[thechat] NEVs: Cutting car usage in WA

[Ashok Hariharan]

Hows the driving experience of these cars a compared to a petrol car of 
equivalent price ? (In terms of performance, acceleration, good engine 
noise etc.). 

>From what I had read about such cars a few years back was that they 
were rather heavy (because of the electric motors/batteries) to offer 
decent performance....

--ashok
(It was only last year that they started selling unleaded in 
Kenya...though 
I dont think anyone is using unleaded because most cars that are sold 
here are without catalytic convertors...
LSD usage is still being debated (I mean low sulphur diesel...not the 
other variety :)


On 21-05-2003 05:28:59 AM Jackson Yee wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>You might also take a look at the Honda Civic hybrid as well; very 
comparable
>cars, and very nice reviews.
>If you do buy one of these cars, make sure that you purchase one with a 
CVT
>rather than a normal transmission.  It'll run you up about $2,000 more, 
but it
>will be *well* worth it once you start driving.
>