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Old 04-25-2024, 09:56 AM   #4441
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Originally Posted by whitev70r View Post
A $25K EV car that is fun to drive, has personality or charm (cuteness factor), 350-400 kms range, as a 2nd commuter car would tick a lot of boxes. Other car is convenitonal ICE ... in this case, no need for a Hybrid (which seems to be the current rage). I see if you only have one car why you'd go hybrid but 1 ICE, 1 commuter EV for the avg 2 car family ... good combo.
I'm not sure battery prices can drop quickly enough to make a $25k EV with 350-400km of range feasible yet. The Honda e (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_e) had a 35 kwh battery with 210k of range (WTLP testing so very optimistic) so figure a 70kwh battery to get 400km of range? That's $7-9k of battery (https://www.visualcapitalist.com/vis...atteries-cost/).
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