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From the manufacturer website the car is listed as 45 kW, which is 60 horsepower, not 27. Looking at the power-to-weight ratio, it's on par with the cheapest v
by semi-extrinsic 6y ago
From the manufacturer website the car is listed as 45 kW, which is 60 horsepower, not 27.
Looking at the power-to-weight ratio, it's on par with the cheapest version of the Renault Zoe, so it should actually be fairly useable on highways. The Zoe does 0-60 in 13 seconds, which is definitely not fast, but it's not unusably slow either.
Probably the collision safety would be what stopped me from taking this thing on the highway.
- kube-system 6y agoHmm. They list that as the motors “rated” power which seems to beg the question of why that qualification is merited. Is the battery and motor controller capable of delivering the 45kw the motor is rated for? Motortrend says “less than 30hp” and CNN says 27. https://www.motortrend.com/news/2021-kandi-model-k27-k23-ev-details-price-photos/ https://www.motortrend.com/news/2021-kandi-model-k27-k23-ev-... https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/success/kandi-10000-electric-car-china/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/success/kandi-10000-electric-... I couldn’t find any other citations of output power.
- baq 6y agodata point: i've been in a zoe on a highway and it didn't have any issue getting to 140km/h (~86mph).