{"id":74507,"date":"2026-01-03T08:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eco123.info\/?p=74507"},"modified":"2026-01-03T08:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:56:32","slug":"ben-the-first-electric-mata-velho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eco123.info\/en\/short-stories-en\/ben-the-first-electric-mata-velho\/","title":{"rendered":"BEN, the first electric \u201cMata-Velho\u201d."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">A satirical look at a car that is almost ready for <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">the <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">market&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Do you know what a <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>Mata-Velho<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> is? It&#8217;s a vehicle that old people without driving licences can use to travel around in amid the traffic in Portugal. I asked Louren\u00e7o Galv\u00e3o from the PR agency H\/Advisors in Lisbon whether or not you need a driving licence for the <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>Mata-Velho,<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> for which he manages the public relations. He couldn&#8217;t tell me for sure. He was also unable to answer my second question on the phone: how many kilometres can a customer travel with the <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">new <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>Mata-Velho<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> BEN on just one single charge? And he was completely stumped by my third question: what kind of battery does the car have inside, a lithium-ion or a lithium-iron battery? I didn&#8217;t even dare ask any further questions, such as, for example, what kind of charging plug is needed to recharge the BEN&#8217;s batteries? These are all questions that drivers who know nothing about electric cars and stubbornly continue to drive around in their petrol-powered vehicles simply can&#8217;t answer. So, I&#8217;m estimating a maximum range of 75 km for the Mata-Velho BEN before it needs recharging. The Chinese competition will be laughing all the way to the bank at the first Portuguese <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>Mata-Velho<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">, known by the name of BEN, which is supposed to cost only 8,000 euros. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Watch out, China! You don&#8217;t need to worry, this so-called microcar, about the size of a 1960 German BMW Isetta, is very small and only truly innovative by local standards. And then it&#8217;s even called BEN. What on earth possessed the designers? At the end of the email that Louren\u00e7o Galv\u00e3o is flooding journalists\u2019 junk boxes with, it says: &#8220;We are happy to answer any further questions you may have.&#8221; Is this all simply free advertising \u2013 or just window dressing? They don&#8217;t want to invest any money in advertising, and they want journalists to write about it for free, which they are already doing: at SIC and SAPO, they&#8217;re all fighting over this unremarkable little car from northern Portugal. They can&#8217;t even offer a test drive to the ECO123. They want us to drive 650 km to Guimar\u00e3es, where I can supposedly test drive the car. Ha, ha, ha.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-74507 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/ben-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/ben-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/ben-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/ben-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/ben-6-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/ben-6-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/ben-6-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/ben-6-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">ECO123 wanted to find out from those in charge how big a range this small electric car has, because range is everything. Without a large enough range, there\u2019s no point in having such a car. The \u20ac8,000 investment doesn\u2019t make any sense either if no one knows how many kilometres you can actually drive. You&#8217;d be better off investing in a Toyota AYGO or Renault Twingo E, or waiting a bit longer until the first VW ID.2 is delivered. The Chinese BYD is also available very cheaply. And all these cars come with warranties, garage repairs and services if something breaks down&#8230; The BEN, developed by the difficult-to-decipher CEiiA, Portugal&#8217;s second electric car (the first being the three-wheeled VEECO in 2013), received its European Union approval after a long and demanding process at IDIADA in Spain (another difficult-to-decipher word) and could theoretically now be sold and driven all around Europe. In practice, however, reality stands in the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">According to the manufacturer&#8217;s somewhat incomplete press release, perhaps as many as 200 BEN vehicles could be produced in 2026. That&#8217;s precisely why we wanted to test the range, which is why we wanted to test drive the BEN in the Algarve. But, presumably, the range is too short, considering the distance to Guimar\u00e3es, and people in Portugal don&#8217;t necessarily comprehend the harsh realities of the car market. The BEN is designed to be a small, affordable and sustainable electric car that can be used for commercial and delivery purposes. So, does it have a range of only 75 kilometres, or perhaps a bit more, or maybe a bit less? Just enough to travel to the nearest Pingo Doce or <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">Continente supermarket and back? Oh really? And what does that mean in practice? <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>What if the weather outside is <\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>c<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>older than the climate change forecast<\/i><\/span><!-- This sentence makes no sense to me and I don\u2019t know how to change it? What do you mean? The Portuguese and German text don\u2018t help me either. What do you mean by \u201ethe weather is older\u201c? --><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Guimar\u00e3es is now set to be the European Green Capital in 2026&#8230; Since when do cities build cars? And we at ECO123 begin to wonder: is BEN just a figurehead for advertising purposes? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">\u201c<span lang=\"en-GB\">With BEN, Portugal is now a Europe-wide player and a developer of mobility schemes. \u201cWe created BEN as Europe\u2019s answer to a new, inclusive social model that focuses on more accessible, smaller and more sustainable electric cars. BEN is thus in line with the \u2018Small and Affordable e-car\u2019 initiative launched by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, with the aim of developing a car for Europe\u2019s future,\u201d explains Helena Silva, the Chief Administrative Officer and CTO of CeiiA. It\u2019s best to keep things in perspective, however.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-tie-medium wp-image-74493\" src=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-2026-01-02-at-05-29-16-microlino-car-e1767361259492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"165\" \/>In Switzerland, they built a similar car last year: the Microlino 2.0. It has a range of at least 120 to 150 kilometres. BEN\u2019s first development phase is now reaching its end with its official certification. It\u2019s approved for three people (which doesn\u2019t mean that three people can actually sit comfortably in the tiny car) and is available from \u20ac8,000, with a range of\u2026 Well, that\u2019s the question we\u2019ve been asking. And we\u2019re still doing so&#8230; even at the end of this story. But we&#8217;re guessing it&#8217;s only good for short trips around town, such as travelling to the nearest shopping mall. And back? But Louren\u00e7o Galv\u00e3o isn&#8217;t entirely sure either, because he doesn&#8217;t drive a BEN yet, and they&#8217;re not even available for purchase, since they\u2019re only making 200 of them a year, if that. And anyway, King Sebasti\u00e3o disappeared <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">as well <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">into the fog and was never seen again&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content post-cover\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" class=\"post-listing post-72707 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-ecology category-zw1-en tag-botanical-garden tag-eucaliptos-en tag-forest tag-greenwashing-en pmpro-has-access\">\n<div class=\"post-inner\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-img alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uwe-Heitkamp.png?w=618\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info-content\">\n<h3>Uwe Heitkamp (66)<\/h3>\n<p>trained television journalist, book author and hobby botanist, father of two grown-up children, has known Portugal for 35 years, founder of ECO123.<br \/>\nTranslators: Dina Ad\u00e3o, John Elliot, Patr\u00edcia Lara<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A satirical look at a car that is almost ready for the market&#8230; Do you know what a Mata-Velho is? It&#8217;s a vehicle that old people without driving licences can use to travel around in amid the traffic in Portugal. I asked Louren\u00e7o Galv\u00e3o from the PR agency H\/Advisors in Lisbon whether or not you &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3944,"featured_media":74496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1409,1417,1485],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-short-stories-en","category-zw1-en","category-zw1-2-en","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BEN, the first electric \u201cMata-Velho\u201d. - Eco123<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/en\/short-stories-en\/ben-the-first-electric-mata-velho\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BEN, the first electric \u201cMata-Velho\u201d. - Eco123\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A satirical look at a car that is almost ready for the market&#8230; Do you know what a Mata-Velho is? 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