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Dave Plowman (News)
 
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Hywel Jenkins wrote:
The battery pack is IIRC circa 200 and a bit volts that is put through
an inverter thing to give nearly 500 volts for the motor. A very
interesting car that is great to drive, and very economical on fuel,


Though, as rumour has it, not as economical or as much fun to drive as a
Golf 1.9TDI.


It's reasonably economical as a town car in heavy traffic, but poor on the
open road.

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