Mondial of the 2022 Auto: XEV Yoyo or the micro-target electric printed in 3D

The XEV Yoyo is therefore 100 % electric and would be particularly economical with standardized consumption announced at 7.4 kWh/100 km. What allow it to travel up to 150 km in urban driving while being able to reach a maximum speed of 80 km/h. Currently, there is no quick recharge and it takes 4 hours to recharge the battery completely.

XEV Yoyo (2022): This small electric car can be driven from 16 years old, here is its price and its autonomy

The Yoyo could become fashionable again, thanks to the XEV manufacturer. This Italian company markets Yoyo, a 100% electric city car which, in France, enters the category of heavy quadricycles. The XEV Yoyo can therefore be driven from 16 years old. Autonomy, power, equipment, prices … We tell you everything about this XEV Yoyo, present at the Mondial de l’Auto 2022.

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The market for small city cars is clearly not in very good shape, and yet some manufacturers still launch models of this type. This is the case of the Italian XEV start-up, which reveals the XEV Yoyo, an electric city car, some of which are downright printed in 3D in order to reduce costs and emissions related to its production.

2.53 meters long and 1.5 meters wide and 1.56 meters high, the XEV Yoyo can sneak everywhere in town. Its wheelbase is set at 1.68 meters, and its ground clearance at 15 centimeters. The small Turin car is a featherweight, with a weight without battery fixed at 450 kilos. This battery is quite small, with a capacity of 10.3 kWh.

Between 100 and 150 kilometers of autonomy

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According to manufacturer data, the XEV Yoyo can travel up to 150 kilometers in town thanks to its Eco mode. On the road, the autonomy is between 100 and 120 kilometers. The city car has a 15 kW engine, or about 20 horses. Its maximum speed is set at 90 km/h, or even 75 km/h once the Eco mode activated. The transmission is done only at the rear wheels.

Of the exchange of batteries offered to pros

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To be recharged, the XEV Yoyo comes with a cable for domestic socket, or even with an optional type 2 cable. The charging time is estimated within four hours. The version reserved for professionals put on a battery exchange technology. The car battery is indeed divided into three “secure” removable blocks, which can be easily extracted.

A small, rather well equipped city car

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On the equipment side, the XEV Yoyo has LED lights, a 7 -inch screen with integrated Bluetooth, air conditioning, a panoramic roof, adjustable seats, electric windows and feeders, disc brakes, USB sockets and even ABS. A premium version exists with a 10 -inch touch screen on board, but also with 15 -inch alloy rims.

Thanks to the bonus, it costs less than € 15,000

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Marketed as a heavy quadricycle, the XEV Yoyo can be conducted from the age of 16 in France with the B1 license. It can therefore completely suit a teenager. The price of this electric city car is set at € 15,890. It is possible to deduce from this price an ecological bonus of € 900 in order to obtain the Yoyo for 14,990 €. The small car is exhibited at the Auto World Cup, in Paris, from October 17 to 23, 2022. Note that fifty copies of the Yoyo are deployed in Nice, in self -sharing, via the company Shaary.

3 questions about the XEV Yoyo

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What is its autonomy ?

According to the Italian XEV manufacturer, the small yoyo can travel up to 150 kilometers in a single load and Eco mode, with its 10.3 kWh battery. This autonomy is given for urban circulation. Outside the city, it is rather necessary to count on autonomy between 100 and 120 kilometers. The distance remains more than enough for a teenager who would use the Yoyo to go and return from the school, for example. It is in any case difficult to take the road over long distances with the Yoyo, since with its 20 horses, it is limited to 90 km/h. See 75 km/h when the Eco mode is activated.

From what age can we drive the electric quadricycle ?

You have to be at least 16 years old to have the right to drive the XEV Yoyo. This heavy quadricycle – it weighs 450 kilos excluding batteries – is however reserved for holders of the B1 license. Obtaining this permit requires a small training.

What is its price in France ?

The basic price of the XEV Yoyo is set at € 15,890. Thanks to its zero emission electric motorization, the small city car has an ecological bonus of the State, the amount of which reaches € 900. This allows you to reduce the price of the XEV Yoyo to € 14,990. Note that a premium version exists, it adds a 10 -inch touch screen to the basic equipment as well as 15 -inch alloy rims.

Mondial of the 2022 Auto: XEV Yoyo or the micro-target electric printed in 3D

Electric microphone, the XEV Yoyo is well left to become the new darling of cities thanks to its design, its colors and accessibility from 16 years old. But the major asset is its removable battery system.

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Described as cheesy and yogurt pots, micro-city-proofs, whether electric or not, with or without a license, are present in force on the 2022 Automobile World Cup. This return in grace, we owe it above all to the Citroën Friend, the urban electric micro-city city whose success-in school lessons-even surprised the brand with double chevron.

Result, alongside classical manufacturers such as Renault, Dacia, Alpine, Peugeot, DS Automobiles, there are a few dozen actors like XEV, Microlino, Aixam, Next.e.Go Mobile SE, City Transform, Weez, Kilow, Mobilize or Silence.

Among this inventory, a manufacturer caught our attention, it is XEV, an Italian start-up founded in 2018, in Turin, Italy in Italy. Barely created, the company has launched a crowdfunding campaign on the manufacture of an electric mini-car, some parts from a 3D printer. This will be baptized Yoyo and boxing in the L7E category. This corresponds to a “Four wheeled motor vehicle whose maximum net power of the engine is less than or equal to 15 kilowatts, the empty weight [Excess] not 400 kg when it comes to transporting people“”. This kind of category requires a B or B1 permit (from 16 years old).

A first version of the Yoyo was offered in spring 2018, before being officially presented at the IAA Mobility show in Munich in September 2021.

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Looking like a smart but with a more contemporary design, the Yoyo (525 kg of which 75 kg of batteries) displays Lilliputian measurements (2.53 m long, 1.50 m wide and 1.56 m high) allowing ‘Welcome to two people as well as two suitcases in the 180 -liter tailgate chest.

Although qualified as micro-city, the Yoyo does not ignore the interior equipment. Thus, air conditioning/heating, electric windows, keywords, electric mirrors, ABS, an anti-UV panoramic roof, adjustable seats, Bluetooth speakers, a non-tactile seats of 7 inches screen are thus integrated. (diagonal of 17.78 cm) and three USB sockets. Note that the Premium version offers a 10 -inch connected touch screen (25.4 cm diagonal) and 15 -inch rims.

Autonomy of 150 km and removable battery packs

Only proposed in electric, the yoyo is driven by an electric motor (permanent magnet synchronous) positioned on the rear axle. It develops a power of 7.5 kW (10 hp) with a peak power of 15 kW (20 hp). The Italian has two driving modes (Eco and Sport) offering peak speeds of 75 or 90 km/h respectively. She is able to climb slopes of 25 %.

Said engine is powered by a LifePo4 (lithium-fer-phosphate) battery-air cooled-with a capacity of 10.4 kWh (86 V). The announced autonomy is 150 kilometers. The Yoyo can recharge via a domestic outlet or using a type 2 socket (optional). It will take 4 hours to go from 30 to 100 %.

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Intended for urban use, it was inconceivable for XEV to immobilize, for 4 hours, the yoyo. Hence the idea of ​​a removable exchangeable battery (so -called technology “swapping” in English). Concretely, it is a question of making an exchange of batteries (25 kg each) when they are discharged. This battery exchange system already exists in France with Zeway, which offers a range of three electric scooters, including a three rechargeable wheels, on this principle.

In Italy, XEV has signed an agreement with the energetician in an agreement relating to the implementation in the service stations of a rack system in which are placed full battery packs. It will just be enough to organize appointments with technicians based on the GPS position of the vehicle. Eni service stations have already been equipped in this sense in five large Italian cities. Since the start of 2022, nearly 1,500 Yoyo have been sold in Italy.

In France, the Shaary carsing company already offers around fifty yoyo in the city of Nice. But it is possible to acquire a Yoyo electric vehicle for € 15,890, excluding ecological bonus of € 900 and excluding local incentives. XEV indicates that it has a network of 20 dealers in France capable of delivering the Yoyo. Note that a utility version (cargo) is also available.

We will soon have the opportunity to test this sympathetic Yoyo and, who knows, to organize a duel with the movable duo and the friend.

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New model / Xev Yoyo, eco-Durable electric city car (+ prices for Belgium)

The Italian XEV manufacturer markets Yoyo, an electric micro-city-city oriented towards an eco-durable and affordable urban mobility for all. And she arrived in Belgium in November 2022 from 15.770 €.

After the Citroën Friend – and his twin theOpel Rocks-E – and the Microlino micro, and while waiting for the imminent Mobilize duo Who will succeed the Renault Twizy, here is a new competitor in the category of micro-target electricity with the XEV Yoyo. This small electric two-seater car claims to revolutionize urban mobility with its eco-durable approach, advanced technology and interchangeable batteries. She arrived in Belgium in November 2022 with a price that will start at 15.770 €. For the “affordable for all” side, we will go back knowing that a Citroën Ami cost half for a very similar target.

Italian and electric smart

At the first glance, one cannot help but find this XEV Yoyo a certain resemblance to the original smart, even if it pushes the cursor a little further by offering transparent doors, just “cut” in half. By a colorful “blade” (blade) which integrates the door handle and overflows in the rear lights. The “Italian” design is nice and simple. For economic purposes and ease of repair, the different body elements have been designed to be easily replaced.

The Xev Yoyo is offered in 9 combinations of colors ranging from mochaccino to Gray prototype, all enhanced with “fresh lemon” flashy details. Ultimately, thanks to 3D printing, XEV will personalize your yoyo to envy, in particular the famous lateral “blade”, in terms of colors, texture or even shape by adding relief. In short, the original smart concept but in mode 2.0. Indeed, 3D printing makes it possible to reduce the time and development costs by almost 90 % while minimizing waste in production and therefore the CO2 and polluting impact.

Connected and autonomous city car ?

Designed to evolve in an urban environment, the XEV Yoyo is of course agile (just over 2.5 m long and a turning radius of only 8 m), silent and dynamic but it brings its share of technology and connectivity. In addition to the traditional smartphone support, which is found in the competitors mentioned in the introduction, it has a digital screen of 7 inch, 3 USB connections, windows and electric mirrors, just like the opening of the trunk , with a comfortable capacity of 180 L.

But the Xev Yoyo will soon have its dedicated smartphone application to manage different functions, including battery load, air conditioning or window opening/closing. Connectivity logically passing through the smartphone Bluetooth connection.

But the highlight of the show will concern autonomous driving. XEV has teamed up with TeoreSigroup company to develop an autonomous driving system that could equip the Xev Yoyo in a few years.

Sober and safe city car

The XEV Yoyo is therefore 100 % electric and would be particularly economical with standardized consumption announced at 7.4 kWh/100 km. What allow it to travel up to 150 km in urban driving while being able to reach a maximum speed of 80 km/h. Currently, there is no quick recharge and it takes 4 hours to recharge the battery completely.

Security has not been neglected. The XEV Yoyo is equipped with 4 disc brakes with ABS, an ally of choice in urban circulation, especially on cobbled and wet roads for example. The driver can choose between two driving modes: Drive and Sport.

Interchangeable batteries

But the secret of the XEV Yoyo, compared to its competitors, concerns the possibility of exchanging batteries in a suitable station. In this way, you avoid the “chore” of the 4 hours of charging. XEV presented at the last Paris Motor Show a new station integrating a intelligent battery management system which monitors and displays the status of the battery in real time and provides a simple management and management system Optimization of energy consumption. It also improves the safety and energy efficiency of the battery exchanger, even in extreme weather conditions, up to 45 ° C.

Price and delivery in Belgium

The XEV Yoyo will be distributed in Belgium via V.J.B. Motors NV, in Hasselt. It can be ordered – at V.J.B. Motors or online – from November 2022. The price varies between 15.€ 770 and 16.€ 715 and the delivery time is announced at 2 to 3 weeks.