alt Hacker NewsI've seen videos of that car... don't they only have like 40 miles of range, and the range extender only holds like 5 gallons of fuel?
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To be eligible for a specific subsidy, the gas engine had to have less range than the better. So they electronically set the amount of gas you were allowed to use from the gas tank even though it held more. Sure the difference was only a half gallon or so but it's stealing your gasoline, and making it staler.
It was either 1.9 or 2.4 gallons depending on the model year, but they physically had the same gas tank.
You don't want the range extender - it makes it fiddly and potentially unreliable.
As for the range, I'm getting about 110 miles of range. It depends how you drive. This is the 94Ah battery, the later models had more range.
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For the original version released in 2013, range was a bit of a concern.
Later models, 120ah full electric version, the range is about 250km. In comparison to newer cars, not a lot, but considering you can buy newish used ones for under 15k, its not a bad deal if it fits your needs.