I thought that all you Americans drove autos to not have to do the math...
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Yes the Jeep is larger. This is Panda-sized.
Interesting labelling the BSCC / BTCC as a minor, barely known series when it is quite possibly the most popular of the national touring car championships (alongside the DTM probably).
Indeed. Almost 38 grand before options if you want the 150bhp version.
They quoted me at 2 grand (or thereabouts), which I thought wasn’t that bad for a personal “fuel pump”.
Come to Europe. There are plenty of those.
The only problem is that it is too expensive. I wanted one but was driven away by the price. I even went as far is getting a quote for installing a charger in my parking space.
Fun has never really gone away:
With 550ftlb of torque you could probably start in third and let the engine sort it all out...
But, but... this isn’t WRC...
The infrastructure isn’t prepared yet, especially not for one-car households and urban areas, both of which are prevalent in Europe.
That is because this figure is when they got the tax benefits. Real world numbers do not matter at all (and are often unattainable).
We “only” get the Explorer PHEV (which anyway is far too big for Europe), not the Expedition.
In Spain the PHEV has to be able to go at least 50km on battery power alone to grant a “0 emissions” sticker. I understand that this will be similar in other European countries.
They occupy that place between expensive Jaguars and cheap Bentleys. You could argue that it is a small niche but I don’t think they should have gotten out of it.
I bet any car currently on sale (even say a 500 Hybrid) would easily beat them.
With 5o or so bhp I doubt speed was on the menu...
And anyway, the most popular version will probably be the 100 Puretech, which costs half as much.
According to research firm Canalys, electric and hybrid vehicles now make up more than seven percent of all new cars delivered in Europe, and Germany’s ratio is even more electrified.
I understand that these will be fast chargers, but still you are right. With one charger per 5-6 (at least) fuel pumps in every stations the numbers still don’t add up for widespread adoption of EVs.