The mileage depends on the battery size, to state the obvious. The company states that 85 kWh model gives a mileage of 300 miles to full charge. However, after rigorous tests Environment Protection Agency slated the average to 265 miles to full charge of battery. The 40 kWh battery churns out 160 miles on the […]
Jun 25 2012 | Posted in
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Cabin Tech Tesla has kept the outside shell to minimal gimmicks with no-nonsense, simple design. Even the door handles are designed in such a way that they reduce the air resistance to the minimum. The interior is even more simplistic but with all requisite technology that at luxury car needs. The centre of attention on […]
Jun 25 2012 | Posted in
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The car is quite while driving. The electric motor does not hum and outside is fairly disconnected to from cabin environment. However, still a slight whistle of the wind dragging on the sides and the rattle of the wheels make their way into the cabin. On straight roads, the car accelerates reasonably. Tesla claims that […]
Jun 25 2012 | Posted in
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A new Prius is out the Toyota factory with a new suffix and some design and tech features. The new Prius C is the successor and younger sibling to last year’s Prius V, which was the midrange hatch in the hybrid category of the Japanese automakers. Loaded with new car tech and a very fuel […]
Apr 27 2012 | Posted in
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However, that said, a personal test spanning over a week gave some overly satisfying statistics. In a week of travelling through both city and on the highway, gave an average of a little over 50 mpg. The highway average was constantly over 50 as compared to 46 provided by the EPA. This difference in numbers […]
Apr 27 2012 | Posted in
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The Eco Score system installed in the car awards the driver points on best handling. The scores range from 1 through 100. The Eco Score hands out the points on good start, cruise and stop. After a while it turns out that a good start in C is easy but the stopping and cruising are […]
Apr 27 2012 | Posted in
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The oil prices are skyrocketing and it is expected that in the not-so-far future the price might touch $5 per barrel. With beefed up prices of the black gold, among countless commodities that will taste the inflation, car commute is going to receive harshest blow. Although the automotive industry has produced a number of solutions […]
Mar 6 2012 | Posted in
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Moreover, the economy of scale is another problem, in terms of production and sales. Due to the lack of demand of such automobiles in the market, the automakers cannot produce the equipment on larger scale. Low sales also result in higher costs of such cars, let alone SUVs and crossovers. The payback period of these […]
Mar 6 2012 | Posted in
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The most economic cars that have shortest payback period are Honda Insight and Ford Fusion Hybrid. The Insight registers one of the steepest declines compared with a comparably equipped gas-powered Honda Fit by dropping the payback period to just three years at $5 per gallon, down from six years at $3 per gallon. Likewise, of […]
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