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09-07-2012, 11:18 AM
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LOL @ 143 mpgE. The Leaf doesn't even hit that and its a FULL EV.  I guess its a step in the right general direction. I think 350Wh/mile is a bit of an optimistic number for the average driver but that seems to be what most mfgs are doing. |
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09-07-2012, 11:51 AM
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Right, they are probably not "counting" the electricity as part of that number? But, the "61 km/per liter" is still an impressive number.
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09-07-2012, 01:09 PM
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Unfortunately for them, they're probably not going to sell very many.
The Mitsu electric car is only moving a few dozen a month.
The plug in Prius, with Toyota's massive hybrid brand awareness and "primed" existing owner pool is selling roughly 1000 each month by comparison, which is also not a lot!
My, I'm a downer today!
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09-07-2012, 01:21 PM
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Well if the PHEV Prius didn't cost $8K more to shove 3 extra kWh into I'm sure more people would be buying it. $8k for 4kWh of lithium is rediculous. I can go buy automotive grade lithium for half that, and they're taking out 1kWh of nimh to do it! The price is rediculous. If it were $4k more that would at least keep it under the $30k mark.
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