<story><title>Great Wall Motor unveils $9k electric urban car with nearly 200-mile range</title><url>https://electrek.co/2018/12/27/great-wall-motor-ora-r1-all-electric-urban-car/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>alkonaut</author><text>I have a second car just for doing school runs. Never does more than 5km in a day, never goes over 40km&amp;#x2F;h. Still it requires expensive maintenance. I have long said I should replace it with something more like a golf-cart or electric bike with kids in a trailer or something. This kind of car could be that. I’m happy with a 20km range but it has to be &lt;i&gt;cheap&lt;/i&gt;. The current car I use is worth less than the cost of its overdue timing belt change.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>FigBug</author><text>Not sure what your definition of cheap is. You can get a used Nissan Leaf for under $5k. Expect 40 - 50 miles of range on a worn battery.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.autotrader.com&amp;#x2F;cars-for-sale&amp;#x2F;vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=495650238&amp;amp;zip=90210&amp;amp;referrer=%2Fcars-for-sale%2Fsearchresults.xhtml%3Fzip%3D90210%26startYear%3D1981%26sortBy%3DderivedpriceASC%26incremental%3Dall%26firstRecord%3D0%26marketExtension%3Don%26endYear%3D2019%26modelCodeList%3DLEAF%26makeCodeList%3DNISSAN%26searchRadius%3D0&amp;amp;startYear=1981&amp;amp;numRecords=25&amp;amp;firstRecord=0&amp;amp;endYear=2019&amp;amp;modelCodeList=LEAF&amp;amp;makeCodeList=NISSAN&amp;amp;searchRadius=0&amp;amp;makeCode1=NISSAN&amp;amp;modelCode1=LEAF&amp;amp;clickType=listing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.autotrader.com&amp;#x2F;cars-for-sale&amp;#x2F;vehicledetails.xhtm...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Great Wall Motor unveils $9k electric urban car with nearly 200-mile range</title><url>https://electrek.co/2018/12/27/great-wall-motor-ora-r1-all-electric-urban-car/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>alkonaut</author><text>I have a second car just for doing school runs. Never does more than 5km in a day, never goes over 40km&amp;#x2F;h. Still it requires expensive maintenance. I have long said I should replace it with something more like a golf-cart or electric bike with kids in a trailer or something. This kind of car could be that. I’m happy with a 20km range but it has to be &lt;i&gt;cheap&lt;/i&gt;. The current car I use is worth less than the cost of its overdue timing belt change.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>forinti</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve long had the notion that we shouldn&amp;#x27;t drive anything heavier than a golf cart in cities. It would be a lot safer for everyone and even teenagers could drive them.</text></comment>