Here is the window sticker that will be on the new Nissan Leaf EV.
Please note the range, 73 miles?!...I ask,
Would you pay $32, 780 USD for a car that gets almost one hundred miles per gallon, but has only a three-quarter gallon tank that takes seven hours to fill?
Compare that with a Chevy Cruze that gets sixty one miles to a gallon, has a range of more than five hundred miles and costs around $15,000.
Consider also the following, that 73 mile range drops to 47-61 miles in winter or stop and go traffic, making the "gas tank" effectively 1/2 gallon. Even with US federal incentives bringing the cost down to around $26K, (battery charger sold separately $2,200,00 USD) and according to Nissan, "Your home charging dock will need to be installed by a professional electrician. But first, we will assist you with a home assessment which will help identify what is needed to make your home Nissan LEAF ready", .this is not looking so good for my pocket...screw the environment.
Wait a minute, I think I mean save the environment...and my pocket book. In 5-10 years you will have to purchase a new battery at a cost of close to $18,000.00 and arrange for the environmental disposal of the old one.
What about the value of it as a used vehicle? I can't imagine considering a vehicle purchase if I know an $18,000.00 lump sum expense is looming in the next short year or three.
I am not an environmentally unfriendly guy...I have, unlike Al Gore and friends, made changes in my life to not only reduce my 'carbon footprint' (most of you know that I sold my car and cycle 90% of the time or more) but also to save my own resources. I do not buy carbon credits...that's retarded thinking.
In the last 18 months I have purchased only $80 in gasoline for my motorcycles for longer trips and use public transportation other times, so I do have a place to stand and speak.
Alternative technologies have their place...the decision is yours in the end. Do the right thing.
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