2025 One-One Lab Klin Concept
By Lorenzo Bianchi September 22, 2025
KLiN is a two-seat electric city car concept from design studio One-One Lab, intended for dense urban environments.
Its styling emphasizes simplicity, tight proportions, and minimal surfaces, with sustainability at the core of its brief.
A design born out of small and clean thinking
The KLiN Concept is unapologetically compact. Its name is a direct signal of intent, combining the German word for “small” and the English word “clean.” This is not an SUV dressed up as something else; it’s a pared-back statement about what a city car can be when unnecessary excess is stripped away.
Renderings reveal a body that is tight and minimal. Surfaces are uncluttered, the overhangs short, and the overall form kept neat for maximum maneuverability in crowded streets. LED lighting elements sit flush at the front and rear, while the wheels, modest in scale, are pushed to the corners for stability. Everything about the shape suggests urban efficiency rather than highway muscle.
What’s inside the cabin
The interior reflects the same ethos. It’s a two-seat layout, presented with a focus on function over flourish. From the sketches, you see a minimal dashboard with very few distractions, designed to give the driver only what’s necessary. There are hints of sustainable materials, though no details on fabrics or finishes have been disclosed. The impression is that One-One Lab wants KLiN to feel light and uncluttered, mirroring the exterior philosophy.
Features that matter in a city
Where details are available, they emphasize urban functionality. The tiny footprint, two-seat cabin, and emphasis on turning ability speak directly to city use. Compact proportions promise easy parking and maneuverability. The clean surfacing also hints at an interest in aerodynamic efficiency, though again no drag figures have been published.
Sustainability is baked into the story, with the design intent leaning toward recyclable components and efficient use of space. These remain conceptual ideas rather than published specifications, but they align with the way many design houses are rethinking urban mobility.
The KLiN Concept is positioned more as a vision piece than as a near-production prototype. It shows how small EVs could be designed around actual city requirements rather than scaled-down SUV templates. If it were ever to reach production, it would sit in the same space as micro-EVs and city runabouts: cars designed to cover short distances cleanly and simply.