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Sounds like a Tata Nano, which I've had the misfortune of driving. It could get up 100 kmh only downhill with a tailwind though. I tested it.
by llampx 5y ago
Sounds like a Tata Nano, which I've had the misfortune of driving. It could get up 100 kmh only downhill with a tailwind though. I tested it.
- mywittyname 5y agoFor reference, the Prius electric motor is slightly more powerful than that (depending on year) and it's incredibly sluggish when accelerating without the gasoline motor. I'm sure part of that is Toyota doesn't give the electric motor full juice without the ICE, but the other part of it is that 23kw/30hp is not a lot. I suspect the 0-30 (!) would be in the 13 second range and hitting 60 would take like two minutes and few miles of straight, flat road with no headwind.
- kube-system 5y agoEvery Prius has at least 2 electric motors. In the typical Prius, it's the larger of those two, MG2 that drives the wheels. But the power that the battery system can deliver is pretty wimpy in most hybrids, because you can run the engine to generate additional electricity when you need it.
- mywittyname 5y agoTrue, but AFAIK, only one propels the car without the ICE, the other is used in conjunction with the ICE to control the gearing for the ecvt.
- cure 5y agoThe "Chery QQ Ice Cream" has a curb weight of only 743 kg. The lightest Prius seems to be 1,390 kg.
- llampx 5y agoThat's pretty cool to know. The Tata Nano is likely a fair bit lighter though, to the extent that when 4 adults were sitting in it, you really felt it.