I wonder if this is being aimed at a replacement for the ubiquitous bocho, or original VW bug, that still dominates the intracity car fleets of the many smaller cities and towns in the mountains Central region. If it's rear wheel drive that's my guess, those things only ever go on nigh-vertical narrow cobblestone roads in dense urban environments so low range and slow speeds won't matter at all.
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50 kmh isn't much, even for city driving.
Can it do 50 up a long gentle hill with 6 occupants or 50 on a flat well paved road, a slight tail wind and a jockey who just took a shit behind the wheel?
Dublin city centre is 30kph limit.
Car brain alerta.... Car brain alert.
Speed limit in cities in Denmark is 50 km/h with many places being 40 or lower, so it would be quite relevant here
Well apart from most of the major arteries and ring roads typically being 60 or 70 km/h in larger towns and cities... You are not going to be very popular puttering down "Ringvejen" at 50. The occasional tractor or other machinery causes enough bunching up as is...
hehe true, but I'm not saying people need to drive 50 on ringvejen.
I'm instead saying that 50 km/h is sufficient for many places (but not all) in cities.
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But why?
The car is designed for urban settings and has a top speed of 50 kilometers (31 miles) per hour.
It sounds like maybe a 25kWh battery? Why can't it have a real top speed like every other actual car?
Because then it would not cost $8500.
China has already solved that with better cars for the same price, but they are not being sold to us
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It'd likely fall apart at those speeds.
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No way it'll be allowed in the US, our automotive industry is terrified of legitimate competition.
wait where's the rear window
Where we're going, we don't need ~~roads~~ a rear window.
Its a golf cart…
I love Alina! She's by far the most coolest pornst... Oh the car looks cool.
125KM :\
You know who.else showed off a new extremely cheap government backed vehicle ... HITLER
And the world bought millions of them for the next 50 years. What is your dumb point.
I see they didn't teach you about the "you know who else [x] ... hitler" meme in Miss Grumblewert's School For The Perpetually Crotchety.
I'm sure it will meet all of the strict safety requirements of other countries.....
You know where had some of the world's highest vehicle safety standards? France.
You know what you see everywhere in France?
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Mexico makes some pretty good cars man.
Like, none of their own...but there's a lot of auto assembly in Mexico, and for some brands those plants are preferable because of their track record.
Sure, but what about this ultra cheap EV that's like half the price or less of the next cheapest EV on the market elsewhere?
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