Tiny Electric Subaru Prowling the Streets of New York
Article or RSS item submitted by Ty Wenzel • Mar 24th, 2008 • Category: Green Me Baby! | 9 views
The Subaru R1 is a tiny little car. A two-seater built with efficiency (and Japan) in mind. The car was never really intended to make it's way out of the Japanese market. But now, with Smart Car reservations on the rise…Subaru might be changing its mind.
But that's not where this story ends. Subaru has been testing an all-electric version of the R1 (called the R1e) in Japan for about a year. The Li-ion battery pack can power the car to a top speed of 65 mph for about 50 miles before a recharge is needed. This works out pretty well in Japan, especially has the battery technology used in the R1e allows for special 15 minute recharges at high-power charging stations.
At a standard outlet, the cars take about 8 hours to fully charge. And now this tiny electric car has made it's way to the US?
Why? Well, apparently the New York Power Authority is field testing a couple of the cars. Whether to test their possible impacts on the grid, figure out if they could make good money providing those high-power charging stations, or just to see if they might be useful things to own…we're not yet sure.
Keep reading for the hi-res pictures and a full press release.
Via AutoBlogGreen
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