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lagadu on June 14, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: We Could Have Had Electric Cars from the Beginning

> Its always been possible to make a small electric commuter car to drive round at 30mph for short distances but even today there are none like this

Hmmm? There are quite a few like that, off the top of my head:

- Peugeot Ion

- Smart electric

- Renault Zoe

- Mitsubishi imiev

- Fiat 500 had an EV version

- Don't remember the name but some citroen too

sokoloff on June 14, 2019 [–]

I think the poster was more thinking of the "neighborhood electric vehicle" type. I don't know all the cars on the list, but the Fiat 500 and smart electric are both normal cars that can hit 65+mph on highways with ease and have ranges over 100km.

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