Credit: MilesMiles Electric Vehicles is on track to roll out its XS500, an electric sedan capable of reaching highway speeds, in the fourth quarter of next year, Chief Operating Officer Jeff Boyd said at a conference in Las Vegas this week.
Boyd said he’s been driving the prototype in Santa Monica, where Miles is based.
“It’s like nothing I’ve ever driven before, and I’ve been in the car industry for 25 years,” he said at a panel on electric cars at the Alternative Fuels & Vehicles Conference on Tuesday, adding that an affordable highway-speed sedan amounts to the “Holy Grail of electric vehicles.” Read more >>
Base Price Est: $35,000
Vehicle Style: 4 door
Range Est.: 120 miles
Top Speed Est.: 80 mph
Availability Est.: Late 2009