New Nissan Leaf EV 2010 - Charge

[09TeDDy09]

Electricity bill? Anyone? 

[wolverin648]

whats the point of having a cap ??? it wont leak

[tynet1]

that big cable had one million gigawats in it

[crazyhead217]

isnt the quick charge available to be plugged into any plug whole??

[11myedu]

watch?v=X3yGSJE53kU

[StratteUp]

IT CHARGES THAT FAST? IS THAT LIKE FROM LOW BATTERY O FULL? THATS WAY FAST!!;0

[shawnbrig]

I drive 50 mile round trip to college daily,so the Volt and the Leaf would cut my emissions. I ordered a leaf because its 100% electric and was cheaper. As a college kid cheaper overshadows everything. The Electric Ford Focus would probably be my price point. For all the EV lovers check out this video. I ordered my Leaf car in September hoping for a February Delivery but would love to win one instead of paying for one. winaleaf.blogspot.com

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

@shawnbrig Loving our leaf... hoping you got yours :)

[eldictator1]

If you make hundreds of short trips and waste money on petrol, an electric is perfect

[heaty007]

@eldictator1 More like if you want to save yourself from a world war. How long do you think it will be before a war breaks out over oil. Oh wait that is already happening but whats gonna happen when it runs out and the world cant move anymore?

[urbex2007]

@chughes372 For spamming, I hope you don't get it! The promotion company have stated that this is not allowed, and have also spotted your spam on this and other sites. Your entry will not be allowed.

Don't abuse sites.

[wolfguy731]

Is this real time? Im a bit skeptical.

[TheNextHendrix14]

@wolfguy731 no, quick charge takes 30 mins to go from 0%battery to 80%

[DBSpy1]

That might be a little scary to do in the rain,not to mention rain with lightning.

[danwat1234]

@DBSpy1 The J1772 plug ensures against getting shocked in wet weather. It spec'ed for automotive use.

[harryforu11]

Ill be the first to jump on one....the moment it comes out

[Archimedes555453525]

Holy crap! It recharged in 7 seconds, impressive!

[promontorium]

Put charging stations near restaurants and malls. You won't just be adding 30 minutes to your drive, you'll be able to relax and do other stuff.

[promontorium]

Unless the vehicle really does recharge in a few seconds, this video is bullshit.

[KatiushaVN4]

No sound??? 1 star

[juankarloselmasiso]

i will totaly buy a car like this but first have get a job

and save money lol :P

[KungFuChess]

Wow I cant wait for the day when all I have to do is plug my car in for a charge and hit the road.

[LEANDROANDINA]

dam asians driving

[DarksporkLeader]

You people do realize that electricity doesn't just come out of nowhere, right? If you live in the US (or just about any other country) then most of that electricity comes from fossil fuels. An electric car therefore runs on mostly coal, oil and natural gas.

[SCJohnson77]

JAPS GOING TO HELL

[jakehusky]

And I thought the Prius was for puissies.

[fenwayfan1]

useless, useless for a daily car! 100 mile range for 25000 dollars! what the hell? and here in fla. you use the a/c and your lucky to get 50 miles out of it, how useless is that!!!

[Batmanshack]

I LOVE this car! Hybrids were fun, but we need ALL electric and do this right.

[ShwangShwing]

Why did nissan not allowed the car to be charged from a normal socket? I don't find reason for this. What's the problem?

[ariesvids]

@ShwangShwing Look at the video again: there are two sockets: a large one and a smaller one to the right of it.

[ShwangShwing]

@ariesvids The small socket is for standard voltage, but I think you have to install a charging station at your home. You can't plug it in directly to the standard household socket.

[forrest225]

@ShwangShwing A regular 120v socket would take longer to charge the car than a 220v socket, and not everybody has a 220v socket in their garage.

[ShwangShwing]

@forrest225 Well... I was thinking from my point of view. I mean in Europe the standard voltage is not 120, but 220v. So this is not the problem here. And even with the same voltage you can't plug in in the normal socket. You will need to have a charging station. Why's that? If you are able to charge anywhere, that will be good transition until there are charging stations everywhere. And even with 120v, slow charging is better then no charging.

[forrest225]

@ShwangShwing I don't know. It does seem like a problem for Europe.

[IceyHedgehogTV]

Isn't this going to be impossible to refuel since you need a electric fuel charger?

[jasonaladin]

why not make those gas stations lease a battery unit so we will not waste our time waiting to charge those batteries

[jasonaladin]

Why not make those gas stations lease a battery unit so we will not waste our time waiting to charge those batteries.

[TJC450]

Great next thing you know they will be charging us $3.45 a minute :)

[09204418448]

just that fast? full charged already?

[Justinbanner21]

Why cant they just use a normal kind of plug, are they going to try and set up a bunch of price gouging charging stations?, put normal plugs on these things Nissan.

[r3inhout]

near the end you see they also have a normal plug in the front of the car ;)

[ariesvids]

@Justinbanner21 It's not "price-gouging", it's reality. US homes don't have 480v power to charge in 30 min. and besides anyone who doesn't own a home will need to use stations. Those who own homes will be able to charge overnight.

[TheoreticChaos]

It only costs about three dollars to fully charge a Nissan leaf, regardless of whether it's a quick charge station or not. A fully charged battery can go about 170 kilometers. If you do the math, it's clear that you save a TON of money as opposed to using gas. Roughly converted, charging the LEAF is similar to about 50 cents a gallon of gas.

[bujuts]

The prospect of the necessary infrastructure also spells out higher electrical prices and everybody's favorite, higher taxes, to foot the tab. Interestingly, the EV will actually be competing for tax dollars with mass transit and other green initiatives. All this will take sizable political action to swing favor towards the EV if it is ever to gain a foot hold.

[iPodRobin]

Well currently Shai Agassi is far ahead of all ridicoulus companies that try to make an out of the roof expensive EV and expect people to buy it! Like with gasoline cars, did we sell the car before we had gas stations?

[bujuts]

Course, the elephant in the room is the issue of charging stations. A quick charge (about 30 minutes) requires a pricey three phase charger, something not available for consumers even if they wanted to pay for it (3 phase power is not run to residences), otherwise, it'll be about ~8 hours on 120VAC, or ~4 hours from your dryer outlet (240VAC).

[Rickdeckard2020]

another video mentions ~ 8h for 220 station and 16h for regular outlet.

Given the limited numbers initially available, the people that get these in the first year or so will be people that just use it to commute and charge overnight from home(with 220 station) so its not an issue for them. Then a few years later the availability of charging stations (work, mall, hotel, restaurant, IKEA, etc) will grow to a point that it will not be a problem for many more buyers. But its not 4 everyone

[greenboy215]

We have to start building a huge battery industry....if we want electric cars to be CHEAP!

[dissentingskeptic]

estimated 30KWh to charge at 11.6¢ per KWh = $3.38

$3.48 ÷ 100 per charge = $0.0348

So it will cost about 3½ cents per mile. I'd say that's pretty amazing.

[emforty2]

i could see the price of electricity going up to make up for lost revenue on gasoline taxes

[DereenigneEsrever]

This looks promising, but would anyone here tell me how to go about calculating the cost per charge on my electric bill so people can tell whether and how much they'd save; It seems each case may be different since gas and electric prices are different in different areas. Thanks to anyone who gets us the answer.

[beutelevision]

Typical numbers I've seen report about 80% efficiency when charging an electric car. So the Leaf's 24KWh battery would take roughly 30KWh to fully charge. Nissan claims you get 100 miles per charge. So if your electric company charges $0.10 per Kilowatt (a typical rate on the west coast) you'll spend $3 to charge it, or $0.03 per mile. I'm currently spending about $0.10 per mile on gas for my Toyota Matrix, for comparison. However you need to take into battery life, etc for a real comparison

[DereenigneEsrever]

Thanks for your reply. U make a really good point about battery life, I now suspect that one should also consider the temperature where they live; I live somewhere that gets very cold so if it has a heater and I used it it probably would get far less range than if I lived in florida.

[cavemanillustrations]

They should call charging stations "Leafing Stations" and put them up everywhere!

[joons5880]

bye bye dubai

[salomejacahill]

I think it will be banned in Dubai..;-)))

[xebraone]

ELECTRIC CARS + SOLAR = NO OIL OR COST

[kostea13]

ELECTRIC CARS + SOLAR = FREEDOM !

[golfdu222]

you people ain't gettin no electric cars

maybe for a year or two, then it's back

to big oil.

[derekphone10]

is that nissan hidrogen?

[deadmantyping2]

Here in Portland Oregon they have installed an great number of rapid charge charging stations across the metro area, because of that Nissan will be selling the LEAF here first along with a couple other American cities that have adequate charging infrastructure.

[golfdu222]

charging stations what a concept.

where are the real scientists, altinators

are the answer, not charging stations.

come on people use your imagination.

[St0n3dElmo]

but i figure that the charging station would be at a local retailer with auto repair center i figure its the only way you get a rapid charge with out the drawbacks you know if shit were to hit the fan you got a repair station rite next to it

in witch i hope you take that intensive to the test Nissan before you get recalls and injuries to where lawsuits come about

[roykaz]

yes I'd buy, for sure! There are charging stations in some cities of Portugal, UK, Denmark, Germany and France, as far I know. Although that number will rise exponentially in few years to come, the main charging station will be your home and job's parking lot. EV will prevail!!!

[imnameless07]

Does it affect too much on your electric bill or it will save your gas money???.....

[xdayz]

EV will prevail indeed! And it will dramatically improve!

[imnameless07]

basically...how long is the full charge??...

[blueswords]

16hrs on 100-120volt supply, 8hrs on 200-240v supply

The quick charge stations will charge up to 80% charge in 30min

[SZ19891993]

it can do 160/100 miles with a full charge...

[fluorideistoxic]

I'd buy 1. Are charging stations being built for these cars in europe yet?