New E6 will do 250 miles on a single charge

[Mark]

Harrabin's Notes: Electric promise:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8315947.stm

Roger Harrabin reports on the Chinese car maker BYD, which is about to release a vehicle capable of revolutionising the world of motoring, if its claims prove correct.

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[Quintus]

Things are moving in an exciting direction; though at £30,000 for the E6 I don't think we're there quite yet.

One point, however. I've heard that with one particular electric car it's possible to do 10,000 miles on charges that will add only £150 to your annual electricty bill. The big cost issues are the cost of the car itself AND the monthly cost of hiring the battery.

But if everyone had electric cars surely they'd be little cost disincentive to driving everywhere? After all you've bought the car and are hiring the battery - why not get the most out of it at only 1.5p per mile?

[Mark]

Looks like everybody heard about the sofa sale starting 10am Boxing Day.....

[fifthcolumn]

Things are moving in an exciting direction; though at £30,000 for the E6 I don't think we're there quite yet.

The Think City is "only" 20,000 Euros and costs 100 Euros a month.
It's a bit like a smart car, is a two seater, goes 75 miles an hour and goes 100 miles on a charge.

I'd agree that while we're not there yet (the current day), we're probably at the 1980s or at least the 1970s in terms of affordability.

Maybe every third family had a car and the rest walked or took the bus.
It's a bloody lot easier to replace maybe a million thousand buses and ten million cars than it is to replace 40 million cars I reckon.

If all progress stops and we get stuck in the 1970s or 1980s in terms of car ownership I reckon we'll be fine.

[emordnilap]

Wow. Errmmm, what a wonderful design.



Not.