Nissan Leaf - 100% Electric car

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Neat little car, but the very fact that it has poor aerodynamics, what's with manufacturers and doing this? EV's need every last bit of efficiency gain to make them desirable, and aero's are everything. 110hp and 87mpg top speed just doesn't make any sense, unless it is electronically limited. Also, only 100 miles for 24KWh battery is not that good IMO, unless they gave it a very conservative range, which I can understand, 'you are guaranteed 100 miles in city'. Sorry to be so critical on EV's, but I have so many problems with them, at least the way big manufacturers build them.

Mitsubishi, 5 years ago, came out with an electric Lancer Evo, with 4 wheels motors of 50KW each, and 270hp total. That should get the car moving in a hurry, especially 0-60mph (<4 secs). I haven't seen anything materialize from that though.