"The Honda Fit EV has been given a 118-mile-per-gallon equivalency rating by the Environmental Protection Agency, the highest rating of any electric passenger car to date.
Using a 20-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery, the Fit EV has a total range of 82 miles in the combined driving cycle. The EPA has estimated the Fit EV's annual electric "fuel" cost would be $500, Honda said in a release.
The Fit EV has a 92-kilowatt motor that creates the equivalent of 123 horsepower, and which also generates 188 foot-pounds of torque. Honda says the Fit EV can be recharged from a low state of charge in three hours with a 240-volt connector.
Starting this summer, Honda is leasing the Fit EV to just 1,110 customers in limited California, Oregon and East Coast markets for a zero-down, $389/month lease for 36 months, basing calculations on a sticker price of $37,415, including destination.
The EPA rates the Leaf as averaging 73 miles per charge, lower than the Ford Focus's 76 miles and higher than the 62 miles for Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s i-MiEV. The Fit's availability will be expanded to other U.S. regions in 2013." [Read more]
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