EV Bashing, Unfair OR Rightfully Due?

It seems that this past week has been the time for a plethora of automotive publications to harpoon the electric vehicle movement.

And, because the Nissan Leaf seems to be the front runner at this point, it has become the victim to most of this harsh outreach. For instance, The Truth About Cars is citing an AutoWeek story that points out that electric vehicles' range can be affected by weather conditions.

Where has AutoWeek been in the past couple of years?

You guys didn't know that? C'mon.

Good catch, TTAC...

While GM has problems trying to get the Volt price point to a point where customers won’t suffer a coronary (even with help from the DC sugar daddies), Nissan has a few problems of their own. Nissan is still reeling from the news that a Nissan Leaf would save you the princely sum of $361. Now, Automotive News [sub] reports another black eye on Nissan’s “Prius Killer”. Automotive News says that Nissan’s “100 miles range” may be slightly off in real world conditions. How far off?

How do 38 percent grab you? 38 percent? That leafs something to be desired! (I’m here all week.) As Automotive News puts it, “consider the following scenarios outlined during a recent Leaf test drive...

[Source: The Truth About Cars]

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pennfootball - 6/22/2010 1:02:20 PM

+1 Boost

This is a problem! However if they lease the batteries it won't be as bad and most simpletons do not realize that replacing the battery is cheaper than buying a new car in that time. Why is this relevant?
1 Well for one EV's are more reliable with only 12 moving components in the engine versus over 500 parts in a modern V6.
2 Also you don't need as much maintenance in an EV just change the brakes and grease bearings.
3 Even if they are a plug in hybrid the oil changes are spread out between 15,000-20,000 miles because the engine is acting like a generator and only tooling around at 3500 RPM.

upwards - 6/22/2010 4:55:03 PM

-1 Boost

Blah blah blah utter and absolute nonsense.

Steve - 6/22/2010 5:18:50 PM

+1 Boost

Now THAT's funny! I don't care who you are... THAT's funny. True, but still funny! :-)