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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Speed and battery range are reported to be higher than the specs on the Chevy Volt. And yes, I haven't seena price yet, either... but do you think it will be higher than the projected $30,000 Volt?
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I have no idea. But, considering that the Volt will have an internal combustion engine and generator I would say no, a pure EV should be cheaper. But, I do like the Volt platform. The ICE could be switched out to a diesel or perhaps fuel cell in a future model fairly rapidly. Personally I would rather see the volt with a diesel so it could use biodiesel from day 1.
Then again if Mitsu isn't planning to bring this to the US it is probably because people in the US as you already said like their gas guzzling CO2 wheezing SUVs and F-150s.
I would buy one. I can certainly use such a car for a daily commute which is about 30 miles a day. Also, cars like this should last very well. Electric motors have much less moving parts and last forever. It is the batteries you would have to change out after 5 years or so (batteries don't do very well here in Florida.) But, in 5 years batters should be cheaper and have more capacity too.
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