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minus-squareDarth_Ra@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoYe olde Smart Car problem: “Wow, that’s a cute little car, must’ve been pretty cheap, huh?” “Nah, it was $30K. Same as a Honda Civic, with a quarter the space and none of the bells and whistles.” “…”
minus-squareelvid88@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoAlso, “it must get great gas mileage”, nope 36mpg (EPA rating in the US). Worse than my Ford fiesta at the time which was 14k (back in 2014).
minus-squarearaujoms@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI don’t know how they fucked up the efficiency. The EV version is also terrible at 16.1 kWh/ 100 km. It should be easy to get much lower than that with such a light car. Maybe the onboard inverter is too inefficient?
Ye olde Smart Car problem:
“Wow, that’s a cute little car, must’ve been pretty cheap, huh?”
“Nah, it was $30K. Same as a Honda Civic, with a quarter the space and none of the bells and whistles.”
“…”
Also, “it must get great gas mileage”, nope 36mpg (EPA rating in the US). Worse than my Ford fiesta at the time which was 14k (back in 2014).
I don’t know how they fucked up the efficiency. The EV version is also terrible at 16.1 kWh/ 100 km. It should be easy to get much lower than that with such a light car. Maybe the onboard inverter is too inefficient?