Tiny electric cars are all the rage in China, where they can be put together cheaply with off-the-shelf parts and sold in gray markets without any of the bells or whistles — or safety features — you’d expect in other parts of the world. I find these a fascinating antipode to the ever increasing size end expense of American cars and long for something of a median, something like the Honda E after which I will pine seemingly forever.

Wired got their hands on a Wuling Mini EV and it makes for interesting urban transit, with a short range, low top speed, and assortment of colors made in collaboration with Pantone. I can see these $5,000 barely-cars mariokarting through crowded Chinese, Japanese, or European streets much more easily than even the most urban American cities, which is much more an indictment of American urbanism than these little cars.