A micro EV crossover that’s possible headed our method.
Displayed this week on the 2024 CES present, is the VF3, a tiny electrical SUV from Vietnamese carmaker VinFast. Already on sale within the maker’s dwelling nation, VinFast is asking this exhibiting the VF3’s world launch, and guarantees that reservation taking for the little truck can be start someday in 2024.
VinFast VF3
At solely 125 inches in size, the VF3 is totally ten inches shorter than the Fiat 500, and like the five hundred, options solely two doorways. VinFast describes the VF3 as, “A inexperienced mobility answer for everybody,” however provides that the miniature crossover is designed to, “…accommodate the each day lives of metropolis dwellers.”
The inside is described by the maker as minimalist, although “sensible” four-seat lodging are promised. VinFast has shared little concerning the VF3’s technical specs, save for its anticipated vary of 125 miles.
VinFast describes the VF3 as a mini eSUV, and notes that the automobile seen right here rides on 16-inch wheels. The corporate additionally notes that the trucklet options, “ample floor clearance.”
Assuming the automobiles is exported to the U.S.—the maker by no means particularly stated it might be—it might be a part of the model’s slow-selling VF8 and VF9 crossover in VinFast shops.
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CG Says:
We’re somewhat confused by the VF3’s mission. It’s sensible, however has solely two doorways, it’s for metropolis dwellers, but it surely has ample floor clearance, and it’s for everybody, however can be able to travelling solely 125 miles on a single cost. Individuals haven’t taken to short-range EVs, a lesson Mazda discovered with the short-lived CX-30. Nonetheless, the VF3 is cute, which might assist generate just a few gross sales.
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