Seat EV Could Be Dubbed 'Born'

The first bespoke electric car from Seat could be dubbed the Born, if recent trademark applications are to be believed.

Auto Express has discovered that the Spanish automaker recently filed trademark applications for Born, Born-E and E-Born, all names based on the area of El Born, a particularly popular neighborhood of Barcelona.

The vehicle in question will reportedly arrive in 2021 or 2022 as the last ground-up electric vehicle produced by one of the Volkswagen Group’s four main passenger car brands. Although its expected launch is still a number of years away, we know it will be based around VW’s MEB electric vehicle architecture.

Before this vehicle hits the market, Seat will bring an all-electric version of the Mii to the production line. Revealed earlier this year in prototype guise, the zero-emission city car is very similar to the VW e-Up! and powered by an electric motor with 81 hp and 210 Nm of torque, allowing it to hit 62 mph (100 km/h) in 11.3 seconds.

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