Meet the Sakura, the best-selling electric car in Japan. It has driver assistance, auto-parking, fast charging, bi-directional power, and acres of charm. The killer stat: It only costs $17,000.
You mean where the people and shopping would go…? In an already compact kei car where it’s a premium…? Wonderful idea! /s
There’s also more to it than just battery size, more weight, less range per W, more cost to manufactur, so higher cost to buy… wouldn’t be a kei car and lose the insurance and other benefits….
If you’re struggling to believe something so simple, you maybe shouldn’t be commenting on something you have no knowledge on…?
More range would make it larger, defeating a large portion of its purpose.
It’s meant for driving around a city, 200km should be more than enough for a day of shopping.
I struggle to believe that. Packing more batteries does not mean size has to increase by a lot. the biggest part of car volume is air anyway.
You mean where the people and shopping would go…? In an already compact kei car where it’s a premium…? Wonderful idea! /s
There’s also more to it than just battery size, more weight, less range per W, more cost to manufactur, so higher cost to buy… wouldn’t be a kei car and lose the insurance and other benefits….
If you’re struggling to believe something so simple, you maybe shouldn’t be commenting on something you have no knowledge on…?
Exactly! Just put the batteries where the people go.
For driving around a city, 50km is already more than enough
That wouldn’t get me to one side of my city and back without a charge, but with chargers at malls, shouldn’t be an issue.