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Popular Mechanics Drives The Subaru R1e Electric Car

By Ray Wert, 10:15 AM on Mon Mar 24 2008, 846 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Mike Allen over at Popular Mechanics had a chance to spend some time behind the wheel of the new plug-in microcar — the Subaru R1e. With acceleration lower than a "determined taxicab," it wasn't what you'd call an "exciting" test — and definitely a step below our test of the Hybrid Technologies' melty-looking Lithium-Powered Super Car but Pop-Mech can't have everything now, can they? [via Popular Mechanics]

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