Unity One pure EV price in the UK revealed

Uniti, Sweden’s ground-breaking mobility pioneer, has revealed the pricing and specification for its eagerly-awaited debut vehicle, the fully-electric Uniti One.

Setting new standards in sustainability and offering a fresh interpretation of urban mobility, the Uniti One has been designed in response to today's changing transportation needs, and to provide flexibility for the future.

Designed in Sweden and engineered in the UK, the Uniti One has been created from the ground-up to be an urban electric vehicle: fully optimised for efficiency, sustainability and affordability, whilst maximising interior space for three adults. All of which has been achieved without sacrificing quality, comfort or real-world usability. Offered with a choice of two battery sizes, the Uniti One has a range of up to 300 km, which can be charged from 20% to 80% in just seventeen minutes with a 50 kW CCS charger.

Adopting a clean and minimalist approach to styling, the Uniti One's graceful lines and uncluttered functionality is in keeping with the best of Scandinavian design, creating a distinctive, beautifully-detailed and highly desirable product. The Uniti One comes well-equipped as standard and can be further enhanced and personalised through a suite of carefully-selected options.

With orders expected to open shortly, customers that place a deposit before the end of November 2019 will secure a place in Uniti's exclusive ‘Founders Club', entitling them to a host of exclusive benefits, including free software upgrades and enhancements for life. With prices starting from just £15,100 ($19,026) after £3,500 ($4,410) UK Government subsidy, the Uniti One offers a revolutionary new platform for affordable and sustainable mobility.

The Uniti One's intelligent packaging can accommodate up to three adults within its ultra-compact footprint. Its unique-in-class and highly-flexible one-plus-two seating configuration offers unrivalled ergonomic and visibility benefits for the driver, with ample space for two adult passengers to sit behind, as well as generous load-carrying potential. With the battery situated beneath the floor, the Uniti One's interior space is both generous and highly adaptable, affording the car a number of practical applications. The central driving position gives rear passengers quick and easy access into and out of the cabin, whilst minimising driver disruption, making the Uniti One the perfect urban vehicle for everything from the school-run to a micro taxi vehicle.

The Uniti One's Scandinavian-inspired design creates a unique profile with clean, simple body lines and smooth contours. Soft shapes and surface transitions add strength to the Uniti One's neat and compact proportions, with the rising belt line and arcing roof profile combining to create a clean, coherent and dynamic form. Flowing as a single curve, the Uniti One's canopy-style windscreen and sweeping panoramic roof is a unique design feature which provides outstanding driver visibility and allows natural light to fill the cabin.

Flowing seamlessly from the exterior into and throughout the cabin, Uniti's Scandinavian design approach creates a distinctive yet minimalistic and uncluttered feel. The canopy-style windscreen stretches over the cabin space to create an airy environment for occupants, and, with class-leading rear legroom, affords the Uniti One with a relaxed and refined ambience akin to far larger vehicles.

With an electrochromic panoramic roof as standard, cabin brightness can be controlled as desired, ranging from transparent through to fully opaque, and all within a few seconds. The roof automatically darkens to prevent the vehicle heating up when parked, which also helps reduce the amount of energy needed to cool the cabin again. The electrochromic glass also acts as virtual sun visor, tinting the top of the windscreen to reduce brightness and glare for the driver.

Augmenting familiar and traditional car controls with leading digital and touchscreen technology, the Uniti One is intuitive to drive yet provides a more contemporary and connected experience. A digital-first approach has been taken to the Uniti One's controls, keeping the number of physical switches to a minimum and giving the cabin a calm and orderly ambience with a highly-intuitive, smartphone-like feel. A signature horizon panel arcs around the driver, housing three configurable screens and integrating all information and command channels in a cohesive element.

Uniti's vision is to offer the ideal platform for urban mobility — creating a more connected, more personalised and more intuitive experience. The Uniti One leverages the benefits of Android Automotive OS, an integrated system that brings access to Google Maps, Waze, Spotify and dozens of other Play Store apps and services without requiring a dedicated or connected smartphone. Beyond infotainment, the interface also provides easy access to key vehicle functions, such as lighting, heating and ventilation, all controlled via a familiar touch screen or hands-free, voice activated interface.

The Uniti One's digital architecture has been specifically developed to handle the rapidly expanding ecosystem of services being introduced to cities around the world. Faster networks, connected infrastructure and IoT devices will unleash innovations in safety and convenience, transforming daily urban driving. The Uniti One comes both equipped and prepared to take advantage of these innovations as they become available.

Employing smartphone-style, Over-The-Air (OTA) software updates allows Uniti to improve the car's safety and performance whilst greatly reducing the time traditionally required for ongoing maintenance. OTA updates also allow for the addition of new features, enhancements and upgrades. The Uniti One does away with the need for a traditional key or fob, with entry to the car enabled via Uniti's secure mobile app which incorporates a smart, back-up function - a feature with the potential to unlock additional functionality in the future.

The Uniti One is optimised for energy and resource efficiency. A permanent magnet motor drives the rear wheels, producing an output of 50 kW (68 ps) and 85 Nm of torque and ample performance for real-world urban driving. A direct benefit of the car's ultra-compact footprint and light-weight construction, the Uniti One's standard 12 kWh battery provides 150 km (93 miles) of range from a single charge, while the optional 24 kWh battery extends range to an impressive 300 km (186 miles) . A hundred kilometres (62 miles) of range can be added in just ten minutes using a 50 kW CCS charger.

The larger 24 kWh battery can be charged from 20% to 80% in two hours and six minutes with a typical domestic 7 kW charger and the optional on-board fast charger installed, or just seventeen minutes via a 50 kW CCS charging unit. The 12 kWh battery option takes one hour and three minutes1 to charge from 20% to 80% (with on-board fast charger), or just nine minutes using a 50 kW CCS unit.

The Uniti One's class-leading 8.0 kWh/100km efficiency is achieved through a weight-saving ethos evident throughout the car. A combination of purposeful design engineering, appropriate use of materials and innovative manufacturing techniques give the Uniti One a kerb weight of just 600 kg. Perfectly suited to the urban environment, the Uniti One accelerates from 0-50 km/h (0-31 mph) in 4.1 seconds and 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 9.9 seconds, before reaching its top speed of 120 km/h (75 mph), where permitted and conditions allow.

The Uniti One features two selectable driving modes which adapt the car's characteristics to suit the conditions or driver mood. City mode optimises the car for energy efficiency, providing a smooth and relaxed drive, whereas selecting Boost mode sharpens the accelerator response and adds a little weight to the steering for a more dynamic feel.

The Uniti One has been cleverly designed in response to evolving urban environments, vehicle usage and driving patterns. With its compact size and weight, driver-focused ethos and its zero-emissions EV credentials, the Uniti One has been engineered for the city.

Despite its compact size, safety is an inherent part of the Uniti One's Swedish design philosophy. A high-strength in-board upper structure keeps interior deformation to a minimum in the event of an impact, and the Uniti One comes equipped with a host of passive and active safety equipment as standard, including driver's airbag, Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS).

In Uniti's first iteration of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), customers can choose to specify Intel's MobilEye 6 collision avoidance system with their Uniti One. Equipped with Forward Collision and Lane Departure Warning as well as a speed limit indicator, this advanced system also warns the driver of potential pedestrian and cyclist collision, providing potentially lifesaving alerts in real time.

The Uniti One will be offered initially to buyers in northern Europe, with first deliveries planned in Sweden and the UK for mid-2020. Additional markets will be added progressively in time. Customers that order a Uniti One before 30 November, 2019 with a 50% deposit will also secure a place in Uniti's exclusive ‘Founders Club'.