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The Ora Punk Cat, a Bizarre Electric VW Beetle Knockoff Targeted at Women

Unveiled at the Auto Shanghai 2021 show was “the most recent example of how some Chinese brands do not feel embarrassed to copy other brand’s designs,” according to Inside EVs. Behold the Punk Cat, by Chinese manufacturer Ora:

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The blatant Beetle rip-off is reportedly an electric car, but no specific details were released at press time.

The interior, by the way, is where things start to get weird:

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Where did that color scheme come from? According to InsideEVs,

“The only official information from Ora stresses the Punk Cat is a vehicle that the company hopes to appeal to women. It even says that the body resembles a carriage and has castle and princess drawings on its page about the car.”

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CMF = Castles, Magic, Fairies.

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