nissan leaf

[Jordan T]

why were u late to work?

i ran out of charge.

[chet]

I like how Nissan is claiming zero emissions.

How does Nissan think most owners will be charging their car?

Since most of the power in this country is still generated by coal powered plants we're just robbing peter to pay paul.

[shinmei2006]

I like how Nissan is claiming zero emissions.

How does Nissan think most owners will be charging their car?

Since most of the power in this country is still generated by coal powered plants we're just robbing peter to pay paul.

technically we are using whatever peter doesn't need to sell to paul for his own uses.

that and the environmental cost of producing the electricity is less than the car pushing out emissions from its tailpipe.

it doesn't matter anyway because in the end the market will come back to fuck us all...corporations are gonna make their money one way or the other...and it might be cheap electricity now, but someday it won't be.

[Empire]

^ that is exactly why

I wonder how this thing would hold up in traffic. Sure, it will go 100 miles, but what about sitting in bumper to bumper traffic for 30-45 minutes.

[Petitt]

maybe it will be like a golf car or something, it goes into a low power state so it wont waste any when its not doing anything

[redinjuns]

When are the diesel hybrids coming? Besides a fucking train engine?

Walmart is testing a Diesel/Electric 18wheeler now

[shinmei2006]

^ that is interesting

[Loren]

So, it would essentially be a diesel powered hybrid semi truck? Isn't that the same tech they use to power locomotives?

I'm all for anything they can do to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels.