Hey,
does anyone know of the engine specs in the 2020 LR? Anything, does it at least have a plug-in hybrid or 48V mild-hybrid?

Vans in Europe are very much like the smallest cars sold here; they have small profit margins and need many sales to make profit. EV vans have only gone as far for at least 3 LCVs being the NV200, Berlingo and Partner. The former iirc are built to the tune of 4000 per year in Barcelona. This EQV or Vito as I remember…

I wouldn’t go near as far as calling the 60kWh LEAF a hot hatch.

Not that, bcz, ofc it’s not. But also most of its competition in the primary EU market has a number of sub 8-sec 0-100km/h electric cars from city sized (BMW i3, Mini-E) and small family sized cars such as the new Renault Zoe 50 kWh and PSA’s 50 kWh Citro…

Unless I haven’t been arsed enough to scroll through all the comments, I am quite surprised how nobody has brought up La Deesse, “La DS”.

I thought you’ve found HubNut’s Dolly.

Yeah on shorter distances. How short now?

Those Drumm battery electric multiple units had a range of 120 miles at the time, and charging is not a problem when your railway often has access to 750V. Fixed services like bus and rail lines are much more predictable in calculating energy consumption. Hence why milk floats…

Enough with all these insipid flegs, TY.

I wonder which is cheaper. A Voyager, or a Pacifica Hybrid inc. State incentives + Federal tax credits?

I wouldn’t say such a thing at all, having on board batteries allow much needed flexibility. On non-electrified lines they can operate and still charge on stations (picture 2km of HV wires acting like a powered runway + charge station). It’s a far practical and cheaper alternative than to build additional and complete…

If you got the cash to import an XM, you must have enough to electrify it. Hydractive suspension just needs an electric pump.

It’s just some ‘nother poxy luxury yoke. If it ain’t even a plug-in at or near base msrp, it’s a poor start.

Forget the RAV4, it’s essentially a RAV4 shaped Prius V. They’ll still be knocking around getting +40mpg by 2040.

Neutral:

If there is a root cause you want to look for, it all boils down to the battery manufacturing (and investment, ala mid-2000s strife).

Battery plants that create the ubiquitous Li-ion cells are fundamentally miles of printing press machines operating in super clean room conditions, ‘cause you know, batteries…

You’re wring for the most part. RWD will make a comeback in EV form, honestly because the drive shaft will be cheaper. The main reason why we see FWD EVs currently is because the vehicles are carried over from existing hatchbacks.

That doesn’t mean FWD is redundant forever. Having an electric motor on the front makes…

The CVT is a CVT when you treat it like one. Others have mentioned that it’s not, it;s a planetary gear box like a Ford Model T. It’s that plus a bigger and a small AC 500v electric motor generators, the smaller one can perform extra roles like an overdrive for the engine, a low gear high-torque gear, a reverse gear,…

Neutral: Yeah, and in Ireland nonetheless! As soon as the taxi drivers started adopting used 5 year old JDM Priuses and them closing their holes about the dangers of hybrid batteries, the hybrid car just became accepted as a no-brainer option of choice for a new or new car. If you’re driving on anything other than a…

I would have the same hybrid (Gen 2 Prius?) that has 4.9" of ground clearance I think. I am sure I’ve driven through that town before last year without trouble. Driving in rural Ireland has its own reputations and a noticeable presence of boyracers or skangers or worse in Passats, A4s, Corollas, Colts, Starlets and…

It was such a lazy sin too. The lack of 5th seat was because of the Prime’s extra rearward weight (and no change to suspension set up?), the charger is not located there. The 2020 Prime should have uprated springs now.

The bigger loss is still the positioning of that battery back eating away at vertical trunk space;…

Needs a front bench seat

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