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electric vehicle at Spoot: Spotted Early is a file of 3 stories. The newest of them: “Volvo's electric EX60 borrows leaves for its seats and a forest for its soul”, “Citroën's 2CV returns as a tiny electric roll-top concept”, and “The electric Ferrari got booed, but Jony Ive's fingerprints explain the real story”. Volvo's electric EX60 borrows leaves for its seats and a forest for its soul. The 2CV is back, and it's brought a roll-top roof and a battery. Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every electric vehicle story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.
Volvo's electric EX60 borrows leaves for its seats and a forest for its soul
Volvo's electric EX60 borrows leaves for its seats and a forest for its soul. Seasonal color studies informed the interior, which projects leaves directly onto the seating surfaces. That is the kind of detail that makes you stop scrolling and actually look. The car was driven to Russell Wright's modernist woodland home at Manitoga, which feels like the only appropriate place to land something this deliberately rooted in nature. It is not just green because it is electric. It is green because someone asked what a car would look like if it remembered it came from trees. The mycelium disposable camera we covered recently had a similar instinct, design that acknowledges it belongs to the physical world.
Citroën's 2CV returns as a tiny electric roll-top concept
The 2CV is back, and it's brought a roll-top roof and a battery. Citroën unveiled this tiny electric concept at the 2026 Paris Motor Show, measuring just 3.76 metres, shorter than a modern parking space and probably easier to parallel park. It reinterprets the 1948 original, which means it keeps the iconic silhouette but swaps the corrugated metal for a fabric roof that rolls up when the weather behaves. That's the detail that makes me grin. Who is it for? Someone who wants the charm without the petrol smell, and who doesn't mind waiting to see if it ever leaves the show floor. If you like clever space-shifting, also check out Fiat's Multiplay concept, which swaps its back seat for a flatbed.
The electric Ferrari got booed, but Jony Ive's fingerprints explain the real story
A crowd booed a Ferrari. That alone should tell you something strange is happening, because people do not usually boo Ferraris. They boo football referees and reality TV villains. But this was the unveiling of the marque's first all-electric car, designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson, and the room in Rome let it have it. I love that. The launch video skipped the part where the faithful get restless. Ive's fingerprints explain the real story, and they are all over the reaction. This is a car that looks like a product, not a prancing horse. It is a fascinating collision of two design religions, and the worshippers are confused. If you want a palate cleanser, read our piece on six tiny EVs that dare to be small, sharp, and actually cool.