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Nissan Leaf
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Yeah, I figured as much - but wasn't as sure about that.
Oh what the heck : Rav4EV Pack probably about 3x bigger too!
The two packs probably have roughly the same kWh capacity, & typical power output capability.
In other words, the Leaf pack is mostly better - smaller, lighter, cheaper... But it may not last quite as long...
Will the Nissan Leaf Battery Deliver All It Promises? | Inhabitat
Perhaps long enough though that many owners will be done with the car before the pack ever wears out. Good enough, perhaps.
Oh what the heck : Rav4EV Pack probably about 3x bigger too!
The two packs probably have roughly the same kWh capacity, & typical power output capability.
In other words, the Leaf pack is mostly better - smaller, lighter, cheaper... But it may not last quite as long...
Will the Nissan Leaf Battery Deliver All It Promises? | Inhabitat
Perhaps long enough though that many owners will be done with the car before the pack ever wears out. Good enough, perhaps.
JRP3
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I think the pack will last closer to 10 years in normal use, which would be discharge to 50% SOC or so for the average daily driver. The 5 year figure is probably for those who insist on getting their 100 mile range every day.
JRP3
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Leaf bashing. Electric Cars Not For 20-Somethings? - AOL Autos - Translogic
The ignorance and hostility in the comment section is unreal. I'm always stunned by how stupid so many of us are. I tried to interject some sanity but couldn't keep pace.
The ignorance and hostility in the comment section is unreal. I'm always stunned by how stupid so many of us are. I tried to interject some sanity but couldn't keep pace.
Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, the long tail pipe argument is alive and well. If these same views were influential at the beginning of the 20th century we would all be riding horses and buggies.
stopcrazypp
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Sometimes some sites just have really bad commentators. I saw another EV article on AOL before and the comments weren't really that much better, so I decided to ignore it. Some sites are just hopeless and a waste to time to comment on.
JRP3
Hyperactive Member
Well here's more of the same:
You Won’t Believe How Much The Nissan Leaf Will Save You | The Truth About Cars
You Won’t Believe How Much The Nissan Leaf Will Save You | The Truth About Cars
EVNow
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One thing we will find uniformly in all car related sites is that the people posting there are self selected gas addicts. A lot of them are single, with one car - wrong demo for an EV.
I was talking about Leaf to a colleague. He has 3 cars, including a sports model. In 3 minutes flat he went from what is the point of buying an EV - to thinking whether to lease or buy Leaf.
For anyone in multi-car households replacing one ICE car with an EV is a no-brainer.
JRP3
Hyperactive Member
I wouldn't be too sure. The RAV4EV might end up being a classic collector, very low production numbers and one of the only surviving "early" EV's that worked well. I think prices will stay around this range for clean low mileage versions.
Yes. a collector car. There are short of 2,000 of them now. Prices will drop to sub 20K then they will get stored away or just trashed. When there is only a hundred or so left in museums and huge collections then the price may go back up to the 40K mark.
Problem is, even as a collector, it takes a lot more work to maintain it than and ICE car regiment. There are collector Baker Electric and others out there that must be kept at charge and the battery fluids maintained but the cells in the RAV4EV are not so simple.
It's only the super love and super leisure rich that will want to put up with that for a car that is;
Not the seminal EV1
Already has an ICE version
Has no large unique styling cues (an EV sticker)
Is rather boring
JRP3
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