Meet Kate, a French company that wants to build a tiny car for your daily commute and other errands. Kate was co-founded by Thibaud Elzière, the serial entrepreneur behind Hexa, the startup studio formerly known as eFounders, in addition to CEO Matthias Goldenberg and CTO Pierre Escrieut.
Kate, while a car manufacturer at heart, does not want to build large SUVs with sophisticated entertainment systems. The company’s goal is to revolutionise mobility by creating the most basic electric vehicle possible. Instead of beginning with the vehicle, Kate begins with the use case. “We want to sell this to people who are in desperate need of a vehicle, people who live on the outskirts, in mid-sized cities, or even in the countryside,” Kate CEO Matthias Goldenberg told me.