For a super cheap urban
For a super cheap urban runabout, it has promise. 75-133 miles range is more than reasonable for a grocery-getter. I have doubts that the Microlino will pass safety requirements for highway driving in the U.S. but it would easily qualify as a NEV (neighborhood electric vehicle), which are restricted to drive around, and can only up to 25MPH. If it were allowed to be registered as a normal car then it's 55MPH top speed would make it totally useful for most city driving. It's a fairly close copy of the Isetta, however I have driven a real Isetta and even though it is brazen fun, it is a gutless, tiny, tinny, rattling beast. But it was designed primarily to be super cheap, basic, enclosed transportation. And if they can build the Microlino as cheap as they promise, and make it street legal, it could be a hit here in it's niche market.