A Fully Electric sedan for an affordable $30,000 coming soon
Coming to a showroom near you is the XS 500 made by an auto company called Miles Automotive Group featured in CNN Money. It has a top speed of 80 miles per hour and a range of 80 miles. 6 hours of charging from a normal wall socket provide the energy.
The car is going through some safety testing and shall be out in the US by 2009. Right now the only vehicles that are all electric in the United States are the Tesla sporty cars that even though are great looking they cost a whopping $90,000 and only can carry 2 people.
Miles Automotive Group is a Los Angeles-based company safety eco conscious zero-emissions electric vehicles. Its cars are produced in China. Some of the costumers that have purchased their low speed All-Electric vehicles (pictured above) for their fleets include Stanford University, NASA, US National Park Service, US Navy, Yale, San Francisco International Airport and the University of California System.
August 17th, 2007 at 10:53 am |
There is something about “produced in China” that doesn’t go well with the word “safety”. I’ll wait to make sure these cars are covered in lead paint, or that the tires aren’t inflated with DEG.
August 18th, 2007 at 5:04 am |
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August 18th, 2007 at 4:03 pm |
Everett stole my thunder. I, too, was going to weigh in on the fact that we should boycott all Chinese products as the US has no controls in place to make sure that- our pets don’t die, people don’t get ill from counterfeit toothpaste - labeled as Colgate, toy parts aren’t being swallowed, lead paint isn’t being eaten, fish and shellfish aren’t toxic, etc. With China’s track record, they’ll probably fill the tires with nuclear waste.
August 18th, 2007 at 5:23 pm |
Yes the Chinese have very low environmental standards and laws…
But the U.S. consumer is demanding more eco friendly alternatives more and more. You see this when for example Walmart is stocking more organic foods and they are grown in China of course.
One day food will be locally produced such as what Whole Foods Market is trying to do. Cars is a different matter.
I am also sure China does not want to gain a reputation for shoddy, defective, and hazardous products. Its not good for business…
As for me I am saving up for a Ford Escape Hybrid!
March 13th, 2008 at 5:47 pm |
Lets withhold judging until we know more. Its great that more EVs are becoming available at affordable price points. China makes some of the worlds best and highest quality products these days, can’t let old news guide your thinking.