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Old 01-13-2009, 09:30 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

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

Appliance car - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 52.48 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by Christopher Jordan View Post
Sheesh! Pie in the sky?
I smell a bandwagon, painted green!

Off the top of my head, here's who has made EV announcements of "test vehicles" available to fleets or for lease to individuals... or at the least concepts with vague promises to produce them.

All of this within the last, say 3 or 4 months at most:

GM
Chrysler
Ford
BMW
Mini
Smart
Lotus
Nissan
Mitsubishi
Toyota

...not to mention several more European manufacturers & engineering houses.

The only one who hasn't seen fit to throw themselves on the bandwagon has been Honda. Although they say they're going to do a motorcycle, not a car.
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