electric cars can make for small cars-- and there is nothing cuter than the BMW Isetta.

How about the start of retro EV's?

https://www.stlouiscarmuseum.com/vehicles/993/1958-bmw-isetta-300-microcar

(just dreaming)

1958 BMW Isetta

The origins of the Isetta began with the Italian firm Iso SpA who in the early 1950s were building refrigerators, motor scooters, and small three-wheeled...

@brewsterkahle ah, so that's the (modified) vehicle used in an episode of a favourite series of mine from the 1980s. Always wondered what it was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTOYJ4kg8GQ&t=436s
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