Well this is a very active thread. All I can say is having come to the attention of Cityel's in recent years. I think they will have their time again .. this could be that low point where every one remembers when you could buy a Cityel in need of repair for E500's (SORRY NO EUROS kEY lol !!) just like it was with the Sinclair C5 giving them away at the cheaper end .. then all of a sudden every one wants one .. and the price has shot up ..
In the UK I am about the only person with a Cityel on the road .. I have 2 now
1 Cityel
1 miniel
It try hard to get spare parts in Europe but it's hard as (sorry) I only speak English and sellers are some times not interested in dealing with my as I am not in their country .. or sellers take a week to respond! by which time sadly I have had to move on ..
So it's hard to keep in with the European forum for the Cityel .. Even here on this very page I ask a question as I am stuck and I rarely get an reply .... now I don't know if it's that people just don't know ... or they just don't want to help as I am not from Europe I don't know .. But I keep trying in the hope that I will get accepted by the European groups .. I am not going anywhere ... I can see me keeping my Cityel for many years to come .. so sorry ... You are all stuck with me ..
But I can see the Cityel having a come back ... Why ....?
I can see the availability of spare parts becoming easy in time .. EV spare parts from crashed cars ..
batteries getting cheaper using used ones.
Motors being available with regeneration.
I think it's going to be exciting times with a new wave of younger people wanting to make their own cars .. and that is the difference here .. our generation of people may have fixed cars and did work on cars .. but we have a generation of people who at best know how to change a tire !! and that is a worry .. BUT younger generation are very much into making electric power work for them ... so I can see young folk wanting to convert old vehicles to battery power and the Cityel is that vehicle that will attract their attention as it's easy to convert with modern used EV parts ..
Right now I have a battery pack from ae VW Golf .. I am struggling to get it to charge and BMS but that is because I am a mechanical person .. but with all this going in I will have 8KW of battery power to run my cityel ...
I get stopped on the street and asked where do I get one ... can I buy yours !!
I have 100% been followed by a guy who wants to buy my yellow Cityel .. he gave me his card he said I want it !!
so i don't think it's dead I think it's at it's low point ... and in time it WILL catch back on with a younger generation of users ....
By the way .... I have a post on how to charge my lithium ion batteries if any on can help ?? I am stuck .. thank you ..
and I am SO SO Sorry I don't speak German.. totally my fault but I use Google Translate to try and follow on here.. but do say hi every now and then, hey
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