Gallery: France's Funkiest 'Car' Finally Hits America

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    The Renault Twizy, rebadged as a Nissan, is finally coming to America.
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    It's eight feet long, four and a half feet wide, and weighs just 1,045 pounds.
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    It's utterly goofy, in the best possible way.
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    The scissor doors are operated with flippers that look like they were lifted from a pinball machine.
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    It's packing a 6.1 kilowatt-hour li-ion battery and just 13 horsepower.
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    It's capped to 25 mph — we got passed by a cyclist.
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    There's room for two, but the back seat's cramped.
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    It's being it’s being introduced by Scoot Networks, a San Francisco-based electric scooter sharing company.
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    “We love its personality,” says Scoot founder and CEO Michael Keating. Scoot named this vehicle "Quincy."
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    There are no windows, so you’re exposed to wind, cold, and rain, should that ever return to California.
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    It’s not a vehicle many Americans are likely to buy, even if it does have seat belts, airbags, a stereo, and all the other amenities you’d expect in an econobox.
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    You can charge your phone, and use an aux cord to connect it to the small speakers.
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    The 22-foot turning radius is better than what you get in a Smart car.
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