Lantern
The first Zoozit micro EV pod. One short trip, done properly.
- ClassMicro EV pod
- PowertrainFull electric
- ClimateFully air conditioned
- FloorLow, single step
- DimensionsLocked, published at reveal
- CabinFacing lounge seating
- Front signatureHalo double ring
- StatusIn development
The Lantern stays under wraps until the prototype is built. The drawing above is at true proportion, but the numbers behind it are locked internally rather than published, because final specification follows homologation and we would rather say nothing than say something we have to correct.
Three things we spent the time on.
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Halo
The only part that glows
Two rings, twice, one lamp at each outer edge of the front face. It is the piece you need to recognise from a hundred metres away in the rain, so it is the piece we let carry the light. Nothing else on the vehicle competes with it.
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Layout
Easy in, easy out
Seating faces inward rather than forward, so nobody edges across a row to reach the door. A floor you step onto rather than climb into, doors wide enough for a stop that lasts seconds, and something to hold at every position.
On a trip this short you spend a real share of it getting in and out. That is the part the cabin is built around, not the sitting.
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Climate
Cool before you get in
Fully air conditioned, and running while the pod waits at the station rather than only once it is moving. So the first thing you feel is the temperature change, not the seat.
On a hot afternoon that stops being a comfort feature. It is the reason someone picks the pod over whatever else is parked outside the station.
Watch it come together
We post the programme as it happens: parts, prototypes, corridor walks, and the things that do not work first time.