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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Whereas the type of woman I'd be interested in would a) have her own car (and maybe a truck & horse trailer too); and b) not be interested in driving unless it was to get someplace to do something interesting with me.
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Exactly my point. You want a woman with an ET (electric truck), which doesn't exist yet.
So far our options are a very expensive and kinda cool EV (Tesla) or expensive and unexciting cars such as the Leaf.
*Again, I'm describing the average person, not us geeks of technology and champions of the environment.
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
How many $35,000 dollar cars can equal the Leaf for performance? (0-60 in ~7.2 seconds) Remember that a Leaf costs >$10,000 less to operate over 100K miles than a Versa, at today's gas prices...
What will the price of gasoline be in 6 or 8 years? Will we have to fight any more wars to defend our oil supply? How much less carbon will we put in the atmosphere if we drive electric cars? How much cleaner will the air we all breathe be? How much oil will be spilled?
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Yes, all very nice things and I'm looking forward to the plethora of benefits my eventual electric car will bring, but the Leaf still has an image problem for most people.
Reducing oil consumption now will have virtually no impact on reducing overall carbon levels because the oil will eventually be consumed by someone else as long as the price is relatively cheap. The air I breath is quite clean though, so I expect I won't see any difference in the future.