Cargo ship carrying electric cars sets on fire, crews throw away the ship
Morning Midas crew, who had transported thousands of vehicles, were forced to abandon the ship after a fire broke out inside the ship.
Electric cars have come a long way, but are fundamentally more expensive than comparable gas trains, which have become quite expensive these days. The answer is, of course, a more affordable gas model and EV. And then there’s more than 300 miles plus, a $35,000 Chevrolet eV, even the cheaper and still better Gas Chevrolet Trucks, Ford’s Maverick, and the upcoming new generation of Nissan Leaf, and ultimately on the way. Even Tesla promises something cheap one day.
But what if someone goes really, really cheap?
We’re talking cheaply and cheaply as a lifestyle of a kind, a low-back aura that will get through the expensive stigma of modern cars and EVS. Of course, we’re talking about a potential little hatchback inspired by the new Yugos, one of the worst cheap cars ever made. This time only, it will not be produced by former Eastern European weapons manufacturers or based on existing Fiat designs (so far).
Earlier this year, the phrase began to spread that Professor Dr. Alexander Bierick had taken over the Yugos name. And they were working on the revival of the modern-day infamous hatchback.
The first concept is currently debuting at the 2025 automotive design event in Europe, and is the first peek at the work of Serbian designer Darko Marčeta.
Our colours were amazed at how closely tied to the original boxy traditional hatchback shape, as mentioned by the new Yugo. Inspired by a hatchback in the 1980s, Hyundai’s Ionriku 5 even employs an anterior cant on the nose, like the 1981 Yugo.
Other classic Yugos details exist, from the way the hood line kicks above the headlights before leveling up to the base of the windshield, to what can only be described as inconsistencies in the equipped panels. Take a closer look at how the doors cut into the bodyside locker panel elements of the scale model, or how the flat seam front bumpers are suddenly cut along the vertical boundary of each front corner. It’s kind of confusion.
You know, the original Yugos was notorious to the extent that they put real effort into improving manufacturing today, in line with “attractiveness.” Maybe the designers will intentionally set up a bundle of bodycut lines that compete with each other to give a slightly Shulby look along the awful original. Or maybe they’re becoming too conspiratorial with a 1:5 scale model that isn’t even a full-size concept car.
As fans of small hatchbacks and historical oddity, we are truly intrigued by this new Yugo. It will compete with other mini hatches in Europe. I don’t think he’s here, but I’ll never say it.
A larger, obviously working prototype is promised later this year. It appears that Yugo (the newest one) is looking for a large automaker to partner with its partners to share running gear and other components. We have already said that the new Yugo could become an EV, but obviously supporters want the hatch to be a multi-powertrain vehicle.
I don’t want to be too nostalgic here, but I’m noting that certain Italian brands associated with the original Yugo have small multi-powertrain cars that love to gain more scale. Will the new era of Yugos based on the FIAT 500E adapt to support gas powertrains soon? That would be too easy.