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bigshape

this is why i like the honda e... although reading this from the concept website is a prime example of the 'bigger is better' approach favoured by the people who make the decisions.

Kohei Hitomi is the manager responsible for leading the Honda e project. He had to fight for the freedom to develop a compact electric car.

“The biggest battle was internal,” Hitomi explains. “Many people, including management, had the opinion that to advance market share of electric vehicles, it is essential to overcome the negatives, the drawbacks of an electric vehicle, which is driving range.

To cover that, people were keen to put in a bigger battery. A bigger battery automatically means a bigger car, and a bigger car means a more expensive car. To say ‘no, we want a small car’ didn’t fit in their minds, and that was the resistance."

https://www.honda.co.uk/engineroom/electric/ev/honda-e-from-concept-to-production/

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Mr_Smyth in reply to @bigshape

I don’t even drive but the Honda looks way more futuristic than every other car purely by not trying to hard to look like a BMW/Audi or appeal to car-nobs.

Had my first siting of a Citröen Ami yesterday, I expect to see a few more of those around in the near future.

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jellybaby in reply to @Mr_Smyth

Citröen Ami

The ordering process includes:

DRIVING LICENCE
A full UK driving licence may be used to drive the AMI. Whilst an AM licence may also be used to legally drive an AMI, not all insurers will provide cover for AM licence holders. Please check with your insurance provider. Please check the back of your driving licence to see what category permissions you hold. Provisional licence holders are not permitted to drive an AMI.

Surely a provisional licence holder can drive one if accompanied by a full licence holder like a proper car?

Apparently if I order one today I wouldn't get it until May :( At least you can order it online without having to talk to a dealer.

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