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Old 12-01-2017, 02:10 PM   #154 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

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90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 62.14 mpg (US)
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L.A. Auto Show coverage (Jalopnik test drive report)

Jalopnik covers Arcimoto, and test drives one in L.A. traffic:

https://jalopnik.com/you-can-have-a-...-ha-1820842729

Summary: fun, well made, neat looking, might just fill a "cheap EV" niche.

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you can now apparently buy brand-new EV with decent specs like a 70 mile range and 80 mph top speed, for about half the price of a very cheap car. But, also yes, it is, in some respects, pretty much... half a car.
There's also a ~10 minute video embedded on that page (FB?) which will probably also show up on YouTube at some point.

The comments after the article are interesting.

So far, 20 of them say:

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Just buy a used Leaf.
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