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SVOboy

03-09-2011 06:00 AM

The Nissan Leaf, and What Electric Drivetrain Means to Us

The electric car has had a rough history in the last 100 years. Hell, the battle we are seeing now was fought out over 100 years ago. The introduction of the motor carriage opened up a new opportunity for an array of drivetrains. There was a time when steam, electricity, gasoline, and even some gas/electric [...]

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gone-ot

03-09-2011 12:41 PM

...electric car means there's really a MOTOR in it instead of an ENGINE (wink,wink).

richtate

03-09-2011 05:24 PM

One thing bad about being in DFW Tx is that the Leaf isn't available here, yet. I'm looking forward to 2012 as there will be other options available besides the Leaf only. I have a Versa and really like it and would diffidently consider the Leaf as I like Nissan's engineering.

Good report and well balanced, thx!

texanidiot25

03-10-2011 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by richtate (Post 224501)

It rides on much of the same platform as the Versa. I have no personal experience with the Versa, but the Leaf rode well, and handled well enough (I got the co-driver nervous enough in the mini-roadcourse).

Thanks!

Hubert Farnsworth

03-11-2011 12:15 AM

http://ca.jalopnik.com/5780215/nissan-electric-car-stranding-owners
Looks like some people don't know how to handle an electric car? That or there is a faulty battery SOC indicator, if it says 17 miles available but is flat dead in 5 miles.

naplm00

03-11-2011 09:25 PM

Will these ever be available anywhere except cali?

texanidiot25

03-13-2011 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hubert Farnsworth (Post 224808)

I didn't drive it long enough to notice the range indicator. But naturally there is going to be some teething pains as People move into them. I should have said that they only really work well as a city car, not so much suburbs. But I'd be curious to see about why the indicator is so jumpy. You'd think it would be conservative like a modern gas gauge instead of over estimating

Arragonis

03-13-2011 12:50 PM

I was thinking of posting this elsewhere, but it doesn't deserve its own thread.

Ford is retreating on EVs apparently, just after showing off the Focus EV / Hybrid with, er, compromised boot space due to strange choice in battery placement.

Sizeable buckets of salt are needed as this item comes from TTAC, however key quotes I read :

Quote:

“We still don’t know what the winning technology is going to be…We’re continuing to invest in hydrogen, we’re continuing to invest in biofuels.”

Ford bluntly reminded us that EVs had been tried before and failed:

“Prior to the Model T, a third of all vehicles in this country were electric… this isn’t a new technology. The reason it died away was the ubiquity of charging. Today, we have the same issue.”

texanidiot25

03-14-2011 07:24 PM

Hydrogen fuel cell, or burning hydrogen like the BMW hydrogen car in Germany?

Hubert Farnsworth

03-14-2011 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by texanidiot25 (Post 225447)

Hydrogen fuel cell, or burning hydrogen like the BMW hydrogen car in Germany?

Ford has done research down both paths as far as I am aware, now which they would pursue in the future I cannot predict with any certainty.

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