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Infiniti LE
- Thread starter dpeilow
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I agree with David - they blew it by sticking with 24 kWh. One would think they have enough real world experience with the Leaf to recognize the limitations. They also blew it with the styling. It looks very similar to a Hyundai Elantra. I assume the grill is not production intent. Infiniti had an opportunity to be a contender in the Luxury EV segment but this isn't a good start. Perhaps they evolve the concept a bit before 2013 - namely bump the battery to at least 34 kWh, motor to 125 kWh and evolve the styling.
At least the interior quality looks very good.
At least the interior quality looks very good.
Funny that I went to a consumer survey (room with a giant mirror where they ask you opinions about products) There were two Tesla owners, a MiniE owner, a conversion builder, two Leaf, and a Volt owner (more or less). Both the Tesla owners were saying that 100 miles does not make a luxury car. Luxury means no compromise and that's a lot of compromise. The style pictures they showed were much more G series but maybe they see the styling success of Hyundai and are emulating it
spatterso911
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Interior quality is very nice, luxurious and smartly designed. I really like the way they handled the shifter and controller for the screen. They look very good. Jealous of the interior lighting. The headlights remind me strongly of my E60 5-series headlights, though. I also think the Sonata/Elantra will want their tail lights back.
Thanks. Any hope that this is for the concept only, and the production model will get more capacity?
Dodge doesn't even have an ICE that can run decent 1/4 mile times, what makes you think that they can build an EV to?
Not beating you up for mentioning Dodge. Just beating up on Dodge.
No muscle car from Nissan? What do you call the GT-R?
If Chevy is still around in 15 years, I predict an electric Corvette. I'm sure many of their execs would rather die, so maybe their company will.
I think a transmission on an EV is something only needed by racecars and supercars. It will be hard to get to 200+mph without one.
There are home built EVs that run 9 second quarter miles, and they have no transmission. Do you need one to get into the 8s and 7s? I don't know.
I would love for someone to build one. I think someone with deep pockets could build an amazing 200+ mph supercar EV right now - something that would rival the Veyron.
I would also love for Roadster 3.0 to have a transmission and achieve 200mph and be a true track car.
Because the ICE giants need to maintain product segmentation. They want people to think: EV=commuter, ICE=all-purpose. Otherwise, their franchise is at risk.
