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Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by nus07 »

james_pm wrote: post #3

Please give me more options like this in North America. I'd love something like this as the urban run-around to do quick errands that can't be done on foot or via transit. Something under $20K with enough range for a day of driving around. Even better, make it a shared vehicle and I'll just pay a membership to grab one from a lot around the corner for a few hours.

Wasn’t the Nissan Leaf initially something like that ? I knew a bunch of friends who were buying 2-3 years old used Leafs for about 9k and using it for urban driving or daily commute .

Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by gambiting »

yrgulation wrote: post #10
james_pm wrote: post #3

Please give me more options like this in North America. I'd love something like this as the urban run-around to do quick errands that can't be done on foot or via transit. Something under $20K with enough range for a day of driving around. Even better, make it a shared vehicle and I'll just pay a membership to grab one from a lot around the corner for a few hours.

Please give us more of these in europe as well. We are choked by vws, bmws and mercedeses. Hopefully small electric cars will become the norm in urban centres.

I got a Volkswagen e-UP recently, and it's incredible for what it is - 160 miles of electric range, small, very nimble, large enough for 4 people and some stuff in the back - it's perfect. I have a much larger much more comfortable SUV too, but the e-UP is my car of choice recently. It costs £1.50 for a full charge too - less than a litre of petrol.

Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by NullPrefix »

james_pm wrote: post #3

Please give me more options like this in North America. I'd love something like this as the urban run-around to do quick errands that can't be done on foot or via transit. Something under $20K with enough range for a day of driving around. Even better, make it a shared vehicle and I'll just pay a membership to grab one from a lot around the corner for a few hours.

>lithium battery with an eight kWh capacity. It can drive up to 100 kilometers (62 miles) with one single charge, and it takes between six to eight hours to fully charge

It depends on how far is your urban run-around. 62 miles seems reasonable, but not at $16,500 to $18,250 price point.

Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by boc »

thomaslangston wrote: post #8
trhway wrote: post #2

may be i'm spoiled by US market, yet it looks like a pretty high price for pretty underwhelming specs: "The basic edition costs around USD $16,500 and you’ll pay around $18,250 if you want air conditioning. ... “TITO” is a 2.83 meter long, three-door urban car, with enough space for four people. It has a 4.5 kWh powered electric motor which receives its energy from a lithium battery with an eight kWh capacity. "

What are the US market examples at a similar price point or lower with same or better specs?

The Nissan Leaf is US$27,800 Retail, and is eligible for all EV rebates which lowers the cost closer to US$20,000: https://www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/electric-cars/leaf.html

And it's a way better, 4-door highway-capable car.

Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by csours »

trhway wrote: post #2

may be i'm spoiled by US market, yet it looks like a pretty high price for pretty underwhelming specs: "The basic edition costs around USD $16,500 and you’ll pay around $18,250 if you want air conditioning. ... “TITO” is a 2.83 meter long, three-door urban car, with enough space for four people. It has a 4.5 kWh powered electric motor which receives its energy from a lithium battery with an eight kWh capacity. "

This would never be highway certified in the US - which means it would basically be classed as a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle, so it would compete against golf carts here.

I'm not saying that is the correct approach to classifying vehicles, just what I would expect to happen if it were brought to the US.

As far as the price, if Argentina has tariff protections for automotive production, that could explain the price.

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Post by baisq »

gzalo wrote: post #7

As an Argentinean, we can get it for around USD 9.5k, but it lacks many basic features. It can't even go faster than 40 miles per hour / 65 km/h, so it can't really drive on freeways. It doesn't even have a trunk, so not really useful for groceries either (see https://youtu.be/B5_A2F_cDNI?t=139 ) No airbags either, but at those speeds it's probably not as useful (at least that's what they imply in its FAQs). Remember…

This is like the Venezuelan Vergatario. A Communist government selling a Chinese rebranded product as a national product.

Re: TITO: Electric Argentine car

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Post by xboxnolifes »

gzalo wrote: post #7

As an Argentinean, we can get it for around USD 9.5k, but it lacks many basic features. It can't even go faster than 40 miles per hour / 65 km/h, so it can't really drive on freeways. It doesn't even have a trunk, so not really useful for groceries either (see https://youtu.be/B5_A2F_cDNI?t=139 ) No airbags either, but at those speeds it's probably not as useful (at least that's what they imply in its FAQs). Remember…

> It doesn't even have a trunk, so not really useful for groceries either

Is this usually a limiting factor for people? I've always put my groceries on the back seats or back floor, even if I have a trunk.

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