Energy density isn’t the only reason why battery-powered cars have never caught on. As was highlighted in Tesla’s somewhat less than successful media road trip, the amount of time it takes to fill batteries with electrons can be as significant a factor in the practicality of EVs as the amount of electrons those batteries can hold.
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danio3834 - Nissan doesn’t make a RWD V8 car, and that doesn’t stop them from competing.
Luke42 - EVs are also going to be a technology treadmill for a while, so you might actually get some practical benefits by driving a new one. On the other...
racebeer - Soooo … I guess this means one less make in the V8 Supercar series. Now just Holden, Merc, and Nissan. Too bad ……
Zackman - When these were new, I checked one out but never drove one. I cannot understand why anybody would ever want to buy one, for to me,...
Gentle Ted - People who work in Australia have to realize that Ford is a USA owned Company, they will do what they want in any Country they operate in, so if people...
CJinSD - I was a member of an F1 forum for several years. One time the SVT Contour came up in discussion and someone launched an impassioned...
danio3834 - I too remember them being a hot commodity when new and have recently realized that they shared the same fate as 5.0L Mustangs from...
speedlaw - I didn’t have an SVT, but I bought a new Mercury Mystique that year, because it was the only v6 manual in the price range....
CJinSD - I hope you’re the only one. The test loop was 17.8 miles and the battery was 9.4kWh. They...
CJinSD - It really doesn’t sound that bad, getting 53.5 mpg in something as heavy as a full sized...