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Re:China’s $4k electric cars tap huge market Tesla can’t reach by cco on Saturday March 13, 2021 @02:59PM (#26449460)
I will thank you kindly to not speak about the Honda Rebel that I owned like that! She could hit 81 while going slightly downhill if you were in a tuck.

I believe from the factory the Rebel has like 15 or 16 hp, mine that was 12 years old at the time must have had one or two less, and it was exciting to ride around town.

I'll grant that 17 hp in a car would not be "exciting", but I bet from 0-30mph which is where this car would live would feel plenty zippy.

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Re:China’s $4k electric cars tap huge market Tesla can’t reach by Retric on Saturday March 13, 2021 @05:18PM (#26450603)
The lowest HP Honda Rebel right now the 300 goes for 4.5k and even that has 27HP new from factory. Back in 1985, the Rebel 250 started at 16.1 HP but that’s been discounted for a while.

IMO, anything that can’t maintain highway speed up a hill is anemic by modern standards. I get that HP has become a largely meaningless metric for daily driving, but that seems like a useful baseline.

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