Quote:
Originally Posted by RaceR
In Norway that would be perfect with the current tax system.
I will not say that the technology is not there yet. Wants to see how the BMWs I3 figures (or I4?) are. Might be more information about that next week.
But those care are built to be lightweight, and born electric as they say.
The GT86 would need some "magical high-energy-content, low-weight battery". And pure electric cars made in a chassis that were originally designed for a petrol engine is just not optimal in terms of weight with current technology, or in terms of CoG. Especially not in a proper sports car.
By looking at Toyotas approach on lowering fuel efficiency its clear hybrids are currently their way of doing it. Even tough they are working on several pure electric models. They are also collaboration with Tesla and BMW, so who knows what they might come up with.
|
Ah right, I implicitly meant a "born electric" car in the same spirit of the GT86, not an after-the-fact electric version of the actual GT86. I'm guessing that the reasons for Toyota's current focus on hybrids are their success with the Prius and the fact that electrics are still a hard sell. But slowly slowly more infrastructure is being built (Tesla is installing a bunch of charging stations all over California, for example) and development of better batteries as well as swappable ones is ongoing. For the first time it's looking like electric cars are more than a marginalized experiment and are on their way to becoming mainstream.