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Opel Ampera-e: The answer to electric-car range anxiety
("Norway’s drivers – second to Californians in their love of electric cars – have ordered 4,000 from Opel"):
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-...nswer-to-electric-car-range-anxiety-1.3065181
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("Norway’s drivers – second to Californians in their love of electric cars – have ordered 4,000 from Opel"):
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-...nswer-to-electric-car-range-anxiety-1.3065181
Ends:
Opel has 4,000 orders in Norway, already. Though it won’t commit to how many Ampera-e cars it hopes to sell in Europe, it admits it got the planning wrong, underestimating the potential demand.
The chances of ever seeing this car in Ireland is hard to forecast, but certainly not before 2019. If at all. This is essentially a GM car and with the sale of Opel to French car giant PSA, it may not be cost-effective to produce right-hand drive models for Ireland and the UK. Brexit further complicates the issue. Bosses at PSA may prefer to push on with its own electric product plans and add the Opel brand to the mix.