The biggest issue we all have about the Smart ED (not sort for Erectile Dis-function) was that:
- It wasn’t updated mechanically.
- It was built best of the EU market.

The Smart ED would be far better where I used to live in the country side Ireland. The most common chargers were 3-phase posts where only Teslas, Renault…

I wish some of us could be so surprised.

It was flawed to the fundamental sense of it, the LEAF since 2009 was built on the Tiida platform here in Europe. It still has the same shape from the “newer” Pulsar. It’s very much a step-between a traditional chassis and a ground-up design to fit a belly of batteries.

Anyways,…

Same passive cooling, like a tablet..

But as with all electric cars, larger capacity means less charging cycles needed (with the same chemistry), thus better long-term life. They’re worked much less harder under the same charging/discharging load, potentially they wouldn’t generate heat as much either - potentially.

They depreciate worse than a big Citroen, because of $7500 tax credits or more from states. Though, without them yes they are among the largest shredders of value out there.

Rule of thumb is that the LEAFs after 2013 (there’s a mix of 2013s) have redesigned module cases or “lizard” that don’t hold as much internal heat, and they seem to not show any capacity problems. The larger, but now old 30kWh packs, confusingly for a short while showed loads of degregation, until it turned out to be…

It’s been around for over 6 years now.

Neutral: How bad will it be?

Well, given that the largest stumbling block has been the highly contested Northern Irish border and the highly disgusted “backstop” protecting the 1998 Good Friday Agreement; those who are awake surely are the most fearful of what should arrive should the die-hard brits ever Go Full Retard…

I hardly get this at all, I loved the Geo (Suzuki Swift) a long time and the hypermiler culture around it, but lets be real here. Availability of parts and repairs real. Why not just get a Prius for under $2000? And have the battery reconditioned for around 500 bucks. They’re at most 15 years old now for the…

*Googles Isle of Sark* Wow, really? It looks rather nice.
Why not Craggy Island, it’s purpose was supposed to be a place for the evicted?

There’s gobs of writing to read in this post, but nothing regarding the “hybrid” part of the car. Totally ignored. Hasn’t anything regarding the motors or battery output changed?

Is this hybrid just lifted from Prius with a peak of 32hp from the battery?

Given the news about Mazda, seems like they’re the first to get it. The i3 REx has been hamstrung by stringency and its not-so reliable motorcycle unit. Despite either Mazda or BMW, Audi had the perfect opportunity to make a Wankel REx with its 2011 A1 e-trons. But how many of us ever got to see or hear of it again,…

In the EU, it did actually extend the range by a considerable factor. 2.3 gal is US only, it’s limited so that the i3 can qualify in every way as an “Electric Range Extended Vehicle”; same BEV perks if the gas range doesn’t exceed the electric range. 2014 i3 - 80 mi EV range, - 65 mi gas range. And it only engages…

Nissan Note e-Power. Look it up. 107hp Leaf electric motor (and all that lovely regen), power supplied by 3-cylinder 84hp and 23hp battery. 1210kg, they’re shockingly fast some say.

Regarding the hybridisation of these little amazing buggers, the closest you can get is the e-Power Nissan Note. Notably (though unknown outside of Japan and EV/hybrid nerd circles) it’s a familiar body with a series hybrid drivetrain that will rocket it to 0-60 mph in less than 8 seconds. It has the torquey 107 hp ele…

A BMW i3 REx would be far more appealing with a Rotary range extender. Not like the 2cyl motorcycle engine-generator had any zero complaints.

One-hundred and fifty-three miles of range isn’t bad, but it’s not much more than the Nissan Leaf and lags far behind the claimed ranges of the Tesla Model 3 and the Chevy Bolt. That works as an around-town car, but subjecting the new i3 to longer trips will require more frequent charging.

Union of Converned Scientists have normally measured cradle-to-grave emissions of a US-made EV ran on the various US electrical grids over 10 years of use.

They use the LEAF and Model S as EV examples, where batteries typically add anywhere from one to two tonnes of CO2 to the five or six that manufactures a…

A man could dream. My grandfather long owned a Citroen Xantia 1996 1.4l petrol. I miss it so much now, but he went towards that one after a bunch of scare stories of older XMs with electrical trouble.

I want to understand why it doesn't have the Golf GTE plug-in drive train? Same as the Audi A3 e-tron's.

I’m surprised none of you Americans aren’t orgasming over the acutal high-deck Pope mobile being a Dodge Ram in pope white.