What do you guys think about the Nissan Leaf
08-25-2010, 06:38 PM
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What do you guys think about the Nissan Leaf
08-26-2010, 03:48 AM
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If you'd use it to go back and forth to work, then I guess it'd be neat. That's pretty much all it's good for, until someone figures out how to get a battery pack to charge in five minutes.
Look up the charging times first. 120V outlet from zero charge: "under 20 hours", 220V: 8 hours, 500V quick charger: 80% of capacity in 30 minutes.
A note about the quick charger: aside from it being stupidly expensive (Nissan made one in Japan for about $17,000), it'll make the battery degrade 10% faster if that's the main form of charging.
Look up the charging times first. 120V outlet from zero charge: "under 20 hours", 220V: 8 hours, 500V quick charger: 80% of capacity in 30 minutes.
A note about the quick charger: aside from it being stupidly expensive (Nissan made one in Japan for about $17,000), it'll make the battery degrade 10% faster if that's the main form of charging.
08-26-2010, 06:27 AM
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The car seems too limited to me. 100 miles on a charge if you baby it, then hours of waiting for it to recharge some place you can plug in. I'd feel locked in to a set commute, and its a car I'd never be able to take on a road trip, even a short one-hour drive out might not get you back home.
Maybe if you never left town and barely drove, but then, how much would mpg really matter to you?
Maybe if you never left town and barely drove, but then, how much would mpg really matter to you?
08-26-2010, 07:08 AM
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As a daily driver and a second vehicle (ie, you have a primary vehicle that is capable of unlimited range via a readily replaced fuel), it's probably going to be great.
As a single vehicle, you'd have to do the math to see what it'd cost you to rent a conventionally fueled vehicle for long trips versus what you'd save using just electricity on the Leaf. For me, I do a lot of highway driving and moderately long trips so it wouldn't make sense. For people that generally stay within the city limits with just work commuting most days, it actually could make a lot of sense.
As a single vehicle, you'd have to do the math to see what it'd cost you to rent a conventionally fueled vehicle for long trips versus what you'd save using just electricity on the Leaf. For me, I do a lot of highway driving and moderately long trips so it wouldn't make sense. For people that generally stay within the city limits with just work commuting most days, it actually could make a lot of sense.
08-26-2010, 08:15 AM
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I think this a great car for people who live in the suburbs and comute to LA everyday. from my house and back is 65 miles. If they can crank up the miles to 200 a full charge I might be sold.
or go fuel cell hydrogen
or go fuel cell hydrogen
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08-26-2010, 02:04 PM
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The car seem to expensive to me. A coworker recently put a deposit on one and I think she said it was around 35k or so, but I'm not sure if that was before or after any tax break. Personally, for the money, I'd rather buy a Honda FIT and pocket the savings. Especially if you can only use the car with city limits. Anyways, I give kudos to Nissan for trying. I hope they sell a bunch to establish market for pure EV cars.
