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The 124 mile range is a deal breaker for NA, when so many others coming out in this class in 2020 are 200+. Europe it will do fine.
by bduerst 7y ago
The 124 mile range is a deal breaker for NA, when so many others coming out in this class in 2020 are 200+. Europe it will do fine.
- giobox 7y agoThe 40kw 2019 Nissan Leaf is broadly in this ballpark, sells well enough at a lower price point than the typical 200 mile+ EVs. This Honda is roughly price competitive with the Leaf too, but given lack of US announcement hard to directly compare. Worth remembering many quoted European launch prices will be inclusive of sales tax in the 15-20 percent region. For sure it's not enough for absolutely everyone, but 95 percent of US commuters travel less than 40 miles to work. Its workable for a great many. With rear wheel drive, I suspect this thing will be a riot to drive compared to the Leaf though!
- cptskippy 7y agoI would disagree, the Gen1 Nissan Leaf has sold well in North America and the Honda has a 30% range increase over the Gen1 Leaf. Whenever I talk with people about EVs, they're always quick to suggest how an EV would never work for them. I was talking with a coworker the other day and he talked about how he needed a truck to tow his boat and how an EV could never allow him to travel 500 miles to the coast. And went on with a myriad of other use cases he thought made EVs non viable. I said something about the poor gas mileage of a truck for daily commuting and parking downtwon, his response was "well I just drive my Mustang".