https://wtvr.com/2018/08/17/the-company-that-unveiled-a-2-million-electric-car-makes-one-for-11000-too/ The company that unveiled a $2 million electric car makes one for $11,000, too August 17, 2018
[image https://localtvwtvr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/180730123236-mahindra-e2o-780x439.jpg The Mahindra E2O Plus electric car retails for the equivalent of $11,000 in India ] Automobili Pininfarina recently unveiled plans for a fully electric supercar that will cost at least $2 million. The European company is owned by Mumbai-based Mahindra, which has an expertise in making electric cars — they just don’t usually cost anything close to $2 million. Something like $11,000 is more typical. The Mahindra E2O Plus is not entirely bare bones — offering features like remote diagnostics and a connected smart phone app — but it is far from high performance. The 64 horsepower four-door takes 14 seconds to reach 37 miles per hour, or 60 kilometers an hour, and has a top speed of just 50 miles per hour. It costs 757,000 rupees in India, or about $11,000, for the base version. It’s not the cheapest car Mahindra sells — the automaker also offers a range of gasoline and diesel vehicles, at least one of which costs less. But, as far as electric cars go, it’s as cheap as they get. On the other end of the spectrum, the $2 million Pininfarina car, with a headline-making top speed of over 250 miles an hour, provides an opportunity to explore the cutting edge of electric drive technology in ways that are only possible when cost is of no concern. The hope is that the technology that goes into the Pininfarina car will eventually make its way down the cost curve to more accessible automobiles. Meanwhile, Mahindra could use the low-cost and low-speed E2O Plus as a starting point for moving upmarket. Now the company is seriously considering entering the mainstream US market with both electric and gasoline-powered vehicles. Mahindra already sells some vehicles here but, if you don’t work outdoors, you might not realize that. Best known are its farm tractors, which are built in five factories in the United States. Mahindra is the third largest seller of light duty tractors in the US. The company is also expanding manufacturing for its GenZe 2.0 electric scooter. Rick Haas, president of Mahindra Automotive North America has been charged with figuring out whether the company should enter the US passenger vehicle market — and if so, how ... For now, Mahindra’s plans for the US market are, to say the least, vague. If the company does enter the US, its products will probably include at least something electric among its more traditionaly-fueled offerings. That will be in addition to Pininfarina’s higher-dollar electric cars. [© wtvr.com] https://insideevs.com/pininfarina-teases-pf0-electric-hypercar/ Pininfarina Teases PF0 Electric Hypercar Under Cover Aug 23, 2018 The PF0 will go down in history as being the very first Pininfarina production car entirely developed in-house ... ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=Pininfarina&sort=date + https://communityimpact.com/austin/top-stories/2018/08/14/no-emissions-here-capital-metro-tests-out-electric-buses-in-austin/ No emissions here: Capital Metro tests out electric buses in Austin Aug 14, 2018 Capital Metro's future will be electrified as the agency began testing [Proterra] electric buses Tuesday in Austin [TX]. Over the next six weeks, the agency will test ... https://c4c5h4b3jv11qq3kf399hf3c-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_6237.jpg For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
