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Old 06-17-2008, 12:10 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SVOboy View Post
Nice! I've heard a lot about these! Looking forward to your impressions!
So far it is about what I expected. I made the purchase after reading a lot of the Xebra_EV discussion. Much of it is about problems that owners were and are encountering.

What I like most is that it provides basic transportation within my range requirement. It was quite inexpensive. 2 cents per mile for the electricity.

What I don't like is its very harsh ride. There is an aftermarket spring kit that is supposed to improve the ride. At $450 it will have to wait until the battery care equipment is installed and the bank account has recovered from that $700+ expense.

My biggest concerns are cold weather performance and battery survival.

On the battery front there is good news. See www.fireflyenergy.com
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