The ‘G-Wagen of golf carts’ could be the ideal second car

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While the auto industry wrings its hands over the electric vehicle market, sweating details like aerodynamic efficiency and range anxiety, a new EV startup based in Lisbon, Portugal, is zagging in a different direction. Amble’s new electric buggy won’t impress anyone with its 0–60 time or its self-driving features (it has none). Instead, it takes a stab at the belief that cars have gotten too big, too fast, and perhaps could use a bit of a downgrade in both departments.

The Amble One is a premium, street-legal buggy with a gorgeous neo-retro design that’s currently being marketed to locations where traditional cars are unnecessary or too large, like hotels or resorts. Developed by a team of alumni from Apple, Audi, and Cowboy, the compact EV is intended to be the solution for a society overrun by oversized, overpowered trucks and SUVs. And it could be coming to a neighborhood near...

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