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The first all electric car in the US that isn't banned...yet. http://images.google.com/images?rlz=1C1CHMA_enUS364US364&sourceid=chrome&q=Nissan%20Leaf&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi Link: Google Search for pics. I actually don't think it looks that bad. If they're not too expensive I'd get one. If it does get banned in the US, I'm moving to Japan when I'm older anyway so hopefully I'll be able to get one while I'm there
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Answer:Despite what you may think, every car has emissions. No matter whether it actually comes from the car itself or from the internal combustion plants people actually use to produce electricity. My favourite eco-car though is the Infiniti Essence Concept. Shame they were never going to put it into production. Nissan R35 GT-R motor combined with a 112hp electric motor for about 550hp combined.
Do you think big oil will manage to jack up the cost of this ABSOLUTELY AMAZING CAR? Oh and btw, why don't we have monorails in Los Angeles? It probably would take about 6-8 million cars of the road, gets people where they want to faster, emits a fraction of the pollutants and bye bye LA pollution.
Answer:The likelihood is that reality will jack up the price of the Leaf, and our moron socialists politicians will FORCE taxpayers to pay the difference, so you innocent young ecowarriors can afford this gutless wonder & find out on your own what complete bullshit the 367 mpg ratting is. MPG is simply a rating that tells the consumer what it will cost to drive. If your car is rated @ 30 mpg, and Gas is $3 a gal, then 30 miles cost 3 bucks Which is 10 cents a mile. Pretty simple huh? Mmmm… but Electric cars don't use gas. So technically they get Infinite miles to the gallon. Essentially the EPA is letting/encouraging the car companies to play math games to come up with absurd numbers like 230 or 367 mpg. If public schools taught math, physics & economics instead of touchy feely environmentalism it would be VERY easy for you to see whose lying. But in fact the liars ARE the ones paying for your education, so fat chance. Here's the deal, just in case you get the math. Electric cars SHOULD be ratted in MPkWh, Miles per Kilowatt Hours. Divide cost/kWh by miles/kWh and you have cost per mile - just like ($/gal)/mpg OR they could use the current price of gas to convert $/mile to miles/gal. So Nissan is claiming the Leaf will cost 0.8 cents a mile to drive. Which is 10 times less than an equivalent car like the Chevy Cobalt. And this is not just a LIE, it's a BIG LIE. Alt energy isn't cheaper that fossil fuels yet. And the losses between power plant & Electric car transmissions bring relative efficiencies to the high end of IC engines. Which means cars like the Volt & Leaf are just warmed over hybrids. I.e. somewhere between 40 to 60 mpg. Of course we've got 2 more lies thrown in. 1. Gasoline users pay ~20% road tax that EV users do not. 2. Current Battery pack replacement costs add ~ 10 cents per mile to EVs And we don't have monorails for the same reason the Volt & Leaf will die on the economic vine. It's more money for less convenience. Make sure you blame this on oil companies. It will make your liberal teachers smile. Do visit my question to get or give more info http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=At7yhLxpvAL_YKCT8h2YMszsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090812134154AAnuv8X
Which do you think is better? Which one would you buy?
Answer:Definitely the Nissan Leaf. It can go farther on a charge (100 miles), has a more fuel efficient gasoline engine, costs thousands less than the Volt, and in general, Nissans are built with more quality than Chevys.
The Rav4ev avg Ebay cost is $38K. The Nissan Leaf will be out in 2012 for full production, testing in select markets begins this year. Safety is better w/ the Nissan Leaf due to new technologies (i.e. side impact airbags, possibly electronic stability control, etc..). But, if they get held up w/ testing or some other unforeseen circumstance, it's always possible the 2012 date can be pushed back, although, trusting a big name like Nissan can also be highly likely for a 2012 roll out. The Toyota Rav4ev is tried & tested by owners since it's sale between 1999-2003. Minimal upkeep related to maintenance. Could save $2-4000 on gas alone. I like the environment. I drive a lot >25,000 miles per year. Resale value on Toyota Rav4ev is strong, even after other electric vehicles will hit the market such as the Leaf. Over 50,000 have signed up for Nissan Leaf information & possible first buyers. People, like myself, want electric cars. No more oil lessens war. Won't stop it. The Nissan Leaf will be between $27-35000, but I am betting on high end because Nissan will be unable to lease the batteries, increasing the cost for consumers. I'm thinking ~$35K.
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