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Ironically, the began life with a tiny internal combustion engine (a 50cc or 100cc diesel, depending on the prototype). But Rivat saw the writing on the wall. By the early 2000s, the prototype had pivoted to electric propulsion, making it one of the first production-ready micro-EVs.

“2006 was the wild west of geocaching. GPS units were clunky, smartphones weren’t the norm, and you actually had to print cache pages. The game exploded from 200,000 to over 300,000 active caches worldwide that year.” geocar 2006

The wasn't a bad car. It was a car born two decades too early, held back by lead-acid batteries and a public not yet ready to admit that their daily commute did not require a tank. Today, as cities ban diesel and emissions zones expand, we are finally living in the world Joël Rivat saw in 1998. Ironically, the began life with a tiny internal