>Ed wrote: ...For me, the EV1 was a very impractical car. I found entry and exit very difficult and visibility on the road was terrible.
I would still rather have the Honda EVPlus than the Leaf. Range was 50% better and it was as comfortable and convenient to drive. It only had two doors though and I do prefer four ...< Sure, there were things that could always be improved on, especially since the EV1 was a trimmed/whittled down GM Impact proto-type. When I drove the Impact at EVS-12, much of the whiz-bang goodies the GM engineers had put into it were not in the EV1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1 Way back when, I rented a production EV1-gen2 (NIMh, r:90mi ts:80mph-limited) for a week out of EVrentals.com (now defunct) LA-CA office, it fit me like a tight glove. When I drove the EV1 it felt like I was 'one' with the EV. I could be a performance demon, or all the way down to a hypermiling ultra eco-freek squeaking/squeezing the most miles per Wh. I also drove the Honda-Plus EV prototype at EVS-12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_EV_Plus And I drove the production EV-Plus EV. By using an EV1-Club member driving style of staying at 60mph, I got an easy 90 mile range out of the Honda EV-Plus (which was the norm at that time). I physically fit in the Honda EV-Plus (which is a rare occurrence), more I was comfortable than in the eNV200 EV (Nissan's Euro eVan). It was quite an EV. It is a shame the EV-Plus design was not the base of another Honda EV. For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-EVLN-New-Spy-Pics-of-GM-200mi-EV-Interior-Sonic-Volt-blend-tp4677969p4677973.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
