Living With The UK’s CHEAPEST New Car
Welcome to the cheapest car that you can buy in the UK today this chunk of magnificent is the new do good zero which admittedly sounds like something Donald Trump would call Greta tunberg Let’s ignore the name cuz the important thing is this thing it’s ever so affordable how does this sound a
Starting price of5 995 It’s a sub6 grand car here in East London you will regularly see people zooming around on ebikes that cost more so of course the question that follows that one is is it rubbish well in the name of sensible journalism I have been dailying this car around London for the
Last few days and I now have the answer welcome to the Philly charge show like fully charged you’ll love how fun-packed everything electric Expos around the world next up we’re London and Harriet remember energy and transport professionals Go for free on the first day so what on Earth is this thing who
On Earth are do good formerly Arc Motors they’ve had a bit of a Rebrand recently it’s a new British micro car company founded around the same premise as well every other micro car company namely that the modern car has become unnecessarily big and heavy and excessive given that in the UK the
Average Journey is 20 miles given that in the UK the average Journey happens at 17 and a bit miles per hour these big two ton tanks were all driving around in or a bit much this in the opinion of do good is more fit for purpose for the
British commuter it is just quite confusing on the eye sort of looks like a child’s drawing of a car but this is all in the name of Maximum cabin space of course and it is quite impressive in there we’ll get to that in a moment this by the way way aluminium monoco ooh
Aluminium highly recyclable in fact 75% of all aluminium ever made is still in use today so that’s quite good and theoretically this monoco is going to allow for improved crash safety uh improved stability and Superior handling more on that in a moment a mighty three horsepower you get from
That rear motor by the way which of course is ample in a car that weighs half a ton or less and is designed entirely for around a city and then the battery is 4.8 kwatt hours good per do good for 50 odd miles of urban Rage
Which as they say on their website is more than an electric Ferrari so there you go cancel your Ferrari order charging happens just back here it’s a slightly outdated socket you’d hope to see in AC there is an adapter uh that you can get for the car but the idea per
Do good is that you just charge this using a domestic three pin plug because of course the battery is so small that doing so doesn’t take especially long a full charge they say is going to cost you about a quid by the way I will say
That in this moment in time I’m missing the removable battery pack of the silence s04 because it’s nice to be able to wheel your battery into your kitchen instead of having to drive the whole car into it to charge it out on the road then in the two good
Zero definitely a micro car all the microarry traits we know and love are very much present and correct top speed 28 mph 3 horsepower 50 m of electric range worth noting this is an L6 so it’s actually the smaller slower category of micro car this is the category that if you’re French you’re
Allowed to drive from the age of 7 yeah people are staring we are quite conspicuous today we’ve got a interesting camera setup which cameraman Louie paid a mate with a welder to construct for him combine that with this car and um people do people do look it’s
Fun it’s fun to be in a car this small 16 m per hour feels awful quick in this thing and the road feels so big you can position yourself for turns like you would if you’re looking to kiss the Apex going around Silverstone in a racing car
This the thing about small cars you will genuinely get to your destination slightly quicker because you’ll spend slightly less time waiting to squeeze through a gap that isn’t yet quite big enough for you spend less time doing ninepoint turns because you’ll just be able to zoom around in one this is a car
Fit for the size of roads that we have at our disposal here in London Interior of the do good zero lots to discuss let’s start with the good things shall we the visibility The View out Second To None among the best of any car I’ve ever sat in central driving position huge amounts of glass absolutely everywhere it’s like I’m piloting a fighter jet or driving a
McLaren F1 and this is what micro cars are all about isn’t it I don’t have meters of metal in every direction that’s the end of the car that’s the end of the car it’s not going to be difficult to park it would be virtually impossible to run someone over even if I
Tried to I think I just bounce off them so love this Central driving position and then you notice there’s no boot lid there’s no way of opening the car from the back from the outside that’s because there is no boot instead behind me here there’s this essentially a cushioned
Rear shelf and it can be a seat for a rear occupant or it can just be a really ample parcel shelf for your bags of shopping I’m looking at that and I’m thinking could actually be quite roomy in fact Lou just jump in with you mate come
On and you get see these nice large doors serve both the front and rear you’re in there quite comfortably you straddle me L strad me that’s my driving position I’ll tell you what he’s got head room he’s got leg room he’s a happy boy so that for me is the outstanding
Feature of the interior of the zero the space both for the driver and the rear occupant and the incredible view out that you get the slightly gawky uh exterior makes an awful lot more sense once you sit in here this is the payoff of that odd shape huge amounts of glass
And a really roomy interior um and then let me just take you through the dash very quickly there’s a lot of buttons that I don’t understand what they do this one is the F the D this one says AC but doesn’t do anything this one says PTC PTC Andy but
Doesn’t do anything no idea this switch here is completely unmarked absolutely no idea imagine that somewhere in the Midlands someone’s bedroom light is just turning off and on and it’s getting really annoying for them uh this stereo is absolutely baffling to me the car claims to have um USB connectivity and
Bluetooth connectivity but this looks like it’s from a 1970s Rover and this brings me to the overarching less good thing about the do good zero it feels a little bit like a slightly hastily assembled Parts spin jobby which is probably exactly what it is and what I mean by that is I can
Still see residue of the glue used to stick this Union Jack badge onto whatever actual badge is behind it on the steering wheel I can see all the wiring that connects the accelerator and brake pedals to the car and could quite easily kind of hook one of those cables
With my toe and disconnect one if I wasn’t careful I can see the screw used to secure this piece of trim into the door pocket because there’s no sort of soft material covering it up these vents for the AC they honestly feel like they’re going to come off in my hands if
I’m not extremely careful with them now let’s be clear it’s the cheapest car in the UK I’m not expecting Rolls-Royce finish but this honestly feels like a very early prototype here’s something they don’t teach you on driving lessons small cars get you there faster why Shortcuts join us next week where we do other illegal things on camera in the name of content next week we’re fly Tipping I think what we have here if we’re being honest is a gwiz for the Modern Age and what I mean by that is think about the original G whz that is a car with One Singular purpose getting you from A to B using electric power and
As little of it as possible no bells and whistles not one single Bell and this feels very much the same does the do good Zero have the design and charm of the microlino no does it have the solar power of the Squad solar no does it have the Innovative design and convenience
Factor of the silence S so4 no is it as fun to drive as the Carver no but it’s cheap it’s a £6,000 car if you came here looking for bells and whistles you’re barking up the wrong tree and frankly I do think it serves its extremely straightforward purpose rather well it’s got some
Suspension it picks up sufficiently well the brake pedal works the steering wheel appears to be attached to the front wheels it’s got indicators and a heater and a roof you can’t reasonably ask for much more than that yeah this feels like roughly £6,000 worth a car not much else to say
Am I okay I’m not too near the curb there is that fine y okay this is good as well look two doors one on each side luxury so the do good zero then what do we reckon is the cheapest car that you can buy a bit rubbish well yes of course
It is compared to basically any other car but compared to an electric bicycle it’s very good warmer drier safer and I think that is how you have to look at this vehicle it’s £6,000 it’s £6,000 me personally if I had six grand to spend on an electric vehicle to get
Me around London I absolutely would rather buy a high-end ebike but maybe your use case is different to mine and if you’re looking for a way to get two people around London in an electric vehicle with a bit of Crash structure and a roof and a heater then there is
Simply no cheaper way to do so there are no frills there are are no bells and whistles but it will get you there just about and just a word on why we need more cars like this in general this is why this is the Mercedes eqs SUV admittedly it’s the biggest EV Mark
Makes but it’s a perfectly common sight to see cars like this sitting in traffic jams in London with one person behind the wheel and they make the roads more dangerous they make the Pavements more dangerous they make traffic worse they make everything worse they don’t belong
In our city they need to be legislated out of our cities and vehicles like this need to be encouraged particularly through ride sharing schemes anyway that’s my TED Talk thanks for coming I’ll get off my soap box now please do make sure to like And subscribe and if
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Jack reviews the new Dogood Zero: an electric microcar which claims the title of “UK’s cheapest new car”. With a price tag you wouldn’t be surprised to see on a high end e-bike, could vehicles like this be the future of urban mobility?
00:00 Intro
1:07 Whogood?
1:46 Exterior walkaround
3:22 The joy of tiny cars
5:08 Interior tour
9:20 A modern day G-Wiz?
11:00 Worth the money?
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