

Leaf EV sales market is expanding








Source: Autonews

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RE: Smells like artificial shortages
By Spuke on 7/17/2013 12:17:59 PM , Rating: 2
300 mile battery packs are a waste.
LOL! Some of you guys really are a$$holes. If you look at EV SALES, they're still pitiful compared to regular vehicles. Why is that? Could it be the range? I know for me it is. That's why I said 300 miles. 300 miles under the previously stated conditions would make for a car that COULD function as a daily driver capable of doing most of what I need to do. And I'm not interested in a "range extender". Those are already available (you know they're called HYBRIDS). I want a do-90%-of-everything I need car that requires NO GAS . Isn't that the whole point of EV's?

RE: Smells like artificial shortages
By Mint on 7/17/2013 4:23:52 PM , Rating: 2
What does that have to do with my generator argument? The only EREV right now is the Volt, and it costs WAY more than a Leaf.

The upcoming BMW i3 is said to charge only $2000 for the generator option. Add that to a Leaf, and you have a car that has 90% of the benefits of a full EV, none of the drawbacks, and a $30k price before subsidy.

No plugin hybrid is close to that price today.
How is that better than a do- 100% -of-everything car that uses 10% gas?

If 100 mile range can handle 85%+ of your driving, how do you justify paying for an additional 200 miles of range for just that last <15% of say 2k miles a year? Even if batteries go down to just $200/kWh, that's $10k extra to save 50 gallons a year.

Pure EVs with huge batteries have a nice image, and may be needed for performance EVs, but they're a highly wasteful solution. For the mass market, PHEV/EREV is the way to go.

