I tested the weird, tiny, low-cost electric car soon coming to the US
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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/12/Tiny-EV-US-Fiat-1.jpeg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1400" /></div><p>Electric vehicles are everywhere these days, but few are as intriguing – or as polarizing – as the tiny urban EV soon headed to American roads. <a href="https://electrek.co/2025/12/09/tiny-ev-selling-for-12000-europe-coming-to-the-us/">Fiat recently announced plans</a> to bring its diminutive new model, the Topolino, to the US this year. At roughly the size of a golf cart and priced far below most traditional EVs, it is technically more of a quadricycle than a true ‘car’ and offers a radically different vision of personal mobility: ultra-compact, affordable, and perfectly tailored to short city commutes.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/01/i-tested-the-weird-tiny-low-cost-electric-car-soon-moming-to-the-us/#more-457640">more…</a>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/12/Tiny-EV-US-Fiat-1.jpeg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1400" /></div><p>Electric vehicles are everywhere these days, but few are as intriguing – or as polarizing – as the tiny urban EV soon headed to American roads. <a href="https://electrek.co/2025/12/09/tiny-ev-selling-for-12000-europe-coming-to-the-us/">Fiat recently announced plans</a> to bring its diminutive new model, the Topolino, to the US this year. At roughly the size of a golf cart and priced far below most traditional EVs, it is technically more of a quadricycle than a true ‘car’ and offers a radically different vision of personal mobility: ultra-compact, affordable, and perfectly tailored to short city commutes.</p>
<a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/01/i-tested-the-weird-tiny-low-cost-electric-car-soon-moming-to-the-us/#more-457640">more…</a>