"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
10/05/2017 at 06:51 • Filed to: Nissan
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"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
10/05/2017 at 06:51 • Filed to: Nissan | 0
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No, it’s at 1:55 when Robbie asks whether they have set the record and the gent driving the Leaf-powered Nissan e-NV200 (which is moving fast enough to look as if it was left in neutral on a disgruntled declining slope) responds with, “Yeah, the heaviest tow by an electric vehicle. EVER!” All while disclaimers run with my favorite moment being the revelation of the van being rated to tow 430 kg (948 lbs).
The advertisment worked. I left with a positive impression of the new Leading, Environmentally Friendly, Affordable, Family Vehicle by Nissan. Wish they would make a LePHEV though.
bhtooefr
> Wobbles the Mind
10/05/2017 at 07:12 |
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I think there’s an entire class of electric vehicles that would beg to differ with that claim.
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Wobbles the Mind
> bhtooefr
10/05/2017 at 07:29 |
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Hey, I was talking with DavesAddiction yesterday about electric sportscars. Do you happen to have info, in that vault of knowledge of yours, on why we havent seen or really heard of any BEV sportscars?
There’s this huge gap in electric two-doors between the sub-$40,000 city runners and all the million dollar hypercars every company that has never built a car has announced. It’s like the SLS Electric Drive and those couple of R8 eTrons were it!
Squeeky
> Wobbles the Mind
10/05/2017 at 07:51 |
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Maybe you’re just not in that space? BEV sportscars are there - albeit either in very limited runs like Rimac Concept One, or the NIO EP9 - 6:45.90 on Nürburgring Nordschleife lap.
The only thing that covers the gap in the middle really are the very quick Tesla Sedans / SUV, in the $65,000-$140,000 bracket, or the Tesla Roadster (not currently in production).
Maybe I’ve missed something else, but can’t think of it.
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bhtooefr
> Wobbles the Mind
10/05/2017 at 07:53 |
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There’s a few out there, but they tend to be extremely niche.
What comes to mind, in rough chronological order:
Venturi Fétish, €100,000 at launch, although I’m not sure if any units have actually shipped
Evisol ThoRR was a Caterham Seven clone with electric (so, no doors, but it is a car), not sure on pricing
Tesla Roadster, $109,000 at launch
Morgan EV3 (not actually a car due to being three-wheeled, no doors) at £52,500
Kyburz eRod (no doors), starting at €30,000 for the Fun (and there’s a lower Basic trim that pricing wasn’t posted for, both being 60 hp), up to €97,500 for the Race (201 hp)
You know when a long wheelbase electric Lotus Elise is the most mainstream electric sports car, that it really is quite niche. And, you’ve probably only heard of two, maybe three of those companies (Venturi only if you pay attention to Formula E or electric land speed record stuff).
random001
> bhtooefr
10/05/2017 at 08:22 |
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nermal
> Wobbles the Mind
10/05/2017 at 09:21 |
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I don’t like her dress. It looks like it was made by the same people that thought that Hammer Pants were going to make a resurgence.
#lowfashion
ttyymmnn
> Wobbles the Mind
10/05/2017 at 10:00 |
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Did you notice how her accent comes and goes during the shoot?
Urambo Tauro
> Wobbles the Mind
10/05/2017 at 10:03 |
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Thanks to that stunt and the need for so many disclaimers, everything she said just went in one ear and out the other.