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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.


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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes, compared to even my 2013 Leaf's 80kw motor it's a toy. But I look at this as a starting point. They were at ground zero, and now they have engineering experience, a manufacturing operation, and a finished working product to improve upon.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Turns out it at least has a 13 kW engine, the article is wrong on that point.
Still not a lot, but at least that makes the performance claims much more likely.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Yes, 13kw makes a LOT more sense. That's a little more than half my original Leaf's capacity.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's just below the power rating of the 1960-70 rear engine Fiat hatchbacks. Given it's an electric motor, it should do adequately.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Yes with 13, not if it only had 3.5.