Nissan Leaf

[hoveringuy]

Saw my first one today... He made it about 20ft up the hill.

[Harry's E30]

lol my dad has one its actually pretty sweet and works out great for him as a daily car to get around town with

[hoveringuy]

lol my dad has one its actually pretty sweet and works out great for him as a daily car to get around town with

What's the range supposed to be?

[Harry's E30]

i think its a little over 100 miles which is basically the amount i can go till i have to get gas lol

[tjts1]

They're having no trouble selling those things as fast as they can make them for good reason.

[Mike325]

Plug in electric cars are great, but it just moves the pollution from the exhaust pipe to the electrical power plants. At least cars have strict emission laws to keep them relatively clean. They should put some solar panels on the roof of the car to help charge it while its parked and or driving.

[herbivor]

Plug in electric cars are great, but it just moves the pollution from the exhaust pipe to the electrical power plants. At least cars have strict emission laws to keep them relatively clean. They should put some solar panels on the roof of the car to help charge it while its parked and or driving.

That's why they came up with the "MPG equivalent" label. Overall, e-cars are still far less polluting and more efficient. I drove a leaf. It had me convinced my next car will be electric. Pretty awesome experience. Solar Panels BTW are cost prohibitive and would take several days to charge the batteries.

[1fastETA]

Saw my first one today... He made it about 20ft up the hill.

I like the Chevy volt better. Its range is 40 miles on electricity before gas kicks in, and you don't have the thought of, "will I make it?" I've driven it the volt and it's actually pretty amazing.

[Wiglaf]

Plug in electric cars are great, but it just moves the pollution from the exhaust pipe to the electrical power plants. At least cars have strict emission laws to keep them relatively clean. They should put some solar panels on the roof of the car to help charge it while its parked and or driving.

way to admit you have no concept of how much power cars use compared to what solar panels make, no concept of power plant efficiency versus typical car.

[hoveringuy]

Plug in electric cars are great, but it just moves the pollution from the exhaust pipe to the electrical power plants. At least cars have strict emission laws to keep them relatively clean. They should put some solar panels on the roof of the car to help charge it while its parked and or driving.

I don't think we have coal plants here in the NW. Hydro power doesn't pollute, last time I checked.

[imsotyerred]

Plug in electric cars are great, but it just moves the pollution from the exhaust pipe to the electrical power plants. At least cars have strict emission laws to keep them relatively clean. They should put some solar panels on the roof of the car to help charge it while its parked and or driving.

the pollution doesn't come from producing the electricity, it come from manufacturing the batteries themselves

Solar panels cannot produce NEAR enough electricity to be used for propelling a vehicle. while they would help from, say, powering the window motors or some mood lighting in the interior but not much more

[Holland]

I like the Chevy volt better. Its range is 40 miles on electricity before gas kicks in, and you don't have the thought of, "will I make it?" I've driven it the volt and it's actually pretty amazing.

Agreed, it's actually a well done car for it's class.

[AndrewBird]

I don't think electric cars the the solution to pollution, but I do think they are a step forward in lessening our dependence on fossil fuels. Electricity can be made so many ways without using oil that it is only logical to make electric cars.

Now they just need to make more cars like the Tesla and less like the leaf.

I was actually involved in a project in high school where we designed and built a solar "tree". It was basically a way for someone to have solar panels in front of their house, but make it more attractive. We had six 120watt panels mounted on a steel tree with a 400 watt wind turbine at the top. Then there was a battery bank designed to be buried underground near by that it would charge, along with a diesel generator that could run on biofuel. The idea was it was charge the batteries during the day while you were at work so at night your car could charge.

http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/teams/2006/summit.html

[Vince30]

I really don't like nissan, but I don't think I would be able to buy a volt because I still have not forgiven chevy for what they did to the ev1.

But I would really love owning an electric car.

[hoveringuy]

I think this generation of electrics is necessary to get the supporting infrastructure built, to gain public acceptance and to teach the automakers how to make a really bitchin' next generation of electrics. My total commute is 30 miles, I do it by bicycle 60% of the time. I would be into electric when BMW offers a fun to drive, inexpensive nice looking car that doesn't stop half way up a hill...