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Nissan Leaf a comfortable, fun car to drive (For 50 Miles - Then it Dies!)
San Antonio Express News ^
| 02/13/2011
| G. Chambers Williams III
Posted on 02/14/2011 8:28:45 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd
When my tester was almost out of juice, the dash meter showed it would take 20 hours to reach full charge at 110 volts, or eight hours at 220 volts We're talking about 8 hours at 220 volts to take a vehicle 50 miles, and that doesn't include the fact that he sponged off of his employer 8 hours at 110 volts. I'm extremely curious as to what the actual cost of driving this vehicle will be.
To: Cheburashka
Wait until there are four employees driving Leafs to work and only one outlet available for recharging.
wait until one of them unplugs another and then someone realizes at 5pm that they can't get home !
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posted on
02/14/2011 9:58:04 AM PST
by
stompk
To: mmanager
800 rwhpthat implies 1100 - 1200 at the flywheel from 348 cui or somewhere around 3.5 hp/cui . How?
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posted on
02/14/2011 9:58:09 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
To: wbill
commercial 440-volt fast chargers, to be installed at places such as Cracker Barrel, Walmart, Costco and convenience stores, to top the battery off in about 30 minutes. Wonder how much this "quick charge" shortens the battery life?
I wonder how much all the prices will go up so the businesses can recoup the costs of the chargers and the extra energy they will pay for?
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posted on
02/14/2011 9:59:33 AM PST
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: Lost Highway
My thoughts exactly. Can you imagine a whole parking lot of cars charging? Can’t be cheap. 8 hours a day per car is a lot of juice. Most places keep their outside AC and water faucets locked up now a days. A lot folks have no idea how many people are on the lookout for these “free” outlets of power.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:02:38 AM PST
by
Graneros
("The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits." — Albert Einstein)
To: Responsibility2nd
When my tester was almost out of juice, the dash meter showed it would take 20 hours to reach full charge at 110 volts, or eight hours at 220 volts. So, recharging with 110 volts would be like taking 20 hours to pump 5 gallons of gas.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:07:07 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't skipper a boat, Can't drive, Can't ski, Can't fly. But they KNOW what's best!)
To: Responsibility2nd
Yet another “solution” to a non-existant problem.
To: cripplecreek
What I like about a car like that a man can merge anytime he wants,ditches full of compacts.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:15:51 AM PST
by
Vaduz
To: Lost Highway
>> “I wonder how his employer feels about him using their electricity to charge his car?” <<
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I suspect that his “employer” is his publisher.
To: Responsibility2nd
If the stranded driver is in luck, a home or a charging station is within 18 miles, because thats the driving distance the charge will typically allow.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:19:04 AM PST
by
flat
To: OldMissileer
Someone will lose gallons of blood before I move any closer to Minneapolis than I currently am.
It isn't that I hate big cities, I just hate living next to them.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:21:23 AM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(III%. The last line in the sand)
To: agere_contra; RetSignman; Charles Martel
You did and it was an excellent analogy, you dont have to defend it to some nit picker. +1
+2
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:25:48 AM PST
by
Col Freeper
(FR is a smorgasbord of Conservative thoughts and ideas - dig in and enjoy it to its fullest!)
To: Lost Highway
I wonder how his employer feels about him using their electricity to charge his car?Very good question... Yet another "subsidy", it appears...
the infowarrior
To: GonzoGOP
How about freezing rain with no defrosters? You can either see or actually get home.
Not only that, but what about hills? Engines require more power to get you up and over them, so you can imagine what that does to the remaining capacity of a battery bank.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:35:35 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(A communist is just a liberal in a hurry)
To: Frantzie
but anyone who uses rechargeable batteries knows they do not last.The battery in my phone is almost five years old and still going strong.
The battery in my camera is three years old.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:40:39 AM PST
by
SeeSac
To: Moose4
Ive rented two cars with it (that Cube and a Sentra with the same 1.8L powertrain) and what I found is that if you just lightly give it throttle off the line, it hits a dead spot about 20 mph when the tranny seems to come out of low and into its normal variable range.Some Corvettes and Mustangs will not allow you into 2nd or 3rd on upshifts unless you put your foot into it hard. Of course, a 'tuner' or properly located resistor will defeat this.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:43:54 AM PST
by
SeeSac
To: ArrogantBustard
that plume looks like water vapor, to me. Water vapor is invisible. Those are man-made clouds with net global cooling properties. Rainfall will be measurably higher 20 miles downwind of a power plant.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:45:27 AM PST
by
Reeses
To: Responsibility2nd
Conclusion: The Leaf isn't for everanyone
To: Reeses
Water vapor is invisible. Fine ... they're plumes of condensed water vapor.
Rainfall will be measurably higher 20 miles downwind of a power plant.
Show me.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:55:47 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: from occupied ga
Forged 402 with an 8 rib supercharger (15#’s of boost), Trickflow heads, Fast 92 intake, methanol injection, 80# injectors and headers. 237/249 114+2, 622-.628 lift cam.
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