At this year’s Geneva Motor Show Micro is unveiling their Microlino Lite model which is designed to make sustainable mobility solutions accessible to a wider audience who do not have a driver’s license.

The electric bubble car that’s been on sale in mainland Europe for a couple of years, but this version has been adapted to meet regulations allowing drivers as young as 14 to get behind the wheel with a top speed of the model is limited to 45 km/h

While the standard version’s single 17 hp (17 PS) electric motor gives it a top speed of 56 mph (90 kmh), the 12 hp (12 PS) Lite is limited to 28 mph. That equates to 40 kmh, and is the maximum speed allowed under the same L6e quadricycle regulations that helped mould the Citroen Ami and its Opel Rocks and Fiat Topolino spinoffs.

The Lite goes on sale in Europe this spring.

Read full details of the vehicle’s legal requirements here.

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