# Miles XS500

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/miles-xs500/505>\
**Category:** EV Small Talk\
**Created:** [January 1, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/miles-xs500/505 "2008-01-01T20:56:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@John\_Bear](https://community.electricforum.com/u/John_Bear)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/miles-xs500/505/1 "2008-01-01T20:56:55Z")

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I visited the new Eco Motion electric car sales showroom in Portland, Oregon last month. Large and impressive. I had not previously known about the Miles XS500, which they say they will have “in a few months.” (They are selling the low-range low-speed Miles ZX line now.)

The claim in the literature they gave me is that the 5-seater XS will have a 120-mile range, 80 mph top speed, lithium-ion batteries, 320 V, made in China, and sell for around $30,000. Body by Pininfarina. The Miles website seems to have much less information than in the sales literature: [www.milesev.com](http://www.milesev.com)

![](http://http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/advice/alternative.fuels/miles.automotive.breaks.battery.barrier/xs.500.jpg)

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**Author:** ![FEUS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ebca7d/32.png) [@FEUS](https://community.electricforum.com/u/FEUS)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 7:38am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/miles-xs500/505/2 "2008-01-02T07:38:09Z")

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wow nice, i’m surprised they have a decent line up already.

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**Author:** ![EvForum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/evforum/32/322_2.png) [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/miles-xs500/505/3 "2008-01-02T10:58:18Z")

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Miles Electric Vehicle, XS500  
[ol]  
[li]80 MPH[/li][li]120 miles driving range[/li][li]Appox battery life 100,000 miles[/li][li]Airbags[/li][\*]$30,000[/ol] ![](http://www.evforum.net/images/milesXS500.jpg)

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**Author:** ![FEUS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ebca7d/32.png) [@FEUS](https://community.electricforum.com/u/FEUS)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/miles-xs500/505/4 "2008-01-02T11:47:00Z")

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at least it looks nice and simple and will blend in…