:27 Valeo has developed a low-voltage city car it believes could be sold for around £6600 French supplier Valeo develops two-seater with 48V electric engine to show potential of tech for city cars French automotive parts firm Valeo has unveiled a low-voltage electric city car concept that it believes could be sold for as little as £6600. The two-seater, developed with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, is loosely based on a Chinese-built Zhidou city car, with all internal components bar the battery produced by Valeo. The machine is powered by a low-voltage 48V motor, making it around 20 per cent more economical than the high-voltage motors of around 400V currently used in electric cars. Because the 48V motor doesn't require all the safety systems of a high-voltage system, it is also cheaper to produce. More automotive news from CES 2018 It has been designed to offer a 62-mile range, with a top speed of 62mph, which Valeo says meets the need of 80 per cent of city-based commutes. The concept, which is being demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is designed for the fast-growing market for small, low-speed city cars for use in cities. Valeo CEO Jacques Aschenbroich said: "There is already a big market for low-speed vehicles in China, where more than a million such cars are on the road, and these cars are growing in popularity in Europe. This is a market that could explode around the world." Despite producing the concept, Valeo has no intention of becoming a car manufacturer – it is designed to showcase technology to sell to car firms. Aschenbroich added: "Producing cars is not our business. I don't think we'd be able to do it, and we don't want to do it." Valeo currently develops a range of autonomous, connected and eletric systems, including the SCALA LiDar laser scanner system, used as part of autonomous systems on the new Audi A8. Read more More automotive news from CES 2018 Toyota presents e-Palette autonomous concept at CES Chris Bangle-designed Redspace Chinese city car revealed Audi A8 review

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