Now that electric cars are making a name for themselves in the automotive industry, people are starting to get the big picture why they are good and bad. Take, for example, about not having to worry about rising gas prices OR having some concern about making it to your destination, which is 30 miles away, and there's only enough juice for 25 miles of driving.
Well, you know what they say. With the good comes the bad.
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Minutes after they dropped off the Nissan Leaf for its three-month loan, I had to drive it 26 miles to Santa Monica, Calif. Baptism by fire. Or by electricity. I had promised a friend I’d be on his Web TV show, so I had to go. Why he wanted me on, I can’t imagine. The real talent must have cancelled.
Now, 26 miles is well within the range of the Leaf. Nissan advertises range at 100 miles, remember. However, since the Nissan guys drove the car to drop it off to me, the drive had eaten up some battery charge. The remaining range listed on the dash was 61 miles. Theoretically, that shouldn’t have been a problem. Even I could figure out that 26 plus 26 was less than 61. So you’d think I could get to Santa Monica and back without incident, right?
[Source: AutoWeek]
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