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A rather speculative article
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nope
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Not digging trend of having more black/bare carbon bodywork on this generation's cars. Even Ferrari are joining that group with a messy livery. What's with that random shape on the side pods?
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FWIW. Another Real world case.
We traded our Cactus (ICE) for a Passat GTE (PHEV) a year ago. The Cactus was efficient for an ICE car, low weight and a highly tuned engine but was smallish and the ICE turned out to be fragile (it was guzzling oil).
We have a driveway and solar panels so went looking for PHEV's. An EV would have been nice, but we do not have the funds, do not want to get a loan out and like to have a fuss free long range car with an eye on family visits and holidays.
Anyway, bottom line, we are getting better mpg on the GTE than the Cactus even when we do not charge at all. But we do charge, every day, which brings the average mpg down to about 80 mpg. Work runs are within its EV range and otherwise it's mostly taken out on short runs for which we can't use bicycles (due to weather or the need to haul stuff) .
As an intermediate step the PHEV does a great job in reducing our emmissions at a sustainable price point. Plenty of PHEV's in our neighbourhood getting charged daily by the way.
I can definitely see us getting an EV from the current generation (y/enyaq/id4/ioniq5) as a next car, but the prices need to come down on the second hand market first.
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It boggles the mind. Maybe it was a sweet fixie skidder once with diy bullhorns?
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Can be yours for 450 Euros.
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Theyre the same ones as @Rodolfo just posted https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005027935168.html
They look wel finished and nicely machined. You'll have to use spacers on a 68mm BB shell though, for which they provide plastic spacers to be put between the cups and the frame. Will be replacing those with alu ones quickly. Haven't put a lot of km's on them yet so don't know about durability. Chainring is a J&L one from eBay.
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Well the kids have pegs on their bmx so I might give it a shot if they're up for it :D
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It's actually an ingrid lookalike from aliexpress, with different branding. Wouldn't have gotten it if it were a direct copy. Front rack I agree on, a Pelago would look better but this steco one is bulletproof and can handle a lot of weight.
The rear rack that will go on this is a Pelago utility rack.
Plugin hybrids will run as a hybrid even when not charged (you'll get better mpg than on an ice car)
If you do charge it they'll become much more efficient though. We get great mpg on ours.