2026 / 05 / 05 / MOVEMENT / 4 MIN
The city kilometer
Most driving is short, slow, and repeated. Designing for it changes everything.
The average urban trip is under 12 kilometers. That means turning circle matters more than top speed, and visibility matters more than horsepower.
Regenerative braking earns its keep in stop-and-go traffic — up to a quarter of city energy comes back. One-pedal driving stops being a novelty and becomes the reason your brake pads last 100,000 km.
AERIS was drawn around this reality: high seating for traffic, short overhangs for tight ramps, and a heat pump because winter commutes shouldn't halve your range.