Scion iQ EV, only 90 made

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No-Focus874@reddit

The problem with these products is that they have battery size limitations and as they age those batteries become even worse. Places with hills, like SF, the batteries running even faster on inclines. Then you add, people in these cities who want them don't have a home charger. ... Now you begin to see the issue.

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BubblyBandicoot9962@reddit

No way i walked by this house on new years day and saw these too. Shocked me.

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AnjunaZach29@reddit

What?! I knew Toyota made an EV version of the IQ overseas, but I never knew California got the Scion version too!

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dirty_hooker@reddit

I feel like this could be a riot if built for short sprints rather than distance.

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righthandofdog@reddit

Which is what all evs should be built for. Its the perfect second car for commuting of high school kids

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dirty_hooker@reddit

Noooo. High school kids should be limited in power and top speed for a few years. Long range and slow EVs definitely have a use and the reality is that use covers 95% of commuters. I definitely see a potential to offer it in a TRD trim though.

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burner94_@reddit

TRD trim

Close enough - there's a GR one as a JDM exclusive And it's supercharged.

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righthandofdog@reddit

oh something like a kei car would he better still. But way too many high school kids have a used SUV with the idea that they'll be safer in something big. So they are in big, heavy, powerful vehicles while the worst drivers they'll ever be.

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Bland-fantasie@reddit

That looks like a Smart Fortwo, which I pronounce:

Fort

Whoa

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Maps_Spotter_222@reddit (OP)

No way, I found a fellow FortWhoa-er!

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cgduncan@reddit

90 made, and 30 of them for sale on cars dot com lol

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Maps_Spotter_222@reddit (OP)

Yep! Only 90 of the EV version, the gas version is still very common and mass produced

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jabroni4545@reddit

Never knew they even existed.

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LightningFerret04@reddit

This was me walking into the Sacramento auto museum and seeing a first gen RAV4 in the middle of the EV display

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fluteofski-@reddit

Growing up my best friends neighbor had one. Bought it new He was a HUGE EV nerd. He modified the shut outs that thing. We all thought he was weird for liking EV’s and their sophisticated electrickery back then. Turns out he was just decades ahead of the curve.

He was super nice tho. If anybody in the neighborhood ever needed an electrical part of some sort, or an electric thing fixed, he always had the part. His entire house was an intricate shelving system.

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