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It’s time for Americans to embrace small cars(arstechnica.com)

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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My dream car is a Nash Metropolitan converted to an EV.

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rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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That would be fucking dope. I’d love for retrofuturist cars like this to appear

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Blizzard@lemmy.zip
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That’s a pretty sweet ride.

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nexas_XIII@lemm.ee
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I wish we got the Honda E. Would buy that up in a heartbeat.

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reallynotnick@lemmy.world
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Definitely would love a Honda E, got a Chevy Bolt EV as it seemed like the next best option here.

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nexas_XIII@lemm.ee
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I’m usually not a hatch fan but that little car looked awesome. I got my last new gas powered manual transmission car before EVs are the main thing. Since I work from home and don’t drive a bunch my plan is to keep it as long as I can and get an EV in 4-5 years when hopefully infrastructure catches up a bit and more manufacturers have an option and work out small kinks.

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TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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Bro if you could get a used leaf gen one (they run around 4k), you could take that thing to a drag strip and absolutely turn some heads.

I have a friend who wants to take my gen one leaf and do a conversion. He just went to an EV mechanics course on it.

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Jesus_666@feddit.de
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Same with a 1959 Panhard PL 17. Some of those little old cars are just beautiful.

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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I’ve only seen one in person once, but I’ve loved it for years.

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Dmian@lemmy.world
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Lovely car! Btw: how do you put a picture in a comment? What sorcery is this?

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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I’m on desktop, so how I do it is right-click, copy image, then just paste into the post. Not sure how to do it on mobile.

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Dmian@lemmy.world
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Got it! it just needs the ![](url) markdown formatting. Thanks a lot. Cheers!

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Dmian@lemmy.world
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Oh! Ok. I don’t know if that possible in Mlem (iOS app). Thanks!

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Throwaway@lemm.ee
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You’d chop up a nash, and put an ev motor in it? I do not have kind words for you.

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blivet@artemis.camp
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When I was in high school back in the late 70s you’d still see a few of those around. My friend had one, but not for long. Someone had put in a more powerful motor and if she wasn’t careful accelerating she would snap the drive shaft.

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