600 kw (800hp) Wheel Motor powered EV to make public debut @ MotorEx

[kristopher]

600 kw Wheel Motor powered EV to make public debut @ MotorEx

Evans Electric will unveil their 600 kw (800 hp) in-wheel motor powered electric car next week at MotorEx.

The All-Wheel-Drive sedan will be on the AEVA stand at Meguiar's MotorEx, the largest motoring enthusiast event of its kind in Australia.

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2. Volkswagen XL1 achieves 'only' 160 MPG not 314 MPG

Volkswagen XL1 achieves 'only' 160 MPG not 314 MPG

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Volkswagen made big claims about the efficiency of their purpose-built XL1 diesel-hybrid. They claimed the car was good for 314 mpg, which equates to 0.9 l/100km in the Metric system. However, at a recent test drive event organized by VW, a handful of journalists were given the chance to drive the mid-engined XL1.

The Automobile Magazine representative at the event averaged "only" around 160 mpg or 1.47 l/100km, which is still a hugely impressive figure but not the EU-certified314 mpg originally promised.

It's not all bad news. Autocar were also at the event and report that on an early test drive, which including crossing a mountain range, the most economical drivers achieved a real 188 mpg and conclude there’s surely potential for 200 mpg on a long motorway run.

The upshot is that the plug-in hybrid XL1 is probably still the most economical and most aerodynamically efficient production car of all time.

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