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The Hafei Saibao electric car, which is the made-for-China sales version of the Miles XS500 (now called the “Miles EV“), passed the CNQCI test (China National Quality Control & Inspection Center) for frontal crashing. Doesn’t sound like much, but the CNQCI test is China’s replicant of the 40% frontal offset test requirements for the IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) here in North America.

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Miles is putting a new electric car on the market, which we covered not long ago. That car has seen some updating. It’s name is changed from the XS500 to simply “Miles EV.” Probably a good choice, since XS500 sounds pretty 1950s futuristic.

Read More: Miles EV (XS500) Updates

Want a normal-looking car that’s all-electric and can actually do highway speeds and longer ranges? Maybe you also want it to cost less than $35,000 and seat five? All of this assumes you don’t work for the government (Condoleeza Rice) or have your own TV show (Jay Leno) so that you can afford a Tesla Roadster.

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