Comments on: Electric Chang’an Ben Ben roadtested in Boston….

By: Paving Slabs �

Paving Slabs � — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:46:09 +0000

Lead acid batteries should always be recycled because lead should never be dumped on the soil`

By: Gavin Wright

Gavin Wright — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:13:43 +0000

Lead Acid batteries should be replaced with a new type of battery that weigh less .:~

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By: tim

tim — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:14:12 +0000

The way I see it, quality can either be inspected in, or built in. Inspecting it in, the American/European way, requires heavy human labor, which is readily available in the mainland for cheap. Considering the push to maintain employment, these automakers should hire a legion of unemployed migrant workers to just inspect the hell out of every single aspect of the car. High quality, marginal increase in cost, be in better favor with the govt, what’s there to lose?

By: dragin

dragin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:40:23 +0000

Could it be Chang’an’s Canadian partner, Electrovaya of Ontario who is doing the electric conversion of Ben Ben for BG Automotive?
BG’s website says their model runs off lead acid batteries, while reports about Electrovaya’s conversion of the BenBen, seem to indicate that they will be using lithium iron batteries in the conversion.

By: joninchina

joninchina — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:32:38 +0000

OK, here’s the big question…………reading the brief review of the car’s driving abilities, what happened? Do the batteries/electric motor make the car so much heavier that the brakes don’t work now? I’ve driven the Ben Ben (albeit briefly), the brakes seemed just fine to me. Also, reading the reader’s comments at the end of the article……not real good. I think Changan needs to be a little more “proactive” with this co-op venture with BG industries and make sure that quality control is a little higher! One last question – is Changan going to sell this car in China, or is this just for export right now? This is REALLY interesting news, and I’m hoping that they get the quality bugs worked out – THIS is the kind of car that needs to be on chinese streets, and it will also give the upcoming(BYD)F0DM some competition!!