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https://electrek.co/2023/11/28/nissan-next-gen-leaf-coming-next-year-heres-what-we-know/

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a40613694/nissan-leaf-being-phased-out/ I personally will be sad to see the last of the LEAF. Although the looks are somewhat odd, the car is a very nice daily driver.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/07/electric-cars-are-doomed-if-fast-charger-reliability-doesnt-get-better/ Reliability and numbers of chargers both. On my recent road trip, there was once someone had to wait. And twice there were no free available chargers, they were all in use. Suppose...

A Nissan Leaf finished with 13:37.568 Which is a respectable time for the conditions. Ahead of a Mustang and a Camaro, for example. https://www.carscoops.com/2022/06/this-modified-nissan-leaf-is-heading-to-the-pikes-peak-international-hill-climb/ Seems to be mostly aero tweeks. No one...

I've just finished a 4000 mile road trip in the etron using EA's network and L2 charging at/near hotels. No serious issues. Sure, will be a few years before trips through Hinsdale, MT are easy.

The point to subsiding new technologies is not that the users "need" the subsidies, but that the subsidies are given to modify behavior. If behavior in the aggregate isn't modified, then the subsidies are wasted. "Need" isn't part of this. Modification of behavior happens at the margin, with...

No fish involved. I've just sold my LEAF to my son who has been driving it for over a year. It's been a nice experience. Should be good deal for son as well. SOH 83%, 11/12 capacity bars, 77,000 miles. Still wet, at least today, is raining now.

Looks like a collection of wrong facts, links that don't support statements, dubious assumptions and untrustable conclusions. Tesla, while dominating the USA market, has well less than a 50% global share. BYD has larger sales by units. EV market share is about 4% And so on and so on. It...

A BEV (Licid air for one) could close to match or perhaps even better the time of the first Indianapolis 500 today. Average 74.6 MPH or 120 km/h Perhaps a nice twisty turning course to keep it interesting. Speeds are only going to get faster with time.

https://insideevs.com/news/541516/nissan-leaf-replaced-by-crossover/ Not certain if LEAF name will remain.

Tiny homes have shared kitchen, bathroom and showers. Not much parking, as most residents can't afford a car. I don't see much point in requiring much in the way of charging... https://charterforcompassion.org/problem-solving/tiny-houses-for-the-homeless-an-affordable-solution-catches-on What...

Range needed is not a number, it is a distribution and current ranges of cars being sold isn't a good guide for what is needed. The first is a user wants and needs issue. Everyone's habits, goals, actual behavior and wants is different. So some want more, some want less, at a given price for...

Let's walk though this slowly. Average age of a vehicle on the road is about 12 years. https://www.bts.gov/content/average-age-automobiles-and-trucks-operation-united-states So if every vehicle sold today was a BEV, half of the vehicles in 12 years would still be ICE. Or look at it this way...

A local utility has all the relevant rates online. https://www.pse.com/-/media/Project/PSE/Portal/Rate-documents/summ_elec_prices_2021_01_01.pdf?sc_lang=en So suppose we build a DCQC with more than 2 of chargers at 150kW or higher. We would use Schedule 26. Think...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/mars-is-no-earth/618133/

That it is cheaper to drive than they expected. That it is a lot more fun to drive than they expected. That it is just nicer because it's quieter and less vibration. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/opinion/electric-cars-climate-change.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/25/biden-plans-to-replace-government-fleet-with-electric-vehicles.html Not mentioned in the article is the lower operational cost of EVs....

Jeep is going electric. Several models. Yea, really. One of the last decisions of Sergio Marchionne was the Fiat and Jeep needed to go electric soon. He finally saw the future. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/28/jeep-to-unveil-new-hybrid-electric-wrangler-and-grand-wagoneer-suvs.html

An interesting subject. A new topic. Consider a range of use cases. At one end is the vast majority of driving, which is near home and can be served by home or workplace or curbside or parking garage charging at a fairly low rate and cost. At the other end is driving to remote locations where...

For an ICE, adding range is almost free. So ICEs will likely have more range than needed, as the marginal return of value doesn't need to be large to repay the marginal cost of a larger gas tank. Most of the time, when comparing a BEV and an ICE with the same range, the BEV will be more...