Honda E Protoytpe

[Morris Minor]

It's illegal in the US I think, so it's not coming here.

Audi E-Tron has it in Europe, but gets conventional mirrors here.

2019 - Although largely unused by American drivers anyway, conventional door mirrors remain compulsory in the USA.
2025 - Aerodynamic drag from the US's vestigial unneeded door mirrors proves to be the CO2 emissions tipping point for runaway global warming.
2030 - World ends because of door mirrors.

[MX793]

2019 - Although largely unused by American drivers anyway, conventional door mirrors remain compulsory in the USA.
2025 - Aerodynamic drag from the US's vestigial unneeded door mirrors proves to be the CO2 emissions tipping point for runaway global warming.
2030 - World ends because of door mirrors.

This is the same federal organization that forbade non-circular headlamps until the late 1970s and mandated glass headlamp lenses until the 1980s.

[Galaxy]

This is the same federal organization that forbade non-circular headlamps until the late 1970s and mandated glass headlamp lenses until the 1980s.

I would argue that they were right in their suspicion of non glass mirrors, and should not have succumbed to lobbying.

[CaminoRacer]

Ugh plastic headlights SUCK.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Ugh plastic headlights SUCK.

Not as much as wooden headlights.

[68_427]

Everything about it sounds cool, such a shame it isn't for North America (at least for now). The reported "low" range doesn't bother me and I don't live in anything like an urban environment. 124 miles seems fine for most suburban trips and probably would be fine in most exurbs as well.

Supposedly gets 80% of a charge in 30min too.

[Morris Minor]

I would argue that they were right in their suspicion of non glass mirrors, and should not have succumbed to lobbying.

The sun cooks them to yellow opaque uselessness. 

[Galaxy]

The sun cooks them to yellow opaque uselessness. 

Exactly the US, and EU should not have caved in here.

[MX793]

The sun cooks them to yellow opaque uselessness. 

That takes years, and can be buffed out in 15 minutes with a little plastic polish.

FWIW, I've had glass lenses get hazed/frosted by several seasons of being sand-blasted by the winter roads here.  Only remedy was to replace the glass.

Glass also can't be as easily or inexpensively formed into the aerodynamic shapes that polycarbonate can.

[Raza]

No. Squirtle.

Man, fuck Squirtle unless it's a Squirtle Squad Squirtle. 

[Raza]

Any pricing discussions?  At $20k, this thing would sell like crazy in the US.  At $50k, not at all.

I heard $150K, but it has a 0-60 of 1.8 seconds and laps the Nurburgring in under 6 minutes.  But I'm not sure.

[Raza]

Jigglypuff!

If I wanted a car that put me to sleep, I'd just get a mid-00s Camry!

[Payman]

If I wanted a car that put me to sleep, I'd just get a mid-00s Camry!

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