Nissan's All-New Electric Car Undercuts Chevy's Volt, Is It MORE Attractive Now?

Setting the price tag at $10 wouldn't change how ugly this thing is.

Nissan deserves a bit of acknowledgement for this. They brought a reasonably priced fully electric vehicle to market for under $30,000.

I think the Volt looks better but it's a hybrid. I think the Leaf will probably do very well.

Can you imagine never having to stop at a gas station again?

It's about as attractive as any other electric or hybrid out there to me. They all pretty much look the same when I look at them.

To have an all electric car you have to have a lot of cash to buy a second car if you plan on driving on road trips. So the Volt may appear more expensive, but when you add the price of a second car for road trips then the price isn't such a good deal, I am not a fan of all electrics for there limitations. I would gladly own this if someone would buy it for me,lol

total horses#!+. How often does the average person take roadtrips? Ever hear of rental cars? Trains? Buses? Besides, they can put charging stations everywhere that can charge this thing in 45 minutes

What I am saying is that this Nissan too limited in driving range for the average consumer that wants to buy one car for the family, Not something I would ever conciser, car rentals is a pain in the neck, why would one want to buy a car that has such a short range? If you drove to work and decided to take a detour and stay over night with no charging place you will be stranded! Again you need a second car if you owned this golf cart.

Electric vehicles potentially have way more HP and torque, for some reason manufacturers don't take full advantage of this? Here is an example that blows any full electric or hybrid away hands down. http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/07q1/pml_flightlink_electric_mini_cooper-car_news

The answer is simple. Look at the Tesla Roadster, if you go full out on the throttle you drain the batteries extremely quickly. By limiting the power to these motors the manufacturers help ensure their mileage numbers are met... they don't after all want to get ripped on top gear the way Tesla did...

100 miles of more than enough. and besides, when it comes to roadtrips, most Americans rent cars for those. Because they don't want to put high miles on their own cars.

A 100 mile charge range is the preferred target required, 72% of Americans drive less than 40 miles a day and 98% drive less than 100 miles per day.

Nope, I'd still take a Volt. 100 miles on an electric charge falls into what kind of estimates. I mean if I have to travel 50 miles round trip and sit in an hour of traffic each way, then how does that affect the charge. Does sitting in traffic use up more battery life? What about hot days or colder days, etc.

Sorry but these two cars are still for different segments. One is strictly a city car for short trips while the other is for commuters to cities or wherever and can also be a good long trip car.

Why do economical cars have to look so ugly?

function over form

I don't think things like good looking headlights/ rear lights and decent looking rims would hurt.