Fully Charged Nissan Leaf episode 005

A first drive in the soon to be released Nissan Leaf

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Robert
• Llewellyn
• Fully
• Charged
• Nissan
• Leaf
• electric
• car

[llandudnoboy]

It feels tight and solid, it's a really nice car to drive.

So it should it costs £28,000

Interesting video but the cars initial cost is never mentioned

I wonder why?

[fullychargedshow]

@llandudnoboy Just returning to this discussion and I think it's very important to point out that this episode was recorded long before the Nissan Leaf was released in the UK. I was lucky enough to drive one of the first ones in the country, I didn't mention how much it cost because of some middle class conspiracy theory, I didn't mention it because no one knew then. If you check out further episodes of Fully Charged I do discuss the costs etc.

[fullychargedshow]

@sonbuhitsunei I have now been driving a Nissan Leaf every day for the past 6 months, we've covered 7,800 miles in it so far, if you check later videos in the Fully Charged series we now have solar panels which, over a year, supply about 60% of the electricity the car uses. It is incredibly convenient and incredibly cheap to drive. Around £5 ($7) per 1,000 miles, you can read my weekly Leaf Diary on the charging point dot com

[toyotaprius79]

@ChronicFatigueSyn Then try beating 1.8 secs to 60 bra! Besides do it on the track, only the retarded race on public roads.

[yuprulesing]

@fullychargedshow My Province has announced they will be installing 100 charging stations all over the city (Montreal) in March of this year. Costing $2.50 Canadian to charge it fully. That's CHEAPER than a parking spot as some will be DOWNTOWN. It even includes the RAPID 30 minute charge that is compatible with this car if I am in a hurry. I am extremely excited about this and look forward to more videos about the Nissan Leaf. Our government also has a new $8000 DISCOUNT!

[llandudnoboy]

Ive just read a very interesting article in this weeks Autocar (25/1/12) regarding the more than disappointing sales of the Nissa Leaf and electric cars in general here in the Uk.

Sales have been so slow that more brand new Ferrari have been registered in 2011 than all electic cars combined.

The main criticism is the very limited driving range of around 100miles on a single charge and the very high purchase cost.

Currently only London have 125charging points anywhere in the UK.

[mrjaffar]

@llandudnoboy

Right now people need to look at what miles they do on a daily basis. The attitude that its a dude if it doesn't do 400 miles to a charge is missing the point. I've made the leap. My daily round trip train commute is 84m, I swapped it for a Leaf 6 weeks ago and I felt I took a major leap of faith doing this, but now I have done it I'm even more confident that EV are here to stay.

[gasdive]

@llandudnoboy Petrol and Diesel are *no where near* that efficiency. Not even remotely close to that. The amount of electricity needed to turn oil in the ground to diesel in the tank is more than the electricity used by cars like the leaf for the same distance travelled.

[nbsr1]

@capitalistsamurai I also wish Japan, or at least Kanto, starts using electic vehicles more. The potential (money, know-how, manufacturing capabilities) is all there. The vehicle use pattern is also perfect for an EV. Yet, it hasn't caught up just yet (except for bicycles).

BTW, I was suprised when I went to Beijing last year - *majority* of scooters there (and there were plenty of them) were electric. Some of them looked like home made but still.

[llandudnoboy]

@fullychargedshow

Also the major manufacturers Nissan,Mercedes, Toyota and other major players would not be wasting millions on electric vehicles unless they knew it had a future.

I can see our discussion here on Youtube being totally different in maybe 10yrs time when battery technology has produced a vehicle that returns over 400miles on one charge.

It will all be down to price and its guaranteed that the price will eventually fall but Gas & diesel will be here to stay

[llandudnoboy]

@fullychargedshow

Like all ultra new technology sold here in the Uk they come with a very inflated price tag.

Obviously the Nissan Leaf is teeming with new advances in electric vehicle technology but at £28,000 it is far too expensive at the present.

I drive a Smart Cdi and Mercedes are developing electric Smarts but for any electric vehicle to be taken seriously their range must surpass 400+ on a full charge and to become more affordable

It is technology of the future

[CI9TK]

@llandudnoboy To explain more of the battery patent issue: ExxonMobil did NOT originate the battery patents, they merely purchased them from new but bankrupt "startup companies". See, while energy companies get millions in taxpayer subsidies (grants, even though the energy companies are PROFITABLE) the same companies spend millions to lobby Congress and public opinion to discourage taxpayer funding for renewable's (Google Solyndra).

Good Batteries threaten oil profits - so "buying" = Blocking.

[capitalistsamurai]

I want my nation, the nation of Japan, to go completely electric motors! We started to see Nissan Leaf taxis in Japan, but we need more demand for electronic cars!